Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
[caption id="attachment_48571" align="alignleft" width="800"]Jason Bittner[/caption]Pearl Drums recently announced Jason Bittner as an endorsing artist. For the past 11 years, Bittner has created a name for himself primarily for his work…
[caption id="attachment_48569" align="alignleft" width="800"]Duff McKagan credit Fab Fernandez[/caption]Gig bag and instrument case maker Reunion Blues officially welcomed Duff McKagan’s Loaded to their growing family of artists. Led by former Guns…
Korg USA announces "Season's Savings," a mail-in rebate promotion for select products from Korg, VOX, Blackstar and HKAudio. The rebate runs from November 1st 2013 through January 31st, 2014, and…
[caption id="attachment_47497" align="alignleft" width="1066"]Hot Lick's Co-Owner Cyn McDermott (center) with the Mike Starkey Band, which performed at their blues fundraiser.[/caption]Hot Licks Guitar Shop of Waldorf, MD, held a fundraiser for…
We’d like to invite you to participate in the selection of MMR's 21st Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards. Please make your choices below in all product categories that are relevant to your…
On Friday, November 1, employees at a Las Vegas Guitar Center store voted 15 to 5 in favor of unionization. If the federal labor board ratifies the election, this would…
Yamaha Corporation of America has added a new strings facility within the 5,000 square foot Los Angeles Atelier. Located at Yamaha’s headquarters, the Atelier serves the artist and education community…
Korg USA has expanded its sales force to be able to provide the same premium service to Canadian retailers as it does in the U.S. market. Joining existing West Coast…
The members of GAMA have decided to join the Music Education Policy Roundtable (MEPR), which advocates to make music education a key focal point and discussion topic among elected officials…
Yamaha Corporation of America is sponsoring the Quest for Music Education, an online contest that runs through November 16, 2013 and offers a total of $105,000 in prizes consisting of…
Back in the day (I feel like I should be lazily drawing from a corn-cob pipe while rocking slowly in a chair as I write this), it was standard operating…
[caption id="attachment_48549" align="alignleft" width="800"]Lillian Burkart[/caption]In many weekdays at Burkart Flutes and Piccolos’ woodsy Western Massachusetts headquarters, founder Lillian Burkart will stay well past quitting time in the evening, when the…
