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Christ the Rock Community Church in Menasha, Wisconsin, recently installed a new sound reinforcement system, featuring Ashly Audio’s nX-Series. Scott Tomashek, director of A/V design engineering at Camera Corner Connecting…
The NEBULA S15-N Musical Instrument Loudspeaker from Bag End boasts a NEBULA finish that is super durable, water tight, abrasion resistant, UV resistant, chemical resistant. The S15-N comes with rubber…
The reborn Dyna-Sonic snare drum from Rogers Drums is a ten-lug drum based on the design and styling of the rare, original wood shell snare model. Each drum is constructed…
These new Hi-tech Onyx Reeds from Fiberreed offer an Easy attack with a warm low register and a powerful second and third octave. The Onyx Fiberreeds are made of carbon…
Each Railhammer Reeves Gabrels pickup features an alnico 5 magne that gives it a warm and lightly compressed sound. The bridge pickup has an overwound coil for extra sustain, massive…
“The Hug” tuba stand from Tuba Essentials is a stand that can hold full size, 3/4 size tubas, euphoniums, and baritones. Made with steel tubing, the stand is adjustable to…
Piano Styles for Beginners, a new instruction book by Mark Harrison, teaches beginning pianists to play and improvise in today’s popular keyboard styles. Pianists have the chance to study a…
Ah, the joys of visiting your favorite music store. Parsing through any new clearance items, ogling at the guitars hanging on the walls with pride, and... visiting the in-house café?…
It seems like such an obvious idea – the upsides are clear for all to see – you’d assume that folks must have developed this sort of thing decades ago:…
Chocolate and peanut butter, fish and chips… Here’s another couple of things that seem to go together well: musical instruments and vinyl records. A few shops here and there have…
Chuck Surack is, of course, best known as the founder of Sweetwater Sound (although he’s involved in a number of other business ventures, as well), but he’s every bit as…
For some long-time attendees, Musikmesse Frankfurt has appeared to be “in decline” in recent years. A handful of big-name exhibitors have opted not to participate, attendance was seen to be…
