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Rolling Stone & D’Addario Announce 30 Best Young Guitarists of 2014

In an effort to welcome a new generation of players, Rolling Stone partnered with D'Addario to identify up-and-comers with the potential to become the next class of guitar legends.

The list, curated by Rolling Stone’s top editors, features 30 notable players, introducing one new artist each week. The artists highlighted were profiled and interviewed, and viewers are able to experience their inspiring perfomances via video and audio clips.

DPA Microphones Appoints New Distributors

DPA Microphones has reorganized its distribution channels in South East Asia by appointing new distributors in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Taiwan. The appointments reflect the company's ongoing commitment to develop new business channels and support DPA's influential customer base.

The new appointments include AV United in Malaysia, Vision One Co. Ltd in Thailand, Pro AVL in Vietnam, Promedia in Indonesia, and Shin Lee Sheng Music Corp. (SLS) in Taiwan. 

JodyJazz Expands Global Reach

JodyJazz, a saxophone mouthpiece brand, has announced a significant expansion of its international business in 2014. The company reported a 20% increase in sales overall and that now for the first time over 0% of its business was being done in overseas markets. In addition to its expanded international sales activities, the company credits the endorsement of several of the most influential saxophone players in many major markets for the stimulation of its international business.

JodyJaz’s newest international Endorser Artists include top players; Magnus Lindgren (Sweden), Gaoyang Li (China), Kunikazu Tanaka (Japan), Rodrigo Bento, Rubens Mariano, Hamilton Faria, Victor Aguiar and Sintia Picin (Brazil), Pedro Aviles (Mexico), Xose Miguelez (Spain), Shen-Yu Su (Taiwan), and Abel Garcia (Peru).

Beatcan.com Retains VittekPR as AOR

Music library newcomer, Beatcan.com has retained VittekPR to oversee their public relations and social media efforts in 2015. 

Beatcan.com is a first stop, royalty free audio solution for every digital production founded by Swedes Andy Andersson (musician, songwriter, producer, and lead guitarist for the American rock band Fuel) and Peter Jidesten (creative director, entrepreneur, and investor). Each composition is more than a final mix, Beatcan also offers the stems (multi-tracks) and Pro-Tools session files to give the user every possible option to get the best quality for their production. They have created a service that removes the headaches with traditional licensing services and expedites the time of finding the right composition.

Fishman Fluence Sponsors Sweepstakes

Fishman Fluence is sponsoring the “Win Greg Koch Sweepstakes” contest to promote brand awareness and desire to buy for its pickups, while driving traffic to MI retailers. Running from January 12th until March 31st, 2015, the contest also features the participation of Hal Leonard publishing and Premier Guitar magazine.

The grand prize is a visit to the winner’s home by Greg Koch for an afternoon of musical mayhem the popular guitarist, performer, and clinician is known for. In addition to the visit, the grand prize winner also wins selections from Greg’s Hal Leonard catalog such as the Greg Koch Guitar Play-Along Book/CD, Greg Koch's Guitar Gumbo Book/CD, Greg Koch's Guitar Clues Book/CD, and the Greg Koch Guitar Gristle DVD.

D’Addario To Implement Dealer Authorization Program

D’Addario has always supported the philosophy that accessories should be accessible,” comments Vice President of Sales, David Via.  “However, that does not remove us from our responsibilities of proper channel management.  As the marketplace has changed a proliferation of supply outlets has emerged. This has occurred at a time that overall demand has remained modest. The result is that reselling desperation enters the market. Selling on the unique and differentiating value-added proposition that each retailer can provide has been diminished, if not all together extinguished in many cases. Our dealer authorization program will enable D’Addario to exercise its unilateral right to determine who is authorized to sell our products, and within what outlets they are authorized to do so.  We look to work with those who bring value to the presentation of our products. We offer a number of assets from in-store signage and merchandising, to online photography, detailed content databases, video links, etc. We want dealers to utilize these assets making it easy to present D’Addario in an attractive and compelling manner whether presented online or in a store,” Via added.

‘Step Up to Yamaha’ Promotion

Yamaha announced that as part of its Step Up to Yamaha promotion — now in its 11^th year — through December 31^st, 2014, customers can receive $50 or $100 rebates (via a Visa Gift Card) on qualifying Yamaha wind and string instruments during the holiday season when they purchase a new instrument from a participating Step Up to Yamaha dealer. Customers can submit rebate forms online or by mail. 

Ashly Breathes New Life Into Bourbon Square Casino

Formerly called The Silver Club, Bourbon Square Casino recently reopened in the Reno-Sparks area of Nevada. In addition to a fresh New Orleans theme, Bourbon Square now sports a new eight-zone sound reinforcement system centered on an Ashly ne8800 processor and four two-channel ne800 70-volt amplifiers. The system also features iPad wireless remote control via the free Ashly Remote App, which allows the Bourbon Square staff to control the system intuitively.

"There was a four year span between the closing of The Silver Club and its rebirth as Bourbon Square," explained Mike Pristow, general manager at Vision Control Associates, the firm that designed and installed the casino's new sound system. "They were able to blow the cobwebs off the old sound system and power it up, but it sounded horrible. It was an old design with old equipment, and a lot of the loudspeakers were blown. We suggested a new multi-zone system using Ashly processing and amplifiers together with SoundTube loudspeakers. In addition to standard audio playback, they wanted to allow pages and prerecorded message delivery from their phone system with appropriate ducking." 

Zonda Launches YouTube Channel

Zonda announces the launch of its new YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/ZondaMusic.  In the coming months, Zonda will be producing featurettes that offer in-depth presentations of their excellent brass and woodwind instruments. Zonda videos will be shot in full HD, and will feature the use of movement and lighting to best present each model.  Zonda’s first video features the ZTP-101 are online now. 

2015 Tempe Guitar Show

Antique Electronic Supply presents the 2015 Tempe Guitar Show, sponsored by Jensen Musical Instrument Speakers. The show will be held on Saturday March 7, 2015 at 6221 South Maple Ave, Tempe, AZ from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Tempe Guitar Show is in its 6th year and will have over 40+ vendors displaying guitars, guitar amps, and other musical related products. This event is the largest guitar show in Arizona and is free to the public. Exhibitor booth registration is now officially open.

Reunion Blues Welcomes Kill Devil Hill Guitarist Mark Zavon

Reunion Blues, maker of instrument cases and gig bags officially welcomes guitarist Mark Zavon to their artist family. Mark Zavon is the guitarist and a founding member of the hard rock band Kill Devil Hill. They released their second CD “Revolution Rise” in October of 2013. Look for Mark on tour with Kill Devil Hill in 2014. Reunion Blues is proud to support Mark Zavon, and welcome him to their growing family of artists.

Craigie Zildjian to be honored at Winter NAMM She Rocks Awards

Avedis Zildjian Company announced that CEO Craigie Zildjian will be honored by the Women’s International Music Network at this year’s She Rocks Awards taking place during the 2015 Winter NAMM Show. The She Rocks Awards pays tribute to women who display leadership and stand out within the music industry as role models. The annual event brings together industry professionals, music icons, artists, fans, and media to celebrate women in music.