Upfront
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KMC Named Exclusive U.S. Distributor of Aclam Pedalboards
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 28, 2016KMC Music has announced that it has been appointed by Aclam Guitars to serve as the exclusive United States distributor of the company’s Aclam pedalboard product line.
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31st Annual NAMM TEC Awards
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 24, 2016Winners in 31 technical and creative achievement categories were announced at the 31st Annual NAMM TEC AWARDS held on January 23 in Anaheim, California.
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D’Addario Receives MMR Dealers’ Choice Award
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 24, 2016D’Addario‘s Jim D’Addario, Brian Vance, and Peter D’Addario are handed the 2015 MMR Dealers’ Choice Award for Accessory Line of the Year by MMR‘s Dave Jeans. Read More... -
Daisy Rock Guitars at 2016 NAMM Show
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 24, 2016Tish Ciravolo of Daisy Rock Guitars previews a new concept guitar on display in Anaheim this year.
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Eight New NAMM Board Members Elected at the 2016 NAMM Show
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 24, 2016At its Annual Meeting of Members, held January 23 during the 2016 NAMM Show, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) named eight new music industry professionals to its board of directors.
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Focusrite Novation Inc. Appoints KMC to Serve as a U.S. Sub-Distributor
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 24, 2016Focusrite Novation Inc. (www.focusrite.com) and KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) have announced that, effective immediately, KMC Music will become a United States distributor of both the Focusrite and Novation digital audio production and recording lines.
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2016 Don Johnson Award Presented at NAMM
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 23, 2016The 2016 recipient of the Don Johnson Industry Service Award, Steve West, addresses the crowd on Saturday morning in Anaheim.
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Pearl River at NAMM 2016
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 23, 2016Pearl River’s David Rooksby discusses the company’s recent MMR Dealers’ Choice win, the new alliance with Schimmel Pianos, and more. Read More... -
Avid and Focusrite Plan Future Collaboration at NAMM
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 22, 2016Avid® and Focusrite have a history of industry-shaping collaborations, from the world’s first plug-ins to feature a fully skeuomorphic GUI (D2 and D3), to the original Focusrite-designed Mbox® interface that brought Avid Pro Tools® software to the masses, and Control|24TM, Avid’s first mid-format console.
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Iris and Ron Manus Discuss Morty Manus
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 22, 2016On Thursday morning of the 2016 NAMM Show, Alfred Music's Iris and Ron shared thoughts of the recently departed -- and much missed -- Morty Manus.
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Yamaha Takes Home ‘Legacy Award’ for Disklavier
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 22, 2016The Yamaha team receives the Legacy Award plaque from MMR editor Christian Wissmuller for the – quite frankly incredible – Dealers’ Choice Awards achievements of the company’s Disklavier. Read More... -
Pearl River Receives 2016 DCA
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | January 22, 2016MMR‘s Terry Lowe hands Xiao Wei of Pearl River Piano Group with the Dealers’ Choice Award for “Acoustic Piano Line of the Year” on Thursday of this year’s NAMM gathering in Anaheim. Read More...