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EHX Discontinues Amazon Sales
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | June 1, 2017On May 31, Electro-Harmonix (EHX) sent out the following message:
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Music China 2017 Expands Scale
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 31, 2017Music China is set to take place from October 11-14, 2017 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The 2017 show is expected to exceed last year's scale and expands to 11 halls covering 125,000 sqm of exhibition space (2016: 112,000 sqm in 10 halls).
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2017 NAMM Advocacy Fly-In
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 30, 2017In late May, nearly 100 music industry leaders, notable artists and arts education activists joined together to advocate for all school-aged children to have access to quality, comprehensive school music education programs. As part of the NAMM Advocacy Fly-In, held May 22-24, the delegation met with Members of Congress and other policy stakeholders to reinforce the importance of music as part of a well-rounded education.
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NAfME Awards Two, Two-Year Research Projects
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 25, 2017As part of an ongoing series of research projects that the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has funded, the leading association for music educators has awarded two new research projects to study important issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in music education.
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Korg USA Expands Relationship with Tanglewood
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 16, 2017Korg USA has announced an expansion of their growing partnership with Tanglewood Guitars, revealing official distribution to the United States.
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Sweetwater Presents GearFest ’17
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 12, 2017Sweetwater will present GearFest 2017, a celebration of musicians and the instruments and audio gear they use to make and record music, on Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Sweetwater campus, 5501 US Hwy 30 W, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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AES to Join the 2018 NAMM Show
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 11, 2017With a vision to continue to strengthen the music and pro audio industries, The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and The Audio Engineering Society (AES) have announced a new collaborative alliance which will integrate pro audio educational training activities related to live sound, performance audio, recording technology and other topics into The 2018 NAMM Show, January 25-28 in Anaheim, California.
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Alfred Music’s Manus Wins RPMDA’s Dorothy Award
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 4, 2017Alfred Music’s chief business development officer, Ron Manus, was the recipient of the 2017 Dorothy Award at the annual Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
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NAMM Top 100 Dealers to be Honored in Nashville
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 4, 2017NAMM has announced the list of music product retailers to be recognized at The Top 100 Dealer Awards.
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CHAUVET DJ to Distribute SoundSwitch
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | May 1, 2017Chauvet & Sons LLC has entered into an agreement with New Zealand-based Onesixone Ltd to have CHAUVET DJ distribute the SoundSwitch hardware/software package in North America, as well as throughout much of the world.
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Moody’s Revises GC’s Outlook to Negative, S&P Global Downgrades Ratings
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | April 26, 2017On April 12, Moody’s Investors Service revised the outlook on its B2 rating on Guitar Center (GC) to negative, suggesting it could downgrade that rating further into junk territory in the medium term. Update: Then, on Wednesday, May 3, S&P Global downgraded GC's rating to CCC-plus from B-minus saying the company had underperformed expectations.
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SLM to Distribute Warwick Music Group Instruments
Christian Wissmuller | Upfront | April 24, 2017St Louis Music (SLM) is thrilled to announce its new partnership with Warwick Music Group and will be distributing its complete range of award winning instruments in North America.
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