Three Strategies For Dealing With The Aftermath And Benefits Of Unexpected Events
This year I celebrate my 27th year as a music retailer, and I believe it’s fair to say a lot of unexpected events have happened in that time period. The…
Home Sweet Some: Home Digital Keyboards Driving the Market in 2016
Time was, nearly every family had – or aimed to have – a piano in the living-room. Upright, baby grand, or grand – it didn’t matter, so long as there…
Getting Roasted
Every spring for the past few years, MMR has been profiling folks in MI – on both the retail and supply sides of the equation – who are embracing and…
Nordic deal for Blackstar
Blackstar has signed a new pan-Nordic distribution partnership with Luthman for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Commenting on the partnership, Luthman’s general manager, Pär Olsson, said: “We at Luthman SMTTS…
AAA Music brings Pacific range to UK
Scottish distribution specialist Access All Areas Music is launching the Pacific range of entry level guitars and ukuleles to the UK market. Despite being designed in Scotland, they have so…
Red Dog hosts Larrivée
Red Dog Music Leeds (formerly Production Room) is staging a showcase of Larrivée acoustic guitars on 22nd October . Larrivée Guitars UK product specialist Elliott Thomas will be on hand…
Roland 909 Day - Part I
On September 9 Roland hosted, “The Future. Redefined. – Unleash Your Creativity.” The unique live streaming launch event debuted 30 new products, including new synthesizers, digital pianos, electronic drums, DJ…
KMC Music Debuts Two New Pro Audio Bundles To Help Create In-Store Pro Audio Departments
Accelerating its commitment to help retailers quickly build their in-store Pro Audio business, KMC Music introduced two exciting new ways for dealers to create a more engaging in-store Pro Audio…
NAMM’S Museum of Making Music Partners with Martin Guitar to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of the Dreadnought
Beginning October 8, the Museum of Making Music will present a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Martin Dreadnought guitar, perhaps the most iconic and influential American acoustic…
Line 6 Now Exclusively Distributed by Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard and Line 6 have made a joint announcement that effective October 1, 2016, Hal Leonard will be the exclusive distributor of all Line 6 products in the U.S.…
Vintage launches Roger Williams electro-acoustic crossover
JHS' Vintage guitar label has launched a new electro-acoustic model from luthier, Roger Williams. Williams has been building and repairing fretted instruments in Lichfield, West Midlands for over 15 years, and…
Double thumbs up for Warwick
Pbone plastic trombone creator Warwick Music, has received two business and product awards in the last two weeks. The firm won Midlands Innovation of the Year at the 2016 Midlands Business Awards,…