Simon Joins Korg’s Sales Team
Ari Simon has joined Korg USA’s experienced force of field sales professionals and will take on the Mid-Atlantic Territory (New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Maryland / Virginia /…
GC Names Crowson Sr. VP of Marketing
Guitar Center has appointed Frank Crowson to the position senior vice president of marketing for the Guitar Center brand. Crowson’s appointment is the result of an extensive search by Guitar…
ABRSM events boost music teachers
This autumn ABRSM will be hosting a number of events in the UK to support music teachers. Building on the success of last year’s roadshow, ABRSM and Music Mark are…
SOCIAL MEDIA 101: Keep it current
If you’re wondering how to improve your Twitter and Facebook engagement, one simple way is to connect your posts to current events. That doesn’t mean making crass connections with humanitarian…
Orange launches mystery product competition
Orange Amps has organised a competition giving entrants the chance to win the first versions of its next 'mystery' product. Five winners will get the first five of the new…
Paiste backs Global Rockstar competition
Paiste is supporting the world’s largest online music contest - Global Rockstar. The annual contest offers local music stars a global stage to present their work, as well as various…
Shure Hosts Second Annual Golf Outing
On June 27, 88 golfers and 110 dinner guests came together to support the Merit School of Music at the Second Annual Shure Invitational Golf Outing. The event was held…
TOP TEN: Worst DJ handles
Impossible to vouch for the authenticity of all of these, but this lot are available if a special little someone is having a birthday party soon... 10: DJ Osteoporosis9: DJ…
Collings signs D'Addario NYXL exclusive
D'Addario has partnered up with Collings Guitars, which will exclusively use D'Addario's NYXL strings on its electric models. Introduced last year, D'Addario's NYXL strings feature a newly engineered, break-resistant, high-carbon steel core…
SOCIAL MEDIA 101: Be consistent
The second of our short series of social media hacks, looks at the importance of treating your all your profiles as you would your brand... Choose a consistent name across all…
FMIC Names Kaplan First Ever Chief Digital Products Officer
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has hired Ethan Kaplan as its first chief digital products officer. Kaplan will be tasked with building a new global digital products division to support…
AM&S Promotes Dunmire to National Sales Manager for Kurzweil
American Music & Sound (AM&S) has announced the promotion of Jeff Dunmire to the position of national sales manager of Kurzweil Professional and Home. Dunmire will provide dealers and…