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News March 11, 2015

Eight new NAMM Board Members Elected

At its Annual Meeting of Members, held January 24 in Anaheim, NAMM named eight new music industry professionals to its board of directors. The NAMM Board provides leadership, counsel and…

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Mar 11, 2015
News March 11, 2015

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak at NAMM Breakfast

Saturday morning at the Anaheim Hilton, Pacific Ballroom. The lights go out. A clip of The Big Bang Theory, Season 4, Episode 65, begins playing on every screen in the…

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Mar 11, 2015
News March 11, 2015

Dear, Kanye: ‘A Little Jolt of Truth’ – Love, Chris

In the years since Kanye West’s then-bizarre (now commonplace behavior) storming of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards stage to vocally protest everyone’s favorite come-to-life My Little Pony doll, Taylor…

MMR Staff
Mar 11, 2015
News March 11, 2015

In Ten Years You’ll Be Glad You Did

We spent our early years in business just trying to stay alive and find our footing. If you’ve started a business from scratch, you know what I’m talking about. These…

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Mar 11, 2015
News March 11, 2015

35 Years of Jupiter

KHS was founded in 1930, and fifty years later, Jupiter Band Instruments was born. It has been 35 years since Jupiter Band Instruments’ initial inception, and really the only thing…

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Mar 11, 2015
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Brian Ball Steps Into the Role he Was Born For

In life, few people get to live their “ultimate dream job,” but Brian Ball can now count himself as one of the lucky ones. Company CEO Sterling Ball recently announced,…

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Mar 11, 2015
News March 10, 2015

Full Compass Names Grabel-Komar as Vice President of Sales

Full Compass Systems has announced that Michelle Grabel-Komar has accepted the leadership role of vice president of sales, and will be overseeing the company’s vertical sales channels.  Grabel-Komar will take…

MMR Staff
Mar 10, 2015
News March 9, 2015

Bourns Guitar Potentiometer

Bourns, Inc. expanded its professional audio market product portfolio with a new guitar potentiometer that features a latching-push switch.  The new potentiometer, Model PDB185-GTR, provides an innovative approach to facilitate operating active…

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Mar 9, 2015
News March 9, 2015

Congressman Royce Meets with Yamaha

U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) met with Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) senior management on a number of common-interest topics, including west coast port labor negotiations and the re-authorization of…

MMR Staff
Mar 9, 2015