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News August 1, 2013

Hal Leonard Employees Raise Money for Children’s Hospitals

14 employees from Hal Leonard’s 140-person Milwaukee office constituted the company’s team in the Tri-ing for Children’s Triathlon, a benefit for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and UW Health…

MMR Staff
Aug 1, 2013
News July 30, 2013

Guitar Center Names Bennett VP

Guitar Center has appointed Christopher Ian Bennett to the newly created position of vice president, communications and corporate Affairs. This announcement comes as part of a new set of initiatives…

MMR Staff
Jul 30, 2013
News July 30, 2013

Accent CS-14CE Cutaway Electric Student Folk Guitar

[caption id="attachment_47939" align="alignleft"]Accent CS-14CE[/caption]The compact OO-style body shape is designed to be easy to hold, with a traditional look. Each guitar is constructed with a select spruce top and is…

MMR Staff
Jul 30, 2013
News July 30, 2013

Gretsch Renown Series

[caption id="attachment_47937" align="alignleft"]The updated Gretsch Renown Series[/caption]New design elements on the newly re-launched Renown Series drum sets include a contemporary low-mass GTS tom mounting system, Gretsch clam-style tom holder, redesigned…

MMR Staff
Jul 30, 2013
News July 29, 2013

AirBound Uses Trusst to Build Portable High Ropes Course

[caption id="attachment_47935" align="alignleft"]A high-ropes course build using Trusst equipment.[/caption]AirBound builds Colorado’s first and only traveling high-ropes obstacle course using 54 pieces of the TRUSST® trussing system. Making its debut at…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 29, 2013

Steve Morse Takes PreSonus on the Road

[caption id="attachment_47933" align="alignleft"]Steve Morse[/caption]Steve Morse may not be a household name among the younger set but there's hardly a guitarist alive who hasn't been knocked out by his playing. The…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 29, 2013

Boosey & Hawkes Signs Bela Fleck

Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of two classical works by eminent banjoist Béla Fleck, The Impostor and Night Flight Over Water, to its catalog. Upon…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 29, 2013

Shure Included In Chicago's '101 Best' Companies to Work For

Receiving the accolade for the sixth time, Shure Incorporated has been named one of “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For” by the National Association for Business Resources…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 26, 2013

Dean Markley Names Korg UK Distributor

Dean Markley International, Ltd has announced that KORG UK is now the exclusive distributor of Dean Markley product throughout the United Kingdom and Eire. "The addition of KORG UK as…

MMR Staff
Jul 26, 2013
News July 26, 2013

Back in the Day...

When not cranking out popular country albums or drunk-driving tractors (Google it...), Glen Campbell sure seems to feel strongly about Ovation guitars - Or at least he did in this 1969…

MMR Staff
Jul 26, 2013