Trade Regrets: Gene Fresco
Gene Fresco, longtime and much beloved sales rep, passed away on May 26th.Fresco's innovative and practical sales methods helped establish the Sunn Company as a major player in the early…
Roland U.S. Sponsors Children’s Music Foundation Benefit Gala
Roland U.S. was the title sponsor for the recent BRIDGES benefit gala and concert in Seattle, in support of the Children’s Music Foundation (CMF). Founded in 2009, CMF was created…
Premier Builders Guild Adds Fleming as New VP
Premier Builders Guild, a group of leading USA-based boutique guitar and amplifier brands supported by proven management, sales, and customer service, recently announced that industry veteran Chris Fleming has joined…
Connolly to Distribute Faith Guitars
Connolly Music Company has announced a new, exclusive distribution deal with U.K. based Faith Guitars, a brand of Barnes & Mullins, a U.K. based distributor. Connolly Music has decades of…
Industry Vet Heckman Announces Retirement
Piano sales manager and store co-owner Keith Heckman will end his nearly four-decade tenure, retiring June 6, 2015 at Dietze Music in Lincoln, Nebraska.The retail veteran started out repairing orchestral…
Greece is the word for Timber Tones
Timber Tones has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with ADS Group in Greece. MD Rob Wooller (pictured centre), said: “We met these guys at the recent Frankfurt Musikmesse and since…
Adam Hall opening Singapore base
German distributor Adam Hall will be opening its first Asian showroom in Singapore next month, and has consequently extended its sales team in the region. The showroom will open on June…
New Indian partner for Music Group
Music Group has appointed Alphatec Audio Video as distributor for its Midas, Klark Teknik, Turbosound, Behringer and Bugera brands in India. Commenting on the deal, Alphatec director, Devasis Barkataki (pictured left), said: “We are…
Focusrite RedNet Connects Theater and Studio at Cedar Valley College
Cedar Valley College's Performance Hall provides theatrical entertainment, education, and cultural enrichment for both the college and the wider community it serves. The school also has a four-semester audio production program, where…
More moves at Orange, but no new MD
Following the departure of long-serving MD Damon Waller towards the end of last year, Orange has made further changes to its internal mechanics, with a new head of European sales.…
Black to return to IAG UK?
MMR understands that Dave Black will be on his way back from China to head up IAG’s UK operation. Black, currently IAG’s global sales chief, will drop into the role vacated by…
Guild brand continues expansion
After freeing itself from Fender following its purchase by Cordoba last year, the Guild guitar brand is continuing to find its own way in the trade with beefed up sales…