Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
Guitar Center has announced that Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park will be performing in Los Angeles at The Wiltern on Friday, October 24th in celebration of the retailers 50th Anniversary. Interested…
The Educational Foundation of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) has announced the recipients of the 2014 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies in Audio Engineering. The announcement was made by…
Yoshi Kobayashi, the former Import Manager for Yamaha Corporation of America, passed away on September 13th at the age of 85. Kobayashi began working for Yamaha in 1958 and was tasked with supervising the…
Music retailer, teacher, and philanthropist Ruth J. Charles passed away on September 4. She was 89.Ruth was born in Birmingham, Michigan, June 26, 1925. In 1947, she and her late husband, Dick,…
KMC Music has appointed Darren Wallace as brand manager for Ovation Guitars. As a master luthier, Wallace has been an integral part of Ovation’s product design and development throughout his…
Music & Arts recently opened two new locations in the North Houston, Texas areas of Humble and Tomball. The roughly 3,000 square foot Music & Arts stores offer a large…
PreSonus has announced that Tony Flammia has accepted the position of commercial channel manager. In his new position, Flammia will work closely with PreSonus/WorxAudio Loudspeaker Division managing director Hugh Sarvis…
The MI industry mourned this loss of ZVEX Effects' Andrew Richardson last week. In an effort to pay tribute to Richardson, his colleagues have set up an auction through Reverb.com…
Nineteen sixty-four saw The Beatles debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, Lyndon B. Johnson win a landslide re-election, and Colin Bailey release Bass Drum Control. This book has become a…
[caption id="attachment_50283" align="alignleft" width="960"]Pictured L-R: Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute; Dustin Hinz, VP of Brand Experience & Entertainment Marketing, Guitar Center; Lee Diskin, Manager of Video Production, Guitar Center;…
Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of industry veteran Jim Bailey to a newly created product marketing position. Bailey comes to Renkus-Heinz after serving as general manager of Aphex, a manufacturer of…
Guild Guitars has named GitaarBizz as the new Guild distributor for Germany, Austria, and the Benelux. Industry vet Ruud Elbers founded GitaarBizz in 2013, after an 18 year stint as…
