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News March 12, 2019

Craviotto’s Heritage Snare Drum

Craviotto’s Heritage snare drum pays tribute to the company’s founder and master drum builder, Johnny Craviotto. The 6x14 solid Maple Heritage drum offers the range to go up or down…

MMR Staff
Mar 12, 2019
News March 12, 2019

Allen & Heath Part of a Well-Balanced 'Breakfast with The Beatles'

For over 30 years, “Breakfast with The Beatles" has provided an entertaining and informative Beatles-themed way to kick off Sunday mornings. When Southern California’s top-rated Beatles radio program presents special…

MMR Staff
Mar 12, 2019
News March 11, 2019

Shure Announces ‘For Those Who Tour’ Chicago

Shure has announced “For Those Who Tour” (FTWT) Chicago, a year-long initiative to support, encourage, and inspire artists and creators as they take their talents on tour. The FTWT house…

MMR Staff
Mar 11, 2019
News March 11, 2019

 Matt 'Jonezy' Jones and ChamSys Give Evanoff New Look

Lighting designer Matt “Jonezy” Jones recently used his ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 with wings and 36 moving fixtures to create a lightshow for the group Evanoff. “It was a great new…

MMR Staff
Mar 11, 2019
News March 6, 2019

Gibson Names Agnesi Director of Brand Experience

[caption id="attachment_65588" align="alignleft" width="307"] Photo credit: Jenn Angkahan[/caption] Gibson Brands is pleased to announce the hiring of Mark Agnesi for the newly created position of Director of Brand Experience. In this new role, Mark will take responsibility…

MMR Staff
Mar 6, 2019
News March 6, 2019

Music Junkie Closes Down

Leicester store Music Junkie, has shut its doors after its parent company, Blackberry Music, went into liquidation. The shop sold guitars and drums, along with music technology and DJ equipment.…

MMR Staff
Mar 6, 2019
News March 6, 2019

Stanley Leard-Freeman

Stanley Leard-Freeman, former proprietor of Queens Road Music Shop in Watford Town Centre, which he opened in 1958, died on February 23 aged 90. He was a pillar of the…

MMR Staff
Mar 6, 2019
News March 6, 2019

New DJ Event at Musikmesse

Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound are joining forces with the organisers of the Sample Music Festival for the first time to bring together top brands, such as Akai, Denon DJ,…

MMR Staff
Mar 6, 2019