Orange adds Fleetwood Mac bassist
Orange Amplification has added Fleetwood Mac bassist, John McVie, as its latest Ambassador. McVeigh co-founded the band along with drummer Mick Fleetwood, and they are touring this year with their On…
Timber Tones launches affiliate scheme
Timber Tones luxury guitar picks has set up a UK affiliate programme, offering 10 per cent commission on sales. The brand launched in 2009 and now claims to offer the largest selection of…
FBT adds JTS Professional mics
Audio specialist FBT Audio has added exclusive UK and Ireland distribution of the JTS Professional microphone range to its roster. FBT is establishing an exclusive dealer network numbering more than 50 retail…
2015 NAMM D.C. Fly-In: Largest Advocacy Gathering Yet!
“Overall, the Fly-In was memorable on several levels,” notes NAMM Foundation executive director, Mary Luehrsen, regarding this year’s trip to Washington D.C. “We were thrilled with the number of new…
2015 Annual MPA Meeting
The annual meeting of the Music Publishers Association (MPA) took place in New York City on Friday, June 19th. A highlight of the day’s events included the presentation of awards.…
KMC Now Sole U.S. Distributor for Paiste America
Strengthening a percussion portfolio that already includes Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Remo, Toca, Vater, and Vic Firth, KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) has announced that it has been appointed to serve as the…
Vigilance All Year Long Is Crucial For Local Music Education
As a music education advocate and strategist, I find the spring school budget season my most worrisome time of the year, because this is when districts lay out budget proposals…
Is Customer Service a Dying Art?
We’ve talked about the return to the notion of craft in this space. Whether it’s beer or cupcakes or bacon, or Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours that musicians have been taking…
The Secret to Success? Adaptability
“It’s varied over time, but right now our typical customer is, in fact, a music student taking band or orchestra in school and the parents thereof,” explains Bronstein Music’s Rich…
Thunder Road Guitars Takes Seattle By Storm
There’s a famous saying by Alexander Graham Bell – “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we…
US breakthrough for JHS guitar brands
JHS has made major strides internationally with its Vintage and Fret King brands, appointing a US distributor in the form of RBI Music in Texas. The firm is now the official…
Rosetti adds another new line
Fast-expanding Rosetti continues to add to its growing distribution line-up, bringing Ritter bags into the fold across the UK and Ireland. Ritter produces bags for a variety of instruments including…