Steinway & Sons to Bring Signature Gallery to Charlotte
Steinway & Sons has announced the upcoming opening of Steinway Piano Gallery - Charlotte, the North Carolina Piedmont region’s only exclusive Steinway showroom. The new gallery becomes one of…
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Courting Customer Reviews Online
Marketing and promotions could be a tricky game even in the old days of one-way mass communication. When all you had to worry about was commissioning a jingle…
'Giant Book' Series from Alfred Expanded
Alfred Music announces seven new compilations arranged for easy piano with the release of The Giant Book of Christian Sheet Music, The Giant Book of Classic Rock Sheet…
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia Unveil Expanded Events Program
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia welcome the music industry to Moscow with an expanded roster of live music, competitions, and educational sessions. The shows…
Shure Picks Henry W. Phillips Co. for Southeast U.S. Sales
Shure Incorporated announced that it has chosen Henry W Philips Company Incorporated (or HWPco) of Flowery Branch, Ga., as its new sales representative for the Southeastern region of…
Vandoren Performing Artists at ClarinetFest 2014
The International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest 2014 at Louisiana State University is rapidly approaching, and Vandoren and DANSR, Inc. have announced a few of the many esteemed Vandoren performing…
Craft
Draft beer. Handmade coffee. Artisanal chocolate. Heritage jeans. Hand-carved wooden iPad cases. It’s hard to avoid the retail collateral of the current hipster era, with its emphasis on…
Step Up to the Plate, B&O Dealers
There’s much talk in the industry of “creating music makers” and, while it’s certainly an important first step to get that customer in the door, making that initial…
RPMDA Surveys Print’s Ongoing Redesign
As a core group of print music insiders met in Dallas for the 38th convention of the Retail Print Music Distributors Association (RPMDA) in May, a resilient picture…
Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound 2014
With over 110,000 visitors and 2,242 exhibiting companies from 57 nations, it’s unquestionable that the annual Musikmesse gathering in Frankfurt – held this year from March 12-15 –…
Winners of First Carol Klose/Hal Leonard Composition Competition
At the Music Teachers National Convention held in Chicago, Hal Leonard Corporation announced the winners of the inaugural Carol Klose/Hal Leonard Composition Competition.Hal Leonard created this online student…
New Dates and Venue for NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound 2014
On March 23, MMR questioned whether the buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine’s border as well as the annex of Crimea would affect this spring’s NAMM Musikmesse Russia…
Kala Donates More Than 1,200 Ukuleles to GITC
Guitars in the Classroom announced that Kala Brand Music Company has donated more than 1,200 ukuleles to its PK-8 classroom programs in Massachusetts, Michigan, South Carolina, Virginia, and…
#50DEALERS - SOUTH CAROLINA: Deluxe Guitar Exchange
Deluxe Guitar ExchangeGreenvilleLarry Jones, Owner New brands or lines you took on in 2013 with success? This year we have added Bad Cat Amplifiers and had some early success…
#50DEALERS - NORTH CAROLINA: Harry's Guitar Shop
Harry’s Guitar ShopRaleighCharles Crossingham New brands or lines you took on in 2013 with success? We are excited about Earthquaker pedals, Squier Classic Vibes, and Guild Acoustics. Obviously, we…
Audio-Technica Outfits Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts
[caption id="attachment_48577" align="alignleft" width="800"]Smoky Mountain Performing Arts Center in Franklin, North Carolina, which employs an array of wireless microphones and systems from Audio-Technica. Photo courtesy of Adam Drake.…
Show Report: Music China 2013
[caption id="attachment_48532" align="alignleft" width="800"]Music China 2013[/caption]While the USA was in the throes of a debt limit crisis, the Music China show in Shanghai was proceeding with a steady…
Moog Minifooger Analog Effects for Guitar & Bass
[caption id="attachment_48522" align="alignleft" width="800"]Moog Minifooger Analog Effects for Guitar & Bass[/caption]Each Minifooger is housed in a rugged cast aluminum enclosure and features a 100-percent analog signal path, true…
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia Integrate the ‘Music Moscow’ Musical-Instrument Fair
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia have taken over ‘Music Moscow,’ bringing a complete musical instrument, music-products, and event technology experience to better serve the…
Show Report: Music China 2013
While the USA was in the throes of a debt limit crisis, the Music China show in Shanghai was proceeding with a steady flow of international traffic and…
Class of 2013: Electra - A Legend Reborn
Guitar aficionados may recognize Electra Guitars as the defunct brand of handsome guitars endorsed by artists like Peter Frampton and Leslie West back in the ‘70s and ‘80s.…
PreSonus Acquires Notion Music
[caption id="attachment_48295" align="alignleft"]Notion President Jim Boitnott, PreSonus Chairman Kevin Couhig and CEO Jim Mack [/caption]PreSonus® has acquired the assets of Notion Music, Inc., a leading developer of music-notation software…
Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps Wins First Ever DCI Championship with Yamaha
[caption id="attachment_48116" align="alignleft"]The Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps[/caption]Carolina Crown, a drum and bugle corps based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, won its first Drum Corps International (DCI)…
NAMM Announces William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship Recipients
The NAMM Foundation has announced the recipients of the William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year. Named for a former NAMM executive vice president, the…
New Dates & Venue for 2014 NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia's 2014 edition will now be held September 18-21 and September 18-20, 2014 respectively and in a new, modern venue,…
Taking Gretsch’s 130th Anniversary Celebration To New Heights
After criss-crossing the United States to attend a series of events celebrating Gretsch’s 130th anniversary this year, Fred and Dinah Gretsch recently took the celebration international. Following an…
Casio Donates Keyboards to University in Memory of Professor’s Father
[caption id="attachment_47687" align="alignleft"]Faculty of New Jersey City University.[/caption]Casio America, Inc. recently donated three keyboards to New Jersey City University in memory of Dominique Romeo, the father of Rob…
The Ukulele Fake Book from Hal Leonard
[caption id="attachment_47798" align="alignleft"]The Ukulele Fake Book from Hal Leonard[/caption]Featuring more than 400 songs in all styles, this 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” songbook features the melody, lyrics, and chords for…
Summer NAMM Preview - Happy Days Are Here Again?
[caption id="attachment_47720" align="alignleft"]Summer NAMM 2013 will make a big splash at the brand new Music City Center in Nashville.[/caption]Just a few years ago more than a few were…
23rd Profile of the American Dealer
[caption id="attachment_47712" align="alignleft"]Optimism is creeping back into the guitar market, along with most other sectors of the MI business...[/caption]For the third consecutive year, MMR’s annual dealer count remained…