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Fender Appoints Mooney CEO
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced that Andrew “Andy” P. Mooney has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Mooney joins FMIC from Quiksilver, Inc. and…
AIMM Appoints Mitchell Executive VP
AIMM, the Alliance of Independent Music Merchants has appointed Barry Mitchell to the position of executive vice president.Mitchell brings more than 20 years of professional experience in the…
CHAUVET DJ Intimidator Rocks With Grateful Dead Legend Bill Kreutzmann
A founding member of the Grateful Dead along with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, drummer Bill Kreutzmann is still going strong after playing…
Gear4Music readies IPO, eyes London store
UK online retailer Gear4music is readying an assault on Europe after confirming plans to float on the London stock exchange and open a Central London flagship outlet.
KHS Promotes Hankes to School Music Business Unit Manager
KHS America has announced the promotion of Christopher Hankes to the position of school music business unit manager. In this newly created position, Hankes will lead the U.S.…
Willcox Guitars Welcomes Cooper as Senior Product Advisory Consultant
Willcox Guitars has appointed virtuoso guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer and author Marc Cooper (Coop) as senior product advisory consultant. “As an artist endorser of the Willcox brand, Coop…
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…
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…
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.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Receives $5 Million Gift from Keith Mardak and Mary Vandenberg
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee (BGCGM) today announced it has received a $5 million gift from longtime donors Keith Mardak and his wife Mary Vandenberg to…
D'Addario Woodwinds Artist Wins WGI Winds Division
D'Addario Woodwinds announced their artist Rhythm X Winds as the first winner of the new WGI Sport of the Arts Winds Division. Rhythm X Winds is sponsored by D'Addario…
Under the Stage with Wicked’s Chris Jago
Pearl Artist, Chris Jago, recently finished up a residency at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, California where he performed 96 shows over a 3-month long tenure with the…
Fred and Dinah Gretsch Presented With Henry H. Arnold Award
Fred and Dinah Gretsch were presented the General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold Award for helping sponsor the First Annual John Calabro Night of the Arts celebration and awards…
Sometimes Along the Way, We Get Lucky
My thanks to Terry Lowe, Christian Wissmuller, and the Timeless Communications team for the opportunity to pen this article for MMR and its sister music education publications. My…
Getting Wired Up Over Wireless Audio
MI retailers who sell pro audio are going to have a lot of explaining to do. Explaining, that is, about the confusing state of wireless microphones, which isn’t…
U.S. Piano & Keyboard Dealers in 2015 – A Snapshot
To get a more detailed view of the state of the piano and keyboard market in America in 2015, MMR spent time with three distinct retailers from across…
2015 Musikmesse and ProLight + Sound
As Ronnie Dungan reported in this month’s “European Beat” (see page 22), the hot-button topic in Frankfurt this April was the proposed changes to Musikmesse and ProLight +…
Getting Keyed Up – Piano & Keyboard Retailers Discuss the Market
“Slow and Steady Wins the Race,” goes the old adage and there are some signs of hope that such maxims can prove true when applied to the piano…
New European boss for Yamaha
Yamaha has appointed Thomas Schoepe as its new European president.
Six Easy Steps to Begin a Lesson Program in Your Music Store
Often I am asked about how you build a successful music lesson program. I believe the best answer is to make quality you first and only priority. If…
JBL Title Sponsor for AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament Day One
JBL Professional has become the Title Sponsor for Day One (Thursday, May 14) at the 18th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament. Known as the “Live Sound Day,” as it…
Moog Foundation Celebrates Closing of Switched-On Exhibit
Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer comes to a close this month after a year-long run at The History Center in Tompkins County in Ithaca, New York. The exhibit…
Roland Supports Light Up the Blues Concert
On April 25th at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre, people came together to help raise awareness for autism at the third annual Light Up the Bluesconcert. The sold-out event was attended…
No Plans for Additional Plant Closings from Peavey
On April 21, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) confirmed Peavey Electronics is not closing additional plants in Mississippi, despite reports suggesting that the company was moving manufacturing operations overseas:The…
Audio-Technica Provides Microphone Solutions for 2015 CMA's
Caption: 2015 ACM Awards Male Vocalist of the Year winner, and Audio-Technica endorser, Jason Aldean. Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images. Audio-Technica provided wireless solutions for the 50th Academy of Country…
Sennheiser Delivers At Juno Awards
Sennheiser lit up the Juno Awards of 2015, held at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton last month. The Juno Awards, which represent the pinnacle of Canadian recognition for…
Radial Engineering Trim-Two
Radial Engineering Ltd.’s Trim-Two is a passive stereo isolator designed to simplify the use of laptop computers for keyboard players, DJs, and audio-visual presenters by providing a ready…
MI Retailers Give Environmentally Sound Business Practices the (Green) Thumbs Up
Retailers responded in great number and with enthusiasm to this month’s survey on the topic of “going green” and its impact within the world of MI.As environmental issues…
Is the Price Right?
Do music instrument manufacturers sacrifice quality and profits by going green? This is a two-pronged question that is becoming imperative as more and more companies seek to become…