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Hanser Music Group has confirmed the sale of its distribution business, Davitt & Hanser, to JAM Industries. The transaction, completed on October 6th, allows Hanser Music Group to focus on…
On Friday, October 3, John Williams made his first visit to the corporate headquarters of Hal Leonard Corporation – his longtime music print publisher.The relationship between Mr. Williams and Hal…
Dave Smith Instruments recently announced a newly redesigned website. “We’ve made it easier than ever to get the product information and support services that you need as quickly as possible,”…
Registration opened on October 1, 2014 for NAMM members planning to attend the 2015 NAMM Show. The world’s largest trade-only event for the music products industry returns to the Anaheim…
The NAMM Foundation will induct revered engineer -mixologist Ed Cherney and bassist Nathan East into the NAMM TEC Awards Hall of Fame during the 30th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence &…
Pro Audio Distribution, the US distributor of Sontronic microphones and Augspurger monitors, has appointed Glen Heffner director of Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for the development and growth…
On October 2nd, we received the following from NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino: For all those who have enjoyed Bones West at the NAMM Shows over the years, we have George Roberts…
Starting October 1st, P. Mauriat began a rebate promotion called “Give the Gift of P. Mauriat”.“A rebate program like ours may not be pioneering, but we think it continues to…
The first company exclusively dedicated to supplying lighting and audio equipment cases, Arriba's success has created a need for the company to expand its East Coast sales team.To keep up with the…
Corner Entertainment is a recently-opened entertainment constellation located in Houston, Texas. It features a restaurant (Corner Table) a bar/nightclub (The Oak Bar), and a second wine and mixed drinks bar…
Pro audio brand Aphex® recently announced that it has moved the company to Salt Lake City, in order to increase operational efficiencies by being closer to parent company DWV Entertainment…
Larry Fishman founder and President of Fishman, designer and manufacturer of pickups, amplification and other products for acoustic and electric musicians, was recently invited to speak to Apple designers, engineers…
MMR caught up with Satch just prior to his recent South American tour to get the 411 on his latest gear.
Marshall McLuhan’s famous dictum, “The medium is the message,” rings as true for retail as it does for media. While the Internet-era nostrum that “content is king” remains plenty valid,…
A global leader in the design and manufacture of music stands and accessories, Germany’s König & Meyer – most commonly referred to simply as “K&M” – has been celebrating its…
New business is falling out of the sky. All you have to do is accept the great margin and write up the deal. Well maybe it wasn’t quite that easy…
As any longtime reader of MMR knows, the past few – well, unfortunately, many – years have represented something of an uphill struggle for those who supply and sell pianos…
"It’s a Swiss Army knife for keyboard guys.” Ed Diaz, a member of Roland Corporation’s keyboard product team, cuts straight to the chase when describing the keyboard workstation. While it…
This year, the 52-year-old National Association of Music Dealers (NASMD) will inaugurate the first woman president in the history of the organization. Rosi Johnson, CEO of Mississippi Music in Hattiesburg,…
There is a belief, which is just not true, that women are just in bad occupations and if we just put them in better occupations, we would solve the gender…
The Scorpion Script laser effect is a compact 532mn/50mW green laser that comes with its own detachable keyboard to display custom text. Use the keyboard to type out any customized…
MusicNomad’s additions to its instrument care products include: Valve Oil, T-Slide Trombone Lubricant, Bore Oil, Silver Polish, Lacquer Polish, Polishing cloths for Piano/Keyboard, Brass and Woodwind, String Instrument, Piano ONE…
The Pickup Booster pedal returns with a few extra twists and a new look. With its class A, low-noise circuit design, the Resonance Switch allows those with single-coils to flip…
The Pro X Hi Hat is a patented dual-cymbal hi-hat controller with true open, half open, closed, “chick”, and splash triggering capability. Designed to offer authentic hi-hat playability and trigger…
Written as a tribute to the composer’s parents, this Grade 2 original for horn features an expressive melody that’s expanded through a series of simple variations marked by rallentandos. A…
The compact and lightweight iQ6 turns any Lightning-equipped device into a field recorder. It features two unidirectional condenser microphones in an X/Y configuration—the same elements used in the Zoom H4n…
The new PolyTune 2 Mini takes TC Electronic's innovative polyphonic tuning technology and fits into the company's recent "Mini" pedal enclosure. The pedal features an upgraded display with 109 ultra-bright…
The Hot Stone Deluxe features eight isolated and two split outputs for a total of 10 that can be used simultaneously. Two of the outputs are high powered 400mA sections…
The small NanoLooper 360 offers a total of 360 seconds of loop recording time which can be divided into 11 different loops. With uncompressed audio, 24-bit A/D/A and a44.1kHz sample…
The Aggressor is high gain distortion pedal kit that delivers contemporary distortion. The distortion effect goes from subtle break up to over-the-top distortion at maximum gain. The Aggressor features true…
The ’68 Custom Vibrolux Reverb Amp pays tribute to the classic look, sound, and performance of Fender’s late-’60s “silver-face” amps. In a new twist, both channels boast reverb and tremolo,…
A new 50 watt version of PRS Guitars' Archon Amplifier maintains the original 100-watt version's lush gain and unique clean channel. With 50 watts (switchable to 25), the Archon 50…
For Hughes & Kettner's 30th Anniversary, the company is producing a Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Series of its groundbreaking TubeMeister range. The amps – which are set to be available…
The DK2M Pro Series Dinky features an alder body, flat-sawn graphite-reinforced bolt-on maple neck with wrap-around heel, 24-fret compound radius (12"-16") maple fingerboard with offset black dot inlays, black neck…
All of B.C. Rich's new seven-string guitars have a 25.5” scale length and the eight-string models feature a 27” scale length. All six models are now available worldwide in iconic…
Featuring Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy characters in a high gloss finish, Peavey’s Rockmaster® guitar provides balance, playability, and tone with a basswood body, maple neck, and rosewood fretboard. A…
The patented removable neck system allows this carbon fiber acoustic travel guitar to collapse into an airline carry-on size case for the traveling musician or backpacker. Carbon fiber composite material…
Kala Thinline acoustic/electric guitars are six-string models available in both steel string and nylon string versions. Both are cutaway models that feature a Shadow SH Performer Pro Tuner NFX preamp…
Guild Guitars is pleased to announce the launch of the newly revamped www.guildguitars.com. The website has been completely overhauled; aside from the fresh, clean aesthetic, the most obvious major improvement…
