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Building on the steadiness and growth of the past decade, Eastman Music Company and its family of instruments (Eastman Strings, Eastman Winds, Eastman Guitars, S.E. Shires, and Wm. S. Haynes)…
St. Louis Music (SLM) recently announced the recipients of its first annual Sales Achievement Awards, recognizing the outstanding efforts of the SLM sales team throughout 2015.
KMC Music has announced that it has been appointed by Aclam Guitars to serve as the exclusive United States distributor of the company’s Aclam pedalboard product line.
Tracktion Corporation has embarked on an ambitious 2016 agenda that includes at least three major product introductions as well as a complete update of its sales and marketing infrastructure.
Yamaha has appointed Kaneda Hideo to be the new CEO of its Korean division
Sakae continues to grow its roster of artists, adding Clean Bandit drummer, Luke Patterson.
On January 26, Shure Incorporated announced the passing of their chairman, Rose L. Shure.
DigiTech has added a follow-up to its band creation pedal, Trio, with the launch of the new Trio+ adding synced loops to the drum and bass features.
If you happened to miss it during the blizzard of NAMM coverage, here’s a brief summary of what Fender took to the show.
Peavey’s recent launch activity saw it bring back its Cirrus 4 bass guitar and launch a new micro amp head.
Supro continues to grow its range, with the addition of the new all-tube Black Magick amp.
A new report into the global electric guitar market says revenues will grow at an annual rate of 3.44 per cent over the next four years.
This year’s NAMM welcomed a record line-up of exhibitors and a slight increase in visitor registrations, according to the organiser.
QSC, LLC. recently announced that Gene Joly has been named vice president of QSC Professional Division which offers live performance solutions including mixers, power amplifiers, and loudspeakers for musicians, bands,…
NAMM's usual flood of news makes it easy to miss some of the announcements made at the show. So, ever considerate, here's a few which you may have missed over the…
Music creation startup ROLI launched another spongy keyboard at NAMM - the Seaboard RISE 49, a four-octave model of its innovative keyboard.
Winners in 31 technical and creative achievement categories were announced at the 31st Annual NAMM TEC AWARDS held on January 23 in Anaheim, California.
Tish Ciravolo of Daisy Rock Guitars previews a new concept guitar on display in Anaheim this year.
Winners in 31 technical and creative achievement categories were announced at the 31st Annual TEC Awards at NAMM.
At its Annual Meeting of Members, held January 23 during the 2016 NAMM Show, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) named eight new music industry professionals to its board…
Focusrite Novation Inc. (www.focusrite.com) and KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) have announced that, effective immediately, KMC Music will become a United States distributor of both the Focusrite and Novation digital audio production…
The Keyboard division of Yamaha Corporation of America names Music Exchange “Overall Dealer of the Year” for the second year in a row at the 2016 NAMM Show.
The 2016 recipient of the Don Johnson Industry Service Award, Steve West, addresses the crowd on Saturday morning in Anaheim.
Taylor Guitars is adding to its revival of the 12-fret guitar with an expanded suite of 12-fret models for 2016.
Vandoren has announced the winners of the 2016 Emerging Artist Competition.
Avid® and Focusrite have a history of industry-shaping collaborations, from the world’s first plug-ins to feature a fully skeuomorphic GUI (D2 and D3), to the original Focusrite-designed Mbox® interface that…
There are millions of new potential customers for music products, and a brand new association has them squarely in their sights.
The SABIAN Sound Kit is a complete microphone and mixer kit designed as a simple solution to great drum sounds in a variety of scenarios.
On Thursday morning of the 2016 NAMM Show, Alfred Music's Iris and Ron shared thoughts of the recently departed -- and much missed -- Morty Manus.
The newest member of the family is the Godin Passion RG-4 Swamp Ash Bass.
The Vista Eagle 12-string has a grand auditorium body with koa back and sides, mahogany neck and binding, an ebony fretboard, and a gloss finish.
BLOWiT Fans are low-profile and can clamp onto drum hardware or microphone stands.
Gon Bops’ latest cajon offering is the DDLR Cajon, crafted from choice poplar wood selected for its warm resonance, and internal wires perfectly positioned to deliver rootsy-sounding snare sounds.
The Wearable App, now available at the Apple App store, provides the ultimate in convenience: it offers customers the ability to discover the PNOmation system on any network, delivers playlist…
In just over 400 pages, A Cappella is the most comprehensive volume ever created on contemporary a cappella, spanning from its early history to modern performing and recording techniques.
The Rocket harmonica was released in 2014 and is known for its rounded comfortable form as well as its fantastic action due to the innovative design of the chamber openings.
