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2018 Music Products Industry Archive

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Music & Arts Opens Crofton, Maryland Location

Music & Arts has announced the unveiling of their newest musical instrument store and lessons facility, located in Crofton, Maryland.

Yamaha Advantage Seminars Deliver a Strong Plan for Both Dealers and Independent Music Schools

More than 80 musical instrument dealers, music school owners, and Yamaha staff across North America recently attended the Yamaha Advantage program, designed to assist educators and dealers in upping their…

Sound Technology offers Apogee promo

Sound Technology is running an offer on its  Apogee Ensemble or Element Series Thunderbolt audio interfaces, offering a free subscription to its Eventide Ensemble software.

New Admira classical guitars on the way

Spanish classical guitar brand Admira Guitars has released three new additions to its Handcrafted range in the UK.

Korg Hosts Fouth Annual Korg Jam

Employees at Korg USA, Inc. recently gathered at Amityville Music Hall for the company’s fourth annual Korg Jam event.

SLM's Meikle Appointed Senior VP of Marketing & Product

​St Louis Music has announced the appointment of Chris Meikle to the position of senior vice president of Marketing & Product. 

The Forth Valley Blues Festival Uses CHAUVET Professional Fixtures for 2018 Edition

This year, The Forth Valley Blues Festival used a powerful and richly textured lightshow designed by Michael Westcott that featured CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures, supplied by Show Systems…

Bill's Music Hosts Thatcher For Free Music Clinic

Bill's Music in Baltimore, Maryland recently hosted Craig Thatcher of C.F. Martin guitars for a free music clinic.

Remo Names Shen President of Remo-Asia

Remo has named Robert Shen president of Remo-Asia and vice president of Operations.

Remo Names Shen President of Remo-Asia

Remo, Inc has named Robert Shen president of Remo-Asia and vice president of Operations for Remo, Inc.

Yamaha Equips Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival With Various Drum Sets and Hardware

Yamaha joined the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) last weekend as the event's official drum sponsor for the fifth consecutive year, continuing their role in a festival tradition in…

Rotosound Launches Biggest Ever Catalogue

​With its distribution business growing rapidly, Rotosound has produced its biggest-ever product catalogue, weighing-in at a hefty 250 pages.

Peavey Unveils Online Lesson Offering

Peavey Electronics has launched the Peavey Learning Center, an online learning portal for new guitar players.

Gretsch Brand Goes On Asian Tour

Top drumming educator, Mike Johnston, will be taking the Gretsch 135th Anniversary Drum Set on tour to promote the brand throughout Asia this July.

Shergold Reaches Out at Festival

Barnes and Mullins' Shergold Guitars brand is to provide a special backstage area at the forthcoming 2000 Trees Festival, to promote the brand to new artists.

D'Addario Hosts Annual Summer NAMM Party

D'Addario kicked off Summer NAMM 2018 with their 8th Annual Summer NAMM Party on Wednesday, June 28.

Tanglewood Boosts Sales Force

Tanglewood Guitars has recruited Charles Gilbank as field sales manager for South Western England, Wales and Midlands.

Taylor Expands Use of V-Class Bracing Tech

Taylor Guitars has expanded that its new V-Class bracing across all series made at the company’s El Cajon factory with the release of new 300 Series and 400 Series Grand Auditorium models.

Shergold Launches New Limited Edition

Shergold Guitars has released the 2018 Limited Edition SM03SD Masquerader with Black Sparkle finish.

John Packer Musical Instruments’ Rob Hanson: ‘Making the Choice that Much Easier for Music Retailers’

Born out of a retail and repair shop founded by John Packer in England in 1974, John Packer Ltd. is now a worldwide-force in the design and manufacture of brass…

Levy's in Nashville

EHX at Summer NAMM

NAMM Congratulates the 2018 Top 100 Dealers and Announces 'Best Of' Categories

​On Friday night at Summer NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) celebrated the industry's Top 100 Dealer Awards and recognized the enterprising music product retailers who received "Best of" awards for their…

NAMM Congratulates the 2018 Top 100 Dealers and Announces 'Best Of' Categories

​On Friday night at Summer NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) celebrated the industry's Top 100 Dealer Awards and recognized the enterprising music product retailers who received "Best of" awards for their…

Gibson is an American Brand!

MMR and D.A.S. at Summer NAMM

Casio Hosts Intimate Event at City Winery in Nashville During Summer NAMM

Roland Opens Nashville Artist Relations Center

On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, Roland held a grand opening celebration of its new Nashville Artist Relations Center, located within Love Shack Studios in Nashville's Music Row neighborhood.

Harker School Installs Ashly Audio Fixtures

The Harker School in San Jose, California recently completed the construction of the Rothchild Performing Arts Center on its Saratoga campus for high school students, which features an Ashly nX8002…

Yamaha Teams Up with Veterans for Live Music Event in Nashville to Highlight National PTSD Awareness Day

Yamaha joined veteran's group Guitars for Vets (G4V) on the evening of June 27th to hold a live music performance in Nashville to highlight National PTSD Awareness Day, as well as…

Alfred Music Participates in Make Music Day National Events

Alfred Music once again partnered with Make Music Alliance on June 21 to support guitar and ukulele Make Music Day events nationwide.

Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program Celebrates its 30th Anniversary

Marking its 30th anniversary, the Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) program recognized the 2018 winners during its annual Celebration Weekend, held June 23 to 25, 2018 at Ball State University…

New Models from Reverend Guitars

Reverend Guitars has rebooted the classic Six Gun model by swapping out the regular single coil at the bridge for their own T-style Talnico pickup.

Stormbender Devin Townsend Artist Series from Framus

This custom Shop Masterbuilt model is the Pro Series Teambuilt version of the Framus Stormbender Devin Townsend. The curved body is made of mahogany with Flamed Maple top.

New Hercules 'Plus' Stands

The GS414B Plus and the GSP38WB Plus from Hercules Stands feature a wider mounting area to better accommodate extended range instruments (up to 2.05" nut width), an upgraded height adjustment clutch, and…

New Stands from On-Stage – June 2018

Lightweight, super-stable and highly adaptive, the On-Stage SS7762B speaker stand features a leveling leg for swift, secure placement on uneven surfaces -- including stairs.

New IDOL Guitars from Washburn

Washburn's two new IDOL Series electric guitars are the IDOL WIT16 VSK-D and IDOL WIS26 MRK-D.

New Mandolins from Weber

The Fern is Weber's most traditional mandolin and is crafted with a hand-voiced 3A Adirondack spruce top and highly flamed maple back, sides and neck.

NAMM's Museum of Making Music to Welcome The Grascals and Flatt Lonesome for A Bluegrass Benefit

On Saturday, August 25, NAMM's Museum of Making Music (MoMM) will host MoMM's Bluegrass Benefit Concert at the Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall.

Yorkville Sound to Distribute HK Audio for North America

German Pro Audio Manufacturer, HK Audio, will be joining Yorkville Sound's family of distributed lines for North American distribution.