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King Reflects the Richness of 'Guys and Dolls' at Mountview with CHAUVET Professional

Earlier this year, Mountview Alumn Adam King lit a production of Guys and Dolls at Mountview’s recently completed new location in Peckham, south London. Helping him in this endeavor was a…

Gator Launches Donation Campaign to Fight Racism and Discrimination

Starting today, for every donation over $25 that is made to NAACP Legal and Defense Fund, Center for Economic Inclusion, ACLU, Equal Justice Initiative or Color of Change, Gator will…

L-Acoustics Accelerates Plans for Blended Training with Online Education Platform

As many countries slowly lift confinement restrictions, L-Acoustics will re-open in-person education programs this month. Simultaneously, to complement in-person training and to offer the greatest flexibility to users, L-Acoustics is…

Peavey Electronics Celebrates 55 Years

Peavey Electronics® celebrates the 55th Anniversary of its founding on June 1, 1965.

Audio Engineers Around the World Converge for the AES Virtual Vienna Convention

ChamSys Announces Winners of Online Programming Competition

With many designers and programmers looking for new challenges during the lockdown, the ChamSys Online Programming Competition offered a creative outlet: the chance to program the power packed 200-plus fixture…

Danley Takes Over UCSB Sports Facilities Delivering Big Sound from Small Speakers

Three University of California, Santa Barbara athletic venues recently benefitted from sound system upgrades led by area audio consultant Ara Ayrassian and his company, Audio 77. A modest number of high-efficiency,…

Nashville’s Blackbird Studio Completes Integration of Solid State Logic ORIGIN Analogue Console

Blackbird Studio, established in 2002 by sound engineer John McBride and his wife, country music superstar Martina McBride, is renowned for its production facilities and for its collection of vintage…

Make Music Day Announces Updated Schedule of Events

Make Music Day, the live global music celebration held annually on June 21, the summer solstice, today announced its updated schedule of events.

Gibson Generation Group And MyMusicRx Unite To Offer Virtual Guitar Lessons

Gibson and MyMusicRx, the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA)’s flagship program, are joining forces to bring the healing power of music to kids facing cancer and other serious illnesses.

Shadow Child Turns To SSL SiX for Analog Summing

His latest addition is the SSL SiX, which he is using to sum audio between DAWs, and utilizing the Super Analogue channels and G Bus compressor on his live synth…

Sierra Linda High School Installs New L-Acoustics A Series System

To ensure that the audio facilities are every bit as state-of-the-art as the new educational and entertainment space, Clearwing Systems Integration’s team specified and installed its very first L-Acoustics A…

NAMM U Virtual Summit to Present Fresh Business Strategies to Meet and Succeed in New Realities Across Business, Audio, and Technology

Beginning Tuesday, July 7 through Friday, July 10, NAMM will present The 2020 NAMM U Virtual Summit: four days of career and business-enhancing webinars and strategies designed to help businesses…

Free Conn-Selmer Institute & NAMM Foundation Session Open to the Public June 9

Join NAMM Foundation executive director Mary Luehrsen who will be moderating a discussion on how we can navigate the waters of music education through advocacy, resources, and research.

GC Cuts Ties with Fulltone

Jeff Falgien, Keyboard Concepts VP, to Leave Company He Helped Form

Dennis Hagerty, Founder and President of Southern California’s Keyboard Concepts, has announced the departure of Jeff Falgien, his longtime business partner and Keyboard Concepts Vice President.

Bauer Named VP of Sales for Keyboard Concepts

Jeff Bauer, manager for Keyboard Concepts in Santa Monica, has been appointed Vice President of Sales by Dennis Hagerty, Founder and President.

RPMDA Hosting Zoom Book Club Meeting on June 10

The Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) will host a book club Zoom meeting on June 10 to discuss SWITCH: How To Change When Change is Hard by Chip Heath…

Cathcart Expands Silversun Pickups Show With CHAUVET DJ COLORband PiX

Late last year, Eric Cathcart envisioned expanding the look of his show to better reflect the free-flowing sound of Silversun Pickups. Understanding Cathcart’s inspiration as they did, his contacts at…

Celestion Appoints Professional Audio Ltd. as Distributor for Ireland and Northern Ireland

Celestion has announced the appointment of Professional Audio Ltd.  as distributor for Ireland and Northern Ireland.

ILIO Launches New Series ‘7 Days of Sound Design’

Starting now, ILIO will release one video a day for an entire week covering synthesis and sonics, guided by Michael (MIDIhead) Babbitt.

Genelec Offers G SongLab Online Sessions in June

Genelec recently announced the launch of G SongLab, an initiative that forms part of the Genelec Academy and offers young people free access to a safe online learning community through…

Hal Leonard Hires Roman as General Manager of Essential Elements Music Class

Hal Leonard has hired Gregory Roman to be the General Manager of their online general music program, Essential Elements Music Class.

New Orleans’ Ahava Festival Takes Danley for a Spin

The Ahava Festival held its inaugural event at the Woldenberg Riverfront Park in New Orleans, Louisiana in early March. Danley Sound Labs supported the Ahava Festival with over 4,200 pounds…

Johnson Joins Conn-Selmer Marching Band Workshop Faculty

Scott Johnson, Blue Devils percussion arranger and caption head, has joined the Conn-Selmer Marching Band Workshop faculty.

NAMM Advocacy Summit on June 16

Members of the MI community are invited to join the NAMM Advocacy Summit on June 16, 2020.

Gold Tone Music Group Names McGregor Sales Manager

Gold Tone Music Group announces a new hire in the company’s Sales Team; Michael McGregor joins the organization as Sales Manager for the Northern Territories of the USA. 

‘American Horror Story’ Leans on Lectrosonics

Paulson, who is proactive about the role of audio in capturing an ideal performance, brings her personal Lectrosonics SSM Digital Hybrid Wireless transmitter to every shoot. Production mixer Brendan Beebe CAS  gave us…

Trahan Named Breedlove Guitars’ Featured Artist for June

Trahan is Breedlove Guitars’ Featured Artist for June. A longtime Breedlove player, she has recently joined forces with the Organic Collection of sustainably sourced, surprisingly affordable, all solid wood acoustic electric instruments.

jj Babbitt’s DH-113 Alto Clarinet Mouthpiece

To round out the quartet of new Premiere by Hite composite blend mouthpieces for 2020, jj Babbitt has unveiled the DH-113 Alto Clarinet mouthpiece.

Excelcia Music’s Digital String Orchestra Music Release

Thirty-two new string orchestra pieces from favorite veteran composers as well as talented, up-and-coming composers make up Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2020 String Orchestra music release.

'Cello Duet Delights' from Hal Leonard

Students and professionals alike can play Massimiliano Martinelli’s and Fulvia Mancini’s original arrangements with the release of their first songbook: Cello Duet Delights: 10 Popular Songs for Two. The pair…

Whirlwind’s IMP 2 Direct Box

The IMP 2 direct box converts a line or instrument level unbalanced signal to a low impedance mic level balanced signal.

MEC Bass Pickups

These MEC bass pickups represent quality and sound, manufactured carefully by hand.

Chedeville Umbra Mouthpiece Series

Chedeville has announced the launch of a completely new range of classical clarinet mouthpieces called the Chedeville Umbra Series.

JJN-20R MkII Combo Amp from Blackstar

Blackstar’s latest addition to Jared James Nichols’s signature amplifier line, the JJN-20R MkII Combo Amp, features a racing green tolex and a distinctive tilt-back design, making the amplifier look just…

Gig Gear LLC’s Cam-A-Lot Backdrop Device

Gig Gear LLC’s Cam-A-Lot is a dual-sided video conferencing screen that provides a clean background during video calls.

Zoom’s H6 Handy Recorder in All Black

The Zoom H6 All Black Handy Recorder combines Zoom audio quality with versatility via Zoom’s “capsule” system. Change mics on the fly, or even expand inputs using any of the…

IK Multimedia’s iRig Pro Duo I/O

IK Multimedia’s iRig Pro Duo I/O is an enhanced, ultra-compact 2-channel audio/MIDI interface that enables high-quality recording on the go with iPhone, iPad, Android devices and Mac/PC.

Is This Thing On? The Stage Microphone Market

Performance microphones and recording studio mics have quite a few characteristics in common, of course. The ability to capture and amplify – and perhaps record – human vocals and acoustic…