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In late March, the NAMM Foundation recognized 623 school districts in 41 states as among the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME).
Make Music Day, the annual global celebration of music occurring on the summer solstice, returns this year on Friday, June 21 with over 5,000 free outdoor concerts, music lessons, jam…
While China continues to fight back against its slowing economy with significant tax cuts and ambitious growth targets, a number of the country’s markets are still drawing more and more…
The Arts and Sciences Auditorium on the campus of University of Wyoming (UW), or “U-Dub,” as insiders call it, recently installed a brand new L-Acoustics Kara sound system.
Coinciding with its 40th anniversary year, Genelec has recently announced the founding of the Genelec Dr. Ilpo Martikainen Audio Visionary Scholarship, offered annually to U.S. graduate students in the field of audio engineering who…
D’Addario is sponsoring Recycle and Restring events in music stores nationwide. Players are invited to bring friends, bandmates, and their old strings to participating dealers to recycle and have their…
Eric Clapton has announced the fifth installment of the Crossroads Guitar Festival. The festival will take place September 20 and 21 in the city that hosted the first-ever Crossroads Guitar…
JBL Professional by Harman and UK distributor Sound Technology have launched the new Series 104 compact powered reference monitors.
Native Instruments has launched Noire, a new Kontakt instrument that captures the signature grand piano sound of composer and pianist Nils Frahm.
Framus has launched a new Devin Townsend custom shop seven string electric guitar.
Solid State Logic and UK distributor Sound Technology have launched the SiX desktop mixer, for use in the studio, in post-production, on stage, and for podcasting.
Audio-Technica has extended its distribution partnership with Belgian installation audio manufacturer Apart Audio to include Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, to take effect from April 2019.
“DXMX,” an exciting, entertaining and educational new drum festival is set to launch in Mexico City, Mexico on April 27. The event features many of Mexico’s top drummers and percussionists…
With a music career spanning more than 20 years, Florida-based musician and songwriter Jory Lyle plays as many as 300 live shows each year and records original music in a…
On March 26, NAMM historian Dan Del Fiorentino got in touch with sad news about the passing of violin-maker Kurt Glaesel:
Thrice’s recent tour opening for Bring Me The Horizon raised some issues for the band’s lighting designer Lenny Sasso, who had to contend with short breakdown times He was able…
How do you ensure everyone using an audio system – regardless of technological capability – receives the maximum benefit of amazing sound quality? For one of the largest conference centers…
L-Acoustics has announced the availability of training programs for systems and mixing engineers seeking to implement L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, the market-leading object-based mixing technology for live events and…
The Roland LX700 series of premium upright digital pianos has won a Red Dot Product Design Award 2019 and a 2019 iF Design Award.
Yamaha Artist Services Indianapolis has announced that it has named Jeffrey Grogan, Barry Houser and Michael Pote to its esteemed Master Educator Program.
From bar band performances to the ‘hot-ticket’ sets, Allen & Heath was once again all over this year’s South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.
Ottenbacher had no trouble reflecting their performance in light with a compact, versatile rig anchored by CHAUVET Professional Rogue fixtures.
Sweetwater Studios will host another installment of its hands-on recording master classes, featuring the world-class supergroup Don’t Feed The Animals.
Following the sale of its Powersports tool business, musician tool specialist CruzTOOLS has rebadged as GrooveTech.
A boardroom at the OC Fair and Event Center recently took charge of its ever-expanding audio needs with the help of a compact SQ-5 digital mixer from Allen & Heath.
Tom Sumner, president of Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA), has been appointed as an operating officer of YCA parent company Yamaha Corporation, effective April 1, 2019.
British singer/songwriter Poppy WS has become an endorsed artist for Tanglewood.
Big Kids Inc., the parent company of Sophia Tremolos, has announced the purchase of TiSonix.
ADJ Lighting has announced four spring Road Tour dates to demonstrate their latest lighting, video and audio technologies.
Wherever her impressive clients take her, sound mixer Chykeria Thompson packs her full arsenal of Lectrosonics gear, which includes the SMQV belt-pack transmitter, the SPDR and PDR portable digital audio recorders, and IFB systems.
Over the course of three separate masterclass sessions which took place in 2017 and 2018, New York-based guitar virtuoso Oz Noy laid down tracks for his latest album Booga Looga…
The European Songwriting Awards are being held for the second time at Musikmesse and the best songs will be chosen by international A&Rs from major labels and music publishers during…
With seven locations across Chicagoland, The Chapel has given new direction to its worship services with dLive Digital Mixing Systems from Allen & Heath.
Marking the success of 100 million streams on his current album 'Come Back Road,' country artist Logan Mize was featured by his label Big Yellow Dog Music at an intimate gathering…
Antari Lighting and Effects USA has recently appointed Image Marketing as their new sales representatives for Southern California and Southern Nevada.
For its eighth year, Hotel Vegas’ massive annual Spring Break celebration, also known as the unofficial SX kick off, was powered by Yorkville Sound’s new Synergy Array Series active point-source…
Alteros, an Audio-Technica company, announces the appointment of Jonathan Novick to the position Director of Sales & Marketing.
Music students at High School in the Community (HSC) in New Haven, Conn., have a couple of reasons to smile in 2019. First, there are now plenty of new Peavey®…
Adam Hall has a full launch schedule at this year's Prolight+Sound show across its entire brand portfolio including LD Systems, Cameo and Palmer.
