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Blackstar Amplification joined Canada’s premier musical instrument and gear exhibition, Cosmofest, for their fifth annual music festival right in the heart of Toronto, where thousands gathered for live performances, gear…
Guitar Center has celebrated the opening of its latest retail location – a 16,000-square-foot facility in Anchorage, Alaska (2880 Seward Highway, Anchorage, AK 99503).
Buffet Crampon USA, North American distributor of Buffet Crampon professional, intermediate and student clarinets, recently partnered with Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas and the San Antonio Symphony to grant the…
Chuck Rainey, the studio bassist, live rhythm section member and music educator, has joined other critical bass players in choosing GR Bass amplification, a boutique manufacturer of bass amplifiers, speaker…
The ADJ Group of Companies is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlotte Wester as its new Trade Show Manager.
Since emerging from bankruptcy less than a year ago, Gibson has made significant progress in the key areas that matter most to guitarists around the world.
In a longstanding trademark dispute with Gibson Brands, Inc. over the cancellation of Gibson’s V-Shaped guitar trademark, Warwick, led by owner Hans-Peter Wilfer, successfully argued that the V-Shaped guitar cannot act…
Providing an immersive and supportive visual setting for their choreography as they swayed to the evocative sounds of traditional Polynesian music was a lightshow designed by David Seligmann-Forest that featured…
Tool, comprised of Danny Carey (drums), Justin Chancellor (bass), Adam Jones (guitar), and Maynard James Keenan (vocals), has been touring with a sound system supplied by Eighth Day Sound. Along…
Yamaha recently joined veteran’s group Guitars for Vets (G4V) to hold a live music performance in observance of National PTSD Awareness Day, as well as to celebrate the recent milestone…
His rig, which was supplied by Squeek Lights, was anchored by three pods holding collections of CHAUVET Professional Rogue R1 FX-B and EPIX Strip Tour fixtures in very different configurations.
Rather than replace the failed system with an equally doomed solution, Logic Systems Sound and Lighting completely re-conceptualized the entire approach. They installed four clusters of two point source Danley…
The Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) program recognized the 2019 winners during its annual Celebration Weekend, held June 22-25, 2019 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
Casio is now a sponsor of Raue Center of the Arts, located in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The Company gifted its flagship Celviano Grand Hybrid Piano to Raue Center Café and…
Organized by Skippen Dam, Tumult - The Sanzaru Order techno/rave events travel from club to club in Belgium. Adding to the immersive effect of the Tumult experience is an intense lightshow featuring…
Cho Kabuki: Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees) is one of the most popular kabuki plays in Japan.
Alfred Music is proud to announce that Iris Manus was honored with the 2019 MPA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hal Leonard has announced that Keith Mardak is stepping down as its CEO and Larry Morton will become president and CEO.
The Motor Synth Indiegogo Campaign will be ending on June 27th, 11:59 PM. This is the last chance to reserve a Motor Synth at at 30% off.
After being rescued from disrepair by the church, the Brooklyn Tabernacle now features a ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium, installed in early 2019 by lighting designer Abner Torres of Out of…
Peavey Electronics sponsored the inaugural #NoChaser International Kidz & Teen DJ Showcase & Fundraiser.
Conn-Selmer, in partnership with our authorized dealers, is now offering bargain and used instruments to their education network.
The JP231 Rath was the first instrument born from John Packer Musical Instruments' collaboration with Michael Rath of Rath Trombones.
An SQ-7 digital mixer from Allen & Heath now serves as the cornerstone of production technologies at the Academy of Modern Music Production (AMMP).
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has announced the new federated music education association relaunched in the nation’s capital, the DC Music Education Association (DCMEA).
Working in close collaboration with designer Devon Turnbull of Ojas speakers, Jason Ojeda of Global Audio recently created a one of a kind high-powered audiophile sound system for community-based hospitality…
For Dustin Klein’s recent work on Papadosio’s second annual Summer Sequence at the Pisgah Brewing Company, part of creating this space relied on weaving the lighting around the band’s music…
ADJ Lighting has planned a two-day summer ADJ Road Tour event at Soundcheck Nashville to demo their latest lighting, audio, and video technologies, as well as offer informative Tech Sessions…
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards was a first for Shure, as the live CBS broadcast relied entirely on Shure Axient® Digital for the first time.
Marshall Amplification and The Women’s International Music Network (the WiMN) have announced the performers for their 2019 She Rocks Showcase scheduled during the Summer NAMM conference in Nashville.
Electro-Harmonix is a sponsor of the 25th Anniversary Vans Warped Concerts and Festival in Atlantic City, and is giving away guitar effects pedals to commemorate the partnership.
It’s awarded to only a handful of companies each year, but the creators of pBone - the world’s first plastic trombone which is played across the globe – can now…
Sennheiser has announced that it has appointed Dobbs Stanford Corporation as sales representative for the TOLA region of the U.S. (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana) to represent its Professional AV…
For his current theatre tour of the Benelux, Dutch singer and TV presenter Jan Smit's long-term creative collaborator Martijn Steman was once again tasked with providing refreshing and versatile tour…
More than 60 Yamaha Music School owners and Yamaha music dealers from across North America recently attended the Yamaha Advantage program, a conference designed to help educators and dealers develop…
George Thorogood will be appearing Sam Ash in Hollywood (7360 Sunset Boulevard) on Friday, June 28 for an interview, signing, and demo of the new “Epiphone Ltd Ed. George Thorogood…
Lighting this year’s Aiken Bluegrass Festival, John Berret reflected the heartfelt spirit of bluegrass music with a collection of CHAUVET Professional Rogue fixtures, all supplied by Quest Sound Productions.
OSA International recently furnished a Martin Audio WPM/CDD sound system for the 2020MY Ford Fleet Preview in Denver, Colorado.
KORG recently partnered with Sweetwater Sound to exhibit a wide array of synthesizers and keyboards during Michigan’s music festival Movement.
