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Premier Piano Course Notespeller 1A and 1B, as well as Premier Piano Course Sight Reading 1A and 1B, are additional materials to be used in conjunction with the corresponding Premier…
The new AmpliTube Orange for iPad and for iPhone/iPhone Touch is a real-time mobile Orange Amplifier and effects studio featuring digital models of five classic and modern Orange guitar amplifiers…
The Bassbone OD is a bass preamp with two instrument input channels, each of which is equipped with level control, a semi-parametric equalizer, and low frequency resonance filter. Channel-1 is…
The Siamese Drive consists of a pair of overdrive pedals dual stacked in a single powder-coated, cast aluminum enclosure. It operates on standard 9v battery or industry standard 9v center…
Harman's DigiTech Bass Whammy is optimized for bass guitar tones and maintains all the settings of the original pedal while offering a host of modern upgrades including true bypass, MIDI…
Based on Maxon's classic OD808 circuit, the OD808X offers a wider frequency response with an extended hi-frequency range. This added tonal range has been carefully tuned to provide additional clarity…
The heavy saturation, articulation, and aggression of Seymour Duncan's original Black Winter pickups is now available for seven- or eight-string string axes. The pickups include a black bottom plate, black…
The Dean Markley Artist XM is a transducer pickup that mounts directly to the soundboard of the instrument without invasive adhesives or hardware. The Dean Markley ProMag Plus XM's single…
The Premier Series Mandolins feature solid-carved bigleaf maple backs with solid-carved Sitka spruce tops with a full gloss finish and K&K Twin internal electronics. Three body shapes are available. The…
This Exotic Series soprano ukulele is made with select Zebrawood. A distinctive curly grain gives each ukulele a unique look. Includes genuine rosewood fingerboard and bridge, guitar-style sealed tuners, and…
The LJ60 has a satin, open-pore finish to the mahogany back and sides, and a solid A+ Sitka spruce top. It’s designed with a unique scalloped bracing pattern and arched…
The AES 54th International Conference on Audio Forensics is set to take place June 12-14, 2014, at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury in London. Dedicated to exploring techniques, technologies and advancements…
The International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest 2014 at Louisiana State University is rapidly approaching, and Vandoren and DANSR, Inc. have announced a few of the many esteemed Vandoren performing artists who…
Ernie Ball’s Aluminum Bronze Guitar strings feature a new development of an optimal blend of copper and aluminum specifically tailored for acoustic guitar strings. Aluminum Bronze Acoustic Strings feature more…
The new Wireless Holster is designed to safely and securely wear a wireless unit and can be used both on the guitar strap or a belt. The multiple openings in…
The foam padding on these straps is covered with our super-soft garment leather and the multilayer top is a veg leather top and a basket weave tooled insert. This 2…
This new line of trimmers offers an unprecedented level of performance. The new trimmer is the first to exactly replicate the tip contours of various reed cuts designed by Vandoren.…
Alfred Music’s new acoustic guitar strings come in .11, .12., and .13 sizes, while electric strings are available in sizes .9 and .10. Alfred Music’s acoustic strings are made of…
With four playback modes, UGO Bluetooth is designed to deliver deep bass tones, clear midranges, and sparkling tenor from any audio source via Bluetooth connection or direct plug-in. Music can…
Vancouver-based Radial Engineering Ltd. recently announced that it has taken on the global sales, marketing, and distribution of Jensen Transformers' Iso-Max range of products. Iso-Max is a range of isolators that provide ground…
Fred and Dinah Gretsch (president and CFO, respectively, of the Savannah-based Gretsch Company) appeared at the Savannah Arts Academy this past Friday, May 16 to present the school with a…
John D’Addario Jr., vice chairman of D’Addario & Co., Inc. will accept the Koblenz Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of himself, The D’Addario Foundation, and D’Addario & Company, Inc. for…
John R. Chase, Jr. 56 of Palm Harbor, Florida passed away May 15 at Tampa General Hospital surrounded by his family.Chase worked in the music industry for 40 years. He…
Just down the road from the Memphis outpost of certain MI retail giant, Geoff Albert’s independent Revolve Guitars does a brisk business. Since opening in 2012, Albert’s shop has sold…
As we go to print with this June issue of MMR, a hot-button topic on our site (and in my in-box) and elsewhere is the recent parting of the ways…
[caption id="attachment_49701" align="alignleft" width="800"]Myles Reck with Kevin Cranley and Madeleine Crouch.[/caption]An ever-popular feature of the RPMDA is the annual “Best Ideas” session, which culls new retail ideas from the minds…
Draft beer. Handmade coffee. Artisanal chocolate. Heritage jeans. Hand-carved wooden iPad cases. It’s hard to avoid the retail collateral of the current hipster era, with its emphasis on the bespoke.…
Many tests have been developed to identify your personality, perhaps the best-known of which is the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator. Using a series of questions, it identifies your personality and…
Number crunchers have been harping on analytics for years – you’ve seen it take hold of sports (Moneyball and the rise of “sabermetrics”) while advanced infographics have become a staple…
In the Fall of 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans for an incentive auction of UHF spectrum in the 600 MHz Band – adjacent to the previously auctioned 700…
In the course of compiling our annual ’50 Dealer 50 State’ review and forecast each November, we’ve noticed that a fair number of dealers cite their own store’s brand –…
There’s much talk in the industry of “creating music makers” and, while it’s certainly an important first step to get that customer in the door, making that initial purchase, the…
It’s a rare venue or studio that doesn’t include at least a few items from On-Stage Stands, the flagship brand from MI manufacturer and distribution company, The Music People. That…
As a core group of print music insiders met in Dallas for the 38th convention of the Retail Print Music Distributors Association (RPMDA) in May, a resilient picture of the…
I’m like a lot of you out there. I am an entrepreneur. Sure I am in a fun business. I publish a magazine about the MI industry. However, at the…
On Thursday, May 22, high school students in Las Vegas and Washington D.C. participated in the first ever three-site “remote” master class with a college professor located in New York.…
