Celebrate Make Music Day on June 21
Make Music Day presents the industry with an ideal opportunity to create more music makers and reach new customers. Held on June 21st, Make Music Day is part of the…
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Korg USA Key Note Awards
Korg USA has announced the winners of its 2013 Korg USA Key Note Awards. As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to encourage and support its dealer network, this annual…
Ashly Audio Appoints Van Der Logt as New Sales Manager
Spurred by growing demand in foreign markets, Ashly Audio has appointed industry veteran Mike van der Logt of 4M4You, to serve as its sales manager for Europe, the Middle East,…
GC Responds to Reports of Ares Management Takeover from Bain
In a February 28, 2014 article in The Wall Street Journal, the publication reported that, “Ares Management LLC, which owns the majority of the music retailer's debt, is in advanced…
7 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Workforce (Or, How to Treat Employees Like a Band)
Having employee headaches? Think things aren’t running quite as well as they should, but you can’t quite put your finger on what’s wrong? Maybe looking at your team in a…
It’s Enough to Make You Wanna Uke
What a lot of noise – literal and figurative – from such a tiny instrument! Within the pages of MMR and elsewhere throughout the MI industry, one of the hot…
Guitars Get Wired
The future once looked like a high tech playground for computer engineers and quick-witted space travelers. Spock and Chekov commanded spaceships with obscure, touch-sensitive control panels and NASA scientists navigated…
Craze May Be Over, But Uke Sales Are Still Going Strong
From “Tiny Bubbles” to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to “Hey, Soul Sister,” the ukulele has been a mainstay in American popular music for decades. The recent ukulele resurgence was fueled…
Takuya Nakata, President of Yamaha Corporation
In May of 2013, Takuya “Tak” Nakata succeeded Mitsuru Umemura as president and representative director of Yamaha Corporation, Japan. Since 2010 Nakata had held the reigns of Yamaha Corporation of…
Best and Worst of Winter NAMM 2014
Worst Instrument to Sneak Through TSAGood luck fitting this giant Hohner accordion into an x-ray bin.
2014 NAMM Show - The Global Ecosystem
There’s always gear and product, but the NAMM Show is about people,” says NAMM president and CEO Joe Lamond about this winter’s annual gathering in Anaheim. “The absolute diversity of…
Rovner Products at 40 Years
[caption id="attachment_49226" align="alignleft" width="800"]Lynn Reeder, Phil Rovner, and George Reeder of Rovner Products.[/caption]It was Phil Rovner’s background as an engineer that led him to a career in the MI business.…
The New Face of Boutique
In a market like today’s guitar industry, sometimes starting small can be a newcomer’s best move. Seattle musician and guitar collector Frank Gross opened his boutique, Thunder Road Guitars, with…
Do Your Business Your Way
In a post NAMM-Show exchange with Gabriel O’Brien, he told me he was excited about some of changes he’s going to be making to the pair of stores he co-owns…
Roland Announces New AIRA Line of Products
Roland is proud to announce the long-awaited series of AIRA products. With roots in the very origins of electronic music, the new AIRA line is designed to meet the evolving…
Casio America, Inc. Launches New Music Education Initiative
Casio America, Inc., a leading manufacturer of some of the industry’s most progressive, feature rich keyboards and digital pianos, has launched an initiative focusing on music education with the help…
2014 NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards
Music-products industry retailers take center stage as NAMM presents the Top 100 Dealer Awards July 18 at Summer NAMM in Nashville. Entries are now being accepted for the awards, which focus on…
Music Group Names Mitchell VP
The Music Group recently announced the appointment of Barry Mitchell as the new VP of customer management, Prosumer Division for the Americas. Barry will be responsible for propelling the Music Group’s…
New Appointments at Harman Professional
Harman Professional has appointed Noel Larson to the role of director of marketing for its Signal Processing Business Unit. In this role Larson will be responsible for marketing and product…
Seagull Merlin Natural SG
Crafted in LaPatrie Quebec, Canada, and inspired by the dulcimer, the Seagull Merlin is a very portable and compact four-string diatonic acoustic instrument. The Seagull Merlin Natural SG is available…
St. Louis Music Gains Two New VPs
St. Louis Music has appointed Craig Denny and Patrick Stevenson to new positions in the company. Patrick Stevenson will become senior vice president of sales, while Craig Denny will take…
Sabian and Cymbal Masters Team Up for Crescent Model Cymbals
To meet the demands of customers and artists for new cymbals, Cymbal Masters of Kenesaw, GA, will begin offering select Crescent models in North America, handmade to their exacting specifications…
Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family
PRS Guitars recently announced the new Private Stock Alex Lifeson Thinline acoustic guitar, new for 2014. The Alex Lifeson signature PRS acoustic is slightly thinner than the company’s Angelus Cutaway…
RHC Redefines Targeted Marketing Strategies at 2014 NAMM Show
RHC Holdings recently announced its new targeted marketing strategies. Under this plan, RHC Holdings, comprised of well-known dependable brands including RapcoHorizon, Momentum, Pro Co, Pro Co Data, RAT, RoadHog and…
Gretsch Celebrates 10 Years of the Gretsch Custom Shop
[caption id="attachment_49188" align="alignleft" width="800"]Gretsch Custom Shop Team[/caption]When Fender acquired licensing for the manufacture, distribution and marketing of Gretsch guitars in 2002, Mike Lewis helmed the effort. An accomplished guitarist with…
Sennheiser and P!NK Team Up for Grammys Performance
[caption id="attachment_49186" align="alignleft" width="800"]P!NK performs at the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards, singing through a customized Sennheiser headset [/caption]Hosted for the third time by LL Cool J, the 56th annual Grammy…
Alfred Music Announces 2013 Dealer Awards
[caption id="attachment_49184" align="alignleft" width="800"]Alfred's Antonio Ferranti and Ron Manus with Long & McQuade's Bob Kohl (center).[/caption]Alfred Music announced the winners of the 2013 Alfred Music Premier Dealer Awards at the…
American Way Marketing Announces Sale of Company
Entering its 29th year in business, American Way Marketing LLC (AWM LLC) recently announced the sale of the Company to John Musselman, Kathy Donahoe and Jakob von Wolff. This returns…
Yorkville Sound Moves Production of YX Series Loudspeakers back to Canada
In a bid to re-shore as much production as possible, Yorkville Sound has moved the production of most of the active and passive loudspeakers in their popular YX Series back…
Alesis V and VI Series Keyboard/Pad Controllers
The performance-oriented V Series offers expressive hands-on control for the software musician. The step-up VI Series provides increased control for the keyboard performer. The V Series (V61, V49, V25) combine…
Waves Audio Morgan Page EMP Toolbox
Waves EMP, the electronic music production division of Waves Audio, recently announced the availability of the Morgan Page EMP Toolbox plugin collection. Hand-picked by Page himself, the Morgan Page EMP…
Yamaha Dealers to Preview 'Elton John – The Million Dollar Piano'
Scores of Yamaha dealers across the United States and around the globe are hosting “sneak peek” screenings of Elton John – The Million Dollar Piano in advance of the film’s…
Tech 21 Celebrates 25 Years
Launched in midtown Manhattan in 1989, Tech 21 was never part of Andrew Barta’s plans. Now, 25 years later, it’s interesting to know that Barta had no thoughts of starting his…
Fishman Appoints Wilson as International Sales Manager
Fishman has appointed Iain Wilson as international sales manager.In this capacity, Wilson’s primary role will be the development of strategies to increase sales in each of Fishman’s current export markets…