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Sponsored by Fishman, Premier Guitar, and Hal Leonard, the “Win Greg Koch” Sweepstakes received over 15,000 entries in eleven weeks. Grand Prize-winner Mark Mizhrai from Los Angeles was visited at home…
Fred W. Gretsch was recognized for his 50th anniversary with an in-store event at StreetSounds NYC on May 30th. Several notable attendees included Duane Eddy, Jet Weston and his Atomic…
Like someone who has come out the other side of a messy divorce, I get the sense that UK MI retail is starting to feel good about itself again and…
Long-established Newcastle retailer JG Windows is currently undergoing a huge expansion which it says will make it one of the UK’s destination music stores and possibly the country’s largest. The…
Italian audio-specialist FBT has been on the receiving end of some glowing reports on the live circuit over in the US, as it looks to extend its international business outside of…
TC Helicon has introduced a new version of its VoiceLive 3 guitar and voice processor in the form of VoiceLive 3 Extreme. VL3X has four times the built-in memory for…
UK trade mag MI Pro is closing its print issue, just weeks after the closure of near rival Music Industry News. Despite a heritage of more than 15 years in the trade,…
ZimMusicInc. has been named the U.S distributor for Canadian stick manufacturer, Los Cabos Drumsticks. “We can’t be more excited to be working with the folks at Los Cabos and making…
Dream Cymbals and Soar Valley Music are backing the cymbal brand with an event at Birmingham's Glee Club at the end of the month. The Birmingham Dream Day event takes…
Ambitious UK online retailer Gear4Music successfully floated on the London AIM last week, with shares opening at 143p. The IPO, which saw its entire capital of just over 20,000 shares…
St. Louis Music (SLM) has acquired E.K. Blessing from Verne Q. Powell Flutes. Founded in 1906, E.K. Blessing is one America’s most historic brands of concert and marching band instruments and…
Producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter and performer Joe West (Keith Urban, Emmylou Harris, Justin Timberlake) is part of the growing trend of music professionals using theDiGiGrid DLS audio interface to enhance…
