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If the ultimate drummer diss-joke is “How many people in your band? Five – four musicians and a drummer,” then where does the DJ fit in? Ignoring the endless arguments…
Wisconsin’s Parrish Music has opened a second location, The Harmony Shop, which features gifts, fair trade items, and home goods. Over the past year, their 2,250 square-foot space was becoming…
With nearly 90 percent (86.3) of participants in this month’s retailer survey claiming that sales of bass and guitar straps are either up or level when compared to 2018, it…
In 2019, let’s face it: new technology is one of the easiest, sure-fire ways to reel in attention no matter what market you’re in. Take almost any item made in…
Crush Drums and Percussion made a big splash when it was launched at the 2011 Winter NAMM show, where the company was awarded numerous accolades as a “Company to Watch.”…
Valued at $421.4 million in 2018 with an expected growth rate of CAGR (compound annual growth rate) 7.6 percent by 2028 (Market.us, January, 2019), the advancement of the DJ equipment…
Most musicians would agree there is nothing more important to us than our hearing and, along those lines, I recently had my hearing checked. After all, I spent a great…
When my son was growing up in NYC he was obsessed with the New York Knicks and coach Pat Riley. Many say Riley is on the top-10 list of all-time…
It’s March, and we’ve just finished up the last of football season, and the last roar and clang of the college marching bands are still swirling around the insanely huge…
Music Nomad has introduced "All May Long Guitar Care Month," an international marketing plan to promote May as the official month to maintain, enhance and educate musicians on the care…
DPA Microphones will use the Prolight + Sound 2019 platform to show artists and performers its new and unobtrusived:fine CORE 6066 Subminiature Headset Microphone – a wearable tech solution for…
Warwick has launched two new limited edition basses for 2019. The Masterbuilt LTD 2019 model is a very distinctive Corvette $$ NT, which can be ordered as 4 or 5…
