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Music Products Industry News February 2, 2019

JodyJazz Honors P. Mauriat Music with Top Global Customer Award 

At the recent 2019 NAMM Show in Anaheim California, JodyJazz Inc. honored P. Mauriat Music with their first “Top Global Customer” Award. P. Mauriat Music is the exclusive distributor of…

MMR Staff
Feb 2, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 31, 2019

PRS Guitars Celebrates Growth at 2019 NAMM Show

PRS Guitars celebrated significant growth at this year’s Winter NAMM Show, which was held January 24-27 in Anaheim, California. With special guests like Carlos Santana and a packed booth, PRS…

MMR Staff
Jan 31, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 31, 2019

Roland and BOSS Present Fourth Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards

During the 2019 Roland International Press Conference, held Thursday, January 24, 2019, on the first day of The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, Roland and BOSS presented their fourth-annual Lifetime…

MMR Staff
Jan 31, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 30, 2019

 La Bella Strings Unveils New Logo and Packaging

La Bella Strings has unveiled their new logo and packaging at NAMM 2019. Richard Cocco Jr., president of E. & O. Mari, Inc. / La Bella said of the news,…

MMR Staff
Jan 30, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 29, 2019

JJ Babbitt Company Celebrates 100 Years of Making Music

It has been 100 years since Jesse James Babbitt began crafting mouthpieces for saxophones and clarinets in his garage in Elkhart, Indiana. All mouthpieces made by jj Babbitt are still…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 29, 2019

Buffet Crampon Acquires Rigoutat Paris

Jérôme Perrod, CEO of Buffet Crampon, joins Philippe Rigoutat in announcing that Rigoutat Paris is now a part of the Buffet Crampon family. Buffet Crampon thus continues to pursue its…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 29, 2019

ILIO Celebrates 25 Years at NAMM

Virtual instrument and audio processing software distributor ILIO celebrated its 25th anniversary at NAMM this past weekend, January 24-27. ILIO showcased synthesizers from Spectrasonics, like the Omnisphere 2.6, a new…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 29, 2019

Education Through Music Honors KORG with Shining Star Award

Joined with Grammy-Winning music producer Sebastian Krys, and veteran music educator Sue Edwards, KORG accepted Education Through Music-Los Angeles’s Shining Star Award at their annual gala on December 4. “Although…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 28, 2019

Pearl Rolls Out New Ranges

Pearl Drums unveiled a raft of new products at this year’s NAMM, led by its new Masters Maple/Gum Series Drums. Available in Hand-Rubbed Satin Natural Maple (#189) Black Diamond Pearl (#421,)…

MMR Staff
Jan 28, 2019
Music Products Industry News January 28, 2019

New Blood From Old Blood

US effects maker Old Blood Noise Endeavors, distributed by ADG in Europe, has joined forces with the US-based band Datachoir to come up with the Rêver - a mix of reverb,…

MMR Staff
Jan 28, 2019