Fender cues up American Professional range for NAMM
Fender will launch its new American Professional Series of electric guitars and basses at this year’s NAMM. The firm claims its American Professional is one of its “broadest” range of electrics…
Smith & Dulka Promoted to VPs at Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard has announced the promotions of two long-term employees: Brad Smith and Trish Dulka. Brad Smith has been promoted to vice president – Musical Instrument Products (MI). Smith joined Hal Leonard…
Delorge Named Music & Arts ‘Educator of the Year’
In December of 2016, Amy Delorge from Biddeford, Maine was named the Music & Arts Music Educator of the Year. Delorge has 26 years of teaching experience and is currently the…
GTC debuting new style of guitar effect
GTC Sound Innovations is launching its new hand-controlled guitar effects unit, Revpad at this year’s NAMM. Revpad comprises a multi effects unit including both digital and analogue effects controlled by the…
Unity outlines NAMM offering
Unity Audio will be exhibiting its flagship active studio monitors at the this year’s NAMM alongside a range of new monitors for a variety of audio functions. The sealed cabinet…
Reverb Appoints Abel Director of Marketing
Reverb.com has hired Dan Abel, former content partnerships manager at YouTube, to lead the company’s marketing efforts. In the past year, Reverb.com has more than doubled its sales and as director…
Gear4Music continues sales surge
Strong own-brand and international sales helped Gear4Music record a surge in like-for-likes in the run-up to Christmas. Following continued strong growth in the UK and Europe, the online retailer achieved…
Sennheiser prepares NAMM live launches
Sennheiser and Neumann will expand their live performance and monitoring portfolios at NAMM with the introduction of several new products. Visitors to Hall A, Booth No. 6577, will be the first to…
Tascam makes ART statement
Tascam UK has taken over the UK distribution of ART pro audio products. ART (Applied Research and Technology) has over thirty years’ experience of designing and manufacturing signal processing equipment…
SLM Appoints Grossman Director of Sales for Hamilton Stands
St Louis Music (SLM) has announced that Richard Grossman, national sales manager for SLM has been given the additional responsibilities of the position of director of sales for Hamilton Stands.…
Thomastik-Infeld cello strings hit right note
Thomastik-Infeld says that its Versum cello strings, distributed exclusively in the UK by Barnes & Mullins, are proving popular with leading cellists since their launch at the beginning of 2016. The…
Soar Valley gives up carriage costs for January
Traditional and World Music wholesaler Soar Valley Music is offering carriage-free trade orders throughout January. Specialising in African Djembes and Brazilian Samba, as well as trad instruments such as Cajóns, Bodhráns, Whistles,…