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Music Products Industry News December 13, 2017

D'Addario Announces First Phase in B2B Ecommerce Relaunch

D'Addario has announced the first phase of a multi-faceted digital transformation effort to relaunch the company's global B2B ecommerce marketplace. The firm has partnered with Chicago-based design and digital innovation consultancy The…

MMR Staff
Dec 13, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 13, 2017

D'Addario Announces First Phase in Relaunching Global B2B Ecommerce Marketplace

D'Addario has announced the first phase of a multi-faceted digital transformation effort to relaunch the company's global B2B ecommerce marketplace. D’Addario has partnered with Chicago-based design and digital innovation consultancy The Office…

MMR Staff
Dec 13, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 12, 2017

Gravity Looks for Stand Out With NAMM Launches

Adam Hall Group’s Gravity brand is pushing the LTS 01 B tabletop holder for laptops and controllers used in DJ’ing and music production at the forthcoming Winter NAMM Show (25th–28th…

MMR Staff
Dec 12, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 12, 2017

Hodgson Takes the Reins at Korg UK

Korg has appointed the experienced and popular Ricci Hodgson as its new UK MD, with Rob Castle moving up to the role of chairman of the firm.  Hodgson steps up from his…

MMR Staff
Dec 12, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 12, 2017

Sennheiser Announces Collaboration with MouthMedia Network

Audio specialist Sennheiser has announced a collaboration with MouthMedia Network, specialist in podcast creation in various lifestyle industries. The collaboration coincides with MouthMedia Network’s launch of two new podcast recording studios in New…

MMR Staff
Dec 12, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 12, 2017

Sennheiser Announces Collaboration with MouthMedia Network

Audio specialist Sennheiser has announced a collaboration with MouthMedia Network, the premiere podcast network covering the business of various lifestyle industries. The collaboration coincides with MouthMedia Network’s launch of two…

MMR Staff
Dec 12, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 11, 2017

'Walk Like A Man' Uses CHAUVET Professional Fixtures in Blackpool

A recent run of the show Walk Like A Man at Blackpool’s historic Grand Theatre used a lighting design of CHAUVET Professional fixtures, created by Ollie Wilkinson of Arranpaul Ltd. “Our…

MMR Staff
Dec 11, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 8, 2017

Moody's Downgrades GC's Ratings to Caa1

In late November, Moody's Investors Service again downgraded Guitar Center's ratings.  S&P Global Ratings also downgraded GC's credit rating further into junk territory at CCC-. The full report from Moody's is below:…

MMR Staff
Dec 8, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 8, 2017

D'Addario Foundation Hosts Second Instrument Drive

On December 1, the D'Addario Foundation partnered with Hungry for Music, Todd Rundgren's Spirit of Harmony, Instruments in the Cloud, and the Chicago Federation of Musicians to hold an instrument…

MMR Staff
Dec 8, 2017
Music Products Industry News December 8, 2017

ROLI Adds Wu-Tang NOISE Collaboration

Wu-Tang Clan's Mathematics has collaborated with bendy keyboard company ROLI to produce a new Studiopack for the firm’s NOISE app and BLOCKS hardware. The pack is based on the band’s…

MMR Staff
Dec 8, 2017