Faith launches mini guitar range
Faith Guitars has launched its range of Nomad short-scale guitars in the UK, following an unveiling at NAMM earlier this year. The guitars use solid tone woods, with a scale…
Fifth Annual NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia
NAMM Musikmesse Russia, an international fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and music business connections, and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia, an international fair of technologies and services…
Trade Regrets: Larry Larson
On March 17th, NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino shared the following sad news, detailing that industry vet and founder of Glendale California’s Larry Larson Music had passed away: It’s with a…
SLM Signs Distribution Deal with Silverstein Works
St. Louis Music (SLM) has announced a new partnership with Silverstein Works and will be distributing their ligatures in the U.S. and Canada. Based in Hackensack, New Jersey, Silverstein Works…
Music Exchange Named ‘Dealer of the Year’ by Yamaha
The Keyboard division of Yamaha Corporation of America names Music Exchange “Overall Dealer of the Year” for the second year in a row at the 2016 NAMM Show, held recently…
Necessity is the Root of Invention – Nuvo Instrumental’s Max Clissold
With a goal of producing musical instruments that are more accessible for younger (physically smaller) players, Nuvo Instrumental is an emerging force in the quest to create more lifelong music-makers.…
Summer NAMM Registration Now Open
Registration and housing is open for Summer NAMM held June 23-25, 2016 at Nashville’s Music City Center. The annual summer music industry gathering brings together major buying power and the…
The Rule of Threes
A lot of things come in groups of three. There are three primary colors. The strongest geometric shape – a triangle – has three sides. A BLT has three ingredients…
Rovner Products – From the Dark, Small Things Turned Big in the World of Woodwinds
A ligature is no small thing. It’s the company motto, and the initial building block that started Rovner Products, a highly innovative company that makes accessories for woodwinds that is…
The Pick of Destiny or How A Jack Black Movie Inspired The Creation of Riversong Guitars
What if I told you that the key to success in MI today could be bought for the measly price of $2.99? You’d think I was lying of course. But…
4 Truths of a Retail Business or If I Had Known Then What I Know Now
In a seminar we did together on this topic, Greg Billings from the Steinway Piano Gallery in Naples, Florida said, “If I had known then what I know now, I…
We are Family – Or, at Least, We Were
Sterling Ball held a StingRay bass aloft on the stage set up inside Ernie Ball’s spacious stand at the Winter NAMM Show. He recalled how the guitar came to be, the…