Trahan Named Breedlove Guitars’ Featured Artist for June
Alyssa Trahan is Breedlove Guitars’ featured artist for June. A longtime Breedlove player, she has recently joined forces with the Organic Collection of sustainably sourced, surprisingly affordable, all solid wood…
Is This Thing On? The Stage Microphone Market
Performance microphones and recording studio mics have quite a few characteristics in common, of course. The ability to capture and amplify – and perhaps record – human vocals and acoustic…
Right As Rain: How Rain Retail Software is Streamlining Stores Across America
If a salesperson approached you at NAMM and told you that you could increase your sales by 20 percent, you’d probably say thanks but no thanks – there’s no way…
Who Are You?
Image by Ryan McGuire from Pixabay I live in New York City. I suspect as you read this June column, some social distancing may be relaxed in different parts of…
The Future of Education Just Arrived
Image by free stock photos from www.picjumbo.com from Pixabay Americans are staying home so they don’t get sick. What they are getting, though, are guitar lessons from Kiko Loureiro of…
Klarna Partners With Fender
Klarna has announced that it has partnered with Fender in the U.S. Customers shopping for the American brand’s musical instruments, gear, and digital products on Fender.com can now take advantage…
GAMA Shares Updates on Teaching Guitar Workshops
On Thursday, May 21, MMR received a letter from GAMA regarding the status of Teaching Guitar Workshops 2020. The letter, written by Glen McCarthy, states: “After a GAMA board meeting…
Roadie 3 Reaches Kickstarter Goal in Ten Minutes
Just 24 hours after launching their new flagship automatic tuner Roadie 3 on Kickstarter, Band Industries has announced some impressive results: in under 10 minutes, the guitar tuner successfully reached…
‘My First Gibson’ Series Now Streaming Via Gibson TV
Gibson has shared that their series “My First Gibson” is now streaming online via Gibson TV. “My First Gibson” is where the artists tell the story of how they acquired…
PRS Guitars’ Tenth ‘Experience PRS 2020’ Event A Virtual Success
When the team at PRS Guitars decided to proceed ahead with hosting their tenth “Experience PRS” virtually, they had no idea of the impact it would make. This year’s event…
GC Announces Completion of Transactions to Address April 2020 Debt Payments
Guitar Center (GC) has announced that it had completed a series of transactions to address its April 2020 debt payments. These transactions provide near term liquidity to help navigate challenges…
Teisco Announces Pedal Design Competition to Win a Heritage H-150 Guitar
Teisco (a division of BandLab Technologies) recently announced a pedal design contest open to players of all ages. The chosen pedal design will win a Heritage H-150 in Dirty Lemon…