It’s Enough to Make You Wanna Uke
What a lot of noise – literal and figurative – from such a tiny instrument! Within the pages of MMR and elsewhere throughout the MI industry, one of the hot…
Guitars Get Wired
The future once looked like a high tech playground for computer engineers and quick-witted space travelers. Spock and Chekov commanded spaceships with obscure, touch-sensitive control panels and NASA scientists navigated…
Takuya Nakata, President of Yamaha Corporation
In May of 2013, Takuya “Tak” Nakata succeeded Mitsuru Umemura as president and representative director of Yamaha Corporation, Japan. Since 2010 Nakata had held the reigns of Yamaha Corporation of…
Best and Worst of Winter NAMM 2014
Worst Instrument to Sneak Through TSA Good luck fitting this giant Hohner accordion into an x-ray bin. Best Onstage Meltdown We’ll save her the unwanted Google searches, but this singer songwriter…
2014 NAMM Show – The Global Ecosystem
There’s always gear and product, but the NAMM Show is about people,” says NAMM president and CEO Joe Lamond about this winter’s annual gathering in Anaheim. “The absolute diversity of…
Do Your Business Your Way
In a post NAMM-Show exchange with Gabriel O’Brien, he told me he was excited about some of changes he’s going to be making to the pair of stores he co-owns…
Casio America, Inc. Launches New Music Education Initiative
Casio America, Inc., a leading manufacturer of some of the industry’s most progressive, feature rich keyboards and digital pianos, has launched an initiative focusing on music education with the help…
2014 NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards
Music-products industry retailers take center stage as NAMM presents the Top 100 Dealer Awards July 18 at Summer NAMM in Nashville. Entries are now being accepted for the awards, which focus on…
St. Louis Music Gains Two New VPs
St. Louis Music has appointed Craig Denny and Patrick Stevenson to new positions in the company. Patrick Stevenson will become senior vice president of sales, while Craig Denny will take…
RHC Redefines Targeted Marketing Strategies at 2014 NAMM Show
RHC Holdings recently announced its new targeted marketing strategies. Under this plan, RHC Holdings, comprised of well-known dependable brands including RapcoHorizon, Momentum, Pro Co, Pro Co Data, RAT, RoadHog and…
Gretsch Celebrates 10 Years of the Gretsch Custom Shop
Gretsch Custom Shop TeamWhen Fender acquired licensing for the manufacture, distribution and marketing of Gretsch guitars in 2002, Mike Lewis helmed the effort. An accomplished guitarist with an especially keen…
Alfred Music Announces 2013 Dealer Awards
Alfred’s Antonio Ferranti and Ron Manus with Long & McQuade’s Bob Kohl (center).Alfred Music announced the winners of the 2013 Alfred Music Premier Dealer Awards at the annual NAMM Show…