NAMM Foundation Supports Phoenix Rising Music Program
NAMM CEO and president Joe Lamond attended the Grand Opening of the new Phoenix House Rising Music Studio in Santa Ana, Calif., November 4, 2013. The music studio, which was…
Dinah Gretsch to Receive 2014 She Rocks Award
Dinah Gretsch, executive vice president and CFO of the Gretsch Company is among a select group of women to be honored by the Women’s International Music Network (WiMN) with the…
GAMA Joins MEPR
The members of GAMA have decided to join the Music Education Policy Roundtable (MEPR), which advocates to make music education a key focal point and discussion topic among elected officials…
MI SalesTrak Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Jim Hirschberg of SalesTrakBefore Clark Johnson and Jim Hirschberg brought the practice of using objective retail sales data to the MI industry, decisions were ultimately just guesswork. But 10 years…
Show Report: Music China 2013
Music China 2013While the USA was in the throes of a debt limit crisis, the Music China show in Shanghai was proceeding with a steady flow of international traffic and…
Rules of Engagement
A great customer engagement strategy is always key.Every day I feel like I have to come in here and reinvent myself,” Gordy Wilcher of Owensboro Music Center told me when…
MI Intellectual Property Issues – Setting the Record Straight
Guest editorial by Ron Bienstock Over the last thirty years, there have been several major legal decisions involving intellectual property concerning guitars and basses. Having been a part of most…
Owensboro Music Center Rebrands, Hank Starks Retires
Longtime co-owner of Owensboro Music Center, Hank Starks, has retired, with partner Gordy Wilcher assuming complete ownership of the Kentucky retail operation that just celebrated its 40th anniversary in business.…
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia Integrate the ‘Music Moscow’ Musical-Instrument Fair
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia have taken over ‘Music Moscow,’ bringing a complete musical instrument, music-products, and event technology experience to better serve the rapidly growing…
Bedell Guitars – ‘We Can All Win Together’
Tom Bedell on a trip to Alaska earlier this year to check on the harvesting of Sitka spruce for 2013 instruments.In 2009, MMR profiled the then-new Bedell Guitars operation, headed…
Show Report: Music China 2013
While the USA was in the throes of a debt limit crisis, the Music China show in Shanghai was proceeding with a steady flow of international traffic and business. The…
Korg USA Named Exclusive Distributor for Ashdown
Korg USA has taken on exclusive distribution for Ashdown Engineering in the U.S. and Canada. Korg USA will distribute Ashdown’s bass amplification and effects products, acoustic amplification products, and the…