32nd Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
2024’s Dealer’s Choice Awards (DCA) voting broke even last year’s record-setting numbers, with thousands of industry professionals chiming in to select the standout musical instruments and related gear of the…
Lifelong Professional Guitarist Mike Lawson Visits China to Collaborate on His Signature Pearl River Guitars
For guitarist Mike Lawson, success comes in many forms. “First and foremost, I’m a musician. I’ll always identify first as a musician. Everything in my professional life is centered around…
Allen & Heath Levels Up at NAMM and NAB 2023
April 2023 was a busy month for Allen & Heath and their U.S. distribution partner American Music & Sound. Starting with The NAMM Show in Anaheim, the brand presented its…
Publisher/Musician Mike Lawson Picks TELEFUNKEN Copperhead Deluxe
[caption id="attachment_84221" align="alignleft" width="460"] Mike Lawson and his new TELEFUNKEN Copperhead Deluxe microphone(Photo by Shannon Kebschull-Lawson)[/caption] Well known music industry figure Mike Lawson has purchased TELEFUNKEN’S Copperhead Deluxe microphhone for…
The 2022 Dealers' Choice Awards - Vote Now!
We invite all current MMR subscribers to make their selections for the 30th Annual Dealers' Choice Awards. Only individuals with active subscriptions to Musical Merchandise Review are eligible to participate in the voting process. Share your…
New Premium Privia Digital Pianos from Casio
Casio America, Inc. recently added three premium-level models — the PX-S7000, PX-S6000, and PX-S5000 — to its award-winning Privia PX-S family of digital pianos. This new trifecta liberates the piano…
The Gathering of the Tribes
After more than two years, the NAMM Show is returning – a few months late, but back. It was a bold and wise pivot this year, erring on the side…
Casio Privia PX-S3100
Casio America, Inc., the world’s leading maker of powerful and affordable musical instruments, today announced the release of the PX-S3100, the latest addition to the award-winning Privia PX-S family of…
artistpro, LLC Acquires Timeless Communications MI/Education Trade Magazines
Industry Publishing Veteran Mike Lawson’s artistpro, LLC acquires Musical Merchandise Review (MMR), School Band & Orchestra (SBO), Choral Director, and JAZZed Magazines. MMR Editor of Two Decades Christian Wissmuller Continues as…
'MMR' Donates Archive to The NAMM Resource Center
[caption id="attachment_75919" align="alignleft" width="460"] Terry Lowe, president of Timeless Communications[/caption] To preserve the industry’s history and provide a deep body of research spanning nearly a century, the NAMM Resource Center…
Trade Regrets: Marlene Davis
Marlene Davis passed away on December 19, 2020 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Loving daughter of Sylvia and Maurice Levy (both deceased). She was the beloved wife…
MMR is Not Backing Down; We are Doubling Down on Our Commitment to You and the MI Industry
Since 1879, there has been one constant in the Musical Instrument industry: Musical Merchandise Review (MMR). Through depressions, wars, and pandemics past and present, MMR has consistently been published to…