Strings and Things will now exclusively handle UK distribution for GHS Strings and Rocktron Electronics.
Fender Musical Instruments Co. – which filed for an IPO in March of this year – has reported that first quarter net sales for the company rose 2.2 percent to $174 million, while its net income declined 73 percent to $1.9 million.
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has appointed Jeff Quinn to the position of licensing director.
The very first Marshall amp ever made will soon depart its museum home in Milton Keynes for the first time, and head out across Europe.
Policy leaders and experts from the aging, arts, and healthcare fields gathered in Washington DC on May 17 for Expressive Life and Creative Practice, a policy forum to review public policy issues for the aging.
Former Baldwin Piano Company president Harold Smith passed away this Thursday at Dominicks Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
Galaxy Audio is celebrating their 35th anniversary in 2012.
Seymour Duncan has announced that James Garza will be moving up to take on new responsibilities and is now the company’s domestic sales manager.
CE Distribution’s new 2012 wholesale catalog is a full-color, 152-page book filled with new products and the large selection of quality products CE has been offering for years.
Amazon.com has made an about-face, of sorts, supporting the bi-partisan Marketplace Fairness Bill that allows states to collect sales tax on online sales from out of state.
The NAMM Foundation has announced the 21 recipients of the NAMM Foundation’s 2012-2013 program grants, allocating $445,000 in funding.
Yamaha Artist Services has announced the promotion of Greg Crane, from product specialist to manager of artist relations for Yamaha Acoustic Drums, and Jennifer Vierling, from artist relations assistant to Artist Relations specialist for the Band and Orchestral Division.
Longtime industry figure Mark Spiwak passed away on May 5 from a pulmonary embolism while recuperating from kidney surgery.
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced the appointment of James A. Druckrey to the position of executive vice president and CEO.
Line 6, Inc. has announced that TMP Pro, the installation division of The Music People, is now an official distributor of the Line 6 live sound product line.
The 2012-2013 RPMDA Board of Directors was presented at its annual business meeting held during the recent convention in Los Angeles
Legendary mouthpiece maker, Bobby Dukoff, passed away on May 3. He was 93 years old.
On Saturday, May 5, 2012 more than 150 kids from Montgomery County, Md. middle schools rocked an enthusiastic audience at The Fillmore, Silver Spring.
It’s being reported that Guitar Center is facing a $134.7 million applicable high-yield discount obligation (AHYDO) payment in April 2013 and its Holdco notes are also becoming cash interest pay in 2013.
Manufacturers and distributors of major brands from around the world have confirmed their exhibit space and attendance at the debut of international music product trade shows NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia, which will be held in Moscow 16-19 May 2012.
Ed Cramer was a long-time music attorney who played a vital role in ensuring the performance and composing rights of musicians and songwriters.
In an official press release sent in early May, Forestone Japan announced that the company will be moving from it’s previous headquarters in Tokyo to new facilities near Osaka.
C. F. Martin Guitar veteran Lester Wagner passed away at the age of 83 on April 28.
D’Addario recently appointed Pat Zerbo to marketing program director and Ari Simon to inside sales manager.
Devayani Varma, a 7th grade student at Francis Harper Junior High School was one of ten, $1,000 essay scholarship winners awarded by MMR’s sister publication, SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA.
Guitar Center and Slash have teamed up to offer an opportunity to twenty unsigned American bands.
Once again, NAMM is calling on all aspiring musicians to pick up a musical instrument and play during its sixth annual National Wanna Play Music Week (May 7-13, 2012).
C.F. Martin & Co. wa one of several companies highlighted in the final episode of the four-part PBS series “America Revealed.”
D’Addario & Company hosted St. Louis Music Supply for a visit and tour last week, April 23rd.
By all accounts – and by all officially reported numbers – this year’s 50th Anniversary NASMD Convention was a rousing success.
These three new businesses are turning up the volume in distinctly different markets.
“I think any independent retailer can set themselves apart from the Guitar Centers, and now the Best Buys, through guerilla marketing,” Jon Kluiter says. And he and partner Pat Redd have certainly made their case with Funky Munky. The unusually named store, located in Shawnee, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, looks like your better-than-average store at first glance, but dig a little deeper, and innovative, fresh initiatives make this shop anything but traditional.
Thanks to all of you who chimed in on the terribly important topic of, “What guitar riffs get butchered the most by customers in-store?” The top five culprits, according to our highly scientific study, are:
MI retailers’ websites are getting more and more attention, some in a constant state of upgrade
“I feel every year NASMD is better than the year before,” says Mark Williamson of Williamson Music Co. Generally speaking, his fellow attendees at NASMD 2011 – held in Indian Wells (Palm Springs), California – agreed that this year’s gathering was a vibrant, uplifting affair.
