HeadCount Announces Dead & Company Tour Custom D’Angelico Guitars
Renowned contemporary artist Mister E has customized five Dead & Company tour branded D’Angelico guitars for auction to support HeadCount, REVERB and the “Dead Family: charities.” These auctions have raised over $1.3 million for the band’s favorite charities since…
Hal Leonard Announces Retailer Winners from Summer NAMM Colossal Giveaway
Hal Leonard has announced eighteen retailer winners of over $10,000 worth of prizes from their “Colossal Summer NAMM Giveaway.” “We wanted to welcome retailers back to a ‘live’ show with…
Vintage Guitars Launches New Website for the U.S. Market
Vintage Guitars, manufacturer of classic designed electric and acoustic guitars is thrilled to announce the launch of a new website for their United States market via its distributor RBi Music.…
Dean Guitars Releases Statement Regarding ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott and Recently Filed Lawsuit
The estate of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott has filed a lawsuit against Dean Guitars, the brand with whom the PANTERA guitarist had an endorsement deal for many years. Dimebag’s girlfriend and…
Fender Introduces the J Mascis Telecaster Guitar
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announces the global launch of the J Mascis Telecaster®, Mascis’s second Fender Artist Signature guitar, joining his Signature Squier Jazzmaster®. Sticking to his unique style,…
MLA Receives Universal Thumbs up From Lollapalooza Sound Engineers
Martin Audio PA rigs dominated three of the eight stages that made up this year’s four-day annual Lollapalooza Festival at Chicago’s Grant Park. The premier event—staged by C3 Presents, which…
‘Has to be Better than Last Year’ – MI Retailers Look to Capitalize on a Return to In-Person, Classroom Schooling
The 2020 academic year was challenging in a number of respects (maybe you noticed?) and school music programs – and the MI dealers who serve them – felt the crunch.…
Back in the Saddle: Summer NAMM 2021 Puts the Spotlight on a Resilient and Rebounding MI Industry
“From the moment I arrived in Nashville on Monday and attended the NASMD opening reception to the final NAMM YP session Friday afternoon that featured Andy Zildjian, Summer NAMM reminded…
50 Years of ‘Sound. Thinking’ at TASCAM
Yuji Hanabusa It’s frequently noted that over 60 percent of restaurants fail within the first 18 months. I don’t have any handy statistics that provide such a broad-stroke summary of…
Please Allow Me to (re)Introduce Myself…
Here we are, smack-dab in the middle of summer, and I’m about to ask you to think about events in December. Hey, it’s only fair – if I’ve got to…
Ashdown Engineering & Meters Music appoints Yorkville Sound as Exclusive Canadian Distributor
Ashdown Engineering & Meters Music, world-class manufacturers of bass and guitar amplifiers & consumer electronics, announces the appointment of Yorkville Sound as exclusive Canadian distributor. The appointment comes after discussing…
Guitar Center Announces New Vice President Appointments
Mitch Lee, Guitar Center Vice President of Marketing Guitar Center announces two new key appointments to its Marketing and Data Science & Analytics teams: Mitch Lee has been hired as Vice…