Percussion Marketing Council and Retailers Host Free Drum Lessons at Vans Warped Tour
Since 2011, the Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) has offered retailers the chance to partner with Vans Warped Tour to promote the excitement and benefits of drums and drumming to the…
Regal Tip Adds Performer Series Sticks
Regal Tip has released the latest additions to its growing artist signature range, with the arrival of four new Performer Series drumsticks. The latest additions to the Performer Series include…
Yamaha Acquires Ampeg From Loud Audio
LOUD Audio has sold the Ampeg bass amp brand to Yamaha. The move is aimed at allowing Loud to narrow its focus and return to its pro-audio roots, says the firm. “While…
Larson Appointed VP of Marketing and Business Development at Ashly Audio
Ashly Audio has appointed Noel Larson to serve as vice president of Marketing and Business Development. With over two decades of experience in the industry, Larson is poised to take…
Tracktion Launches Waverazor 2.0 Editor
Tracktion is launching an updated version of MOK’s Waverazor 2.0 Editor version. The update includes a Contextual Editing system that gives users the ability to manage thousands of sound sculpting parameters. In addition, MOK’s oscillator design allows…
Hal Leonard Hosts RPMDA Tours
As part of the 2018 Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, over 100 retailers and publishers took a two-hour bus ride south to the Winona campus…
Music & Arts Acquires DND Music
Music & Arts has announced the opening of their 166th location in the U.S. with the acquisition of DND Music in Chesapeake, Virginia. DND Music has served the community as a…
Gaining Momentum: Hollow Body Electrics Appealing to More and More Players
This issue’s dealer poll – sent to just over 300 MI retailers – on the topic of hollow body electric guitars provided both some expected results, as well as a…
Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound 2018
Opinions differ wildly, depending on who you speak to as to the relative success of this year’s Musikmesse gathering in Frankfurt. But while it’s inarguable that exhibitor numbers were down,…
Something’s Gotta Give…Maybe?
In the 16-plus years I’ve been on staff at MMR there have been periodic rumors of Guitar Center’s imminent demise. Some of the reports and predictions have seemed more credible…
The Sound of Money: Curing Financial Pain
Hindsight is usually more revealing than foresight, so when I reread a listing of topics I wanted to explore in my November debut 2017 MMR column, I was surprised to…
Art & Commerce
Art and commerce have been uneasy bedfellows for centuries, and it hasn’t been getting any easier lately. The great composers of the classical era had to balance following their muse…