Expansive Fringe Events at Music China Nurture Business Strategies and Support Music Culture
Dedicated to providing the musical instrument industry with invaluable opportunities for business networking, music education, and appreciation, Music China 2017 will take place from October 11 – 14. Held at the…
New John Varvatos Location Installs Ashly Audio Devices
Fashion designer John Varvatos has debuted a fifth New York City location of his clothing store in the Westfield World Trade Center mall, hiring Essential Communications of East Hanover, New Jersey to install devices from Ashly Audio…
Walrus Audio Assigns U.S. & Canadian Distribution to Hal Leonard
Walrus Audio, an electronics company based in Oklahoma City, announced that as of September 1, Hal Leonard is distributing their line of guitar pedals and accessories to U.S. and Canadian music stores.…
ROLI ships new Blocks interface
ROLI and UK distributor Sound Technology have shipped the Seaboard Block, touch-responsive keyboard interface. Priced at £279.95, it is the newest version of the Seaboard design-lead bendy-keyboard instrument. ROLI’s first two models,…
Percussion Marketing Council Offers Free Drum Lessons at Vans Warped Tour
Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) sponsored free drum lesson tents at Vans Warped Tour (VWT) sites across the country this summer for the sixth year in a row. Using this grass-roots approach,…
Music & Arts Opens Paramus Location
Music & Arts has announced that their newest musical instrument store and lessons facility will be in Paramus, New Jersey. This new store is a part of Music & Arts’…
The Hohner HAG250 Guitar
The Hohner HAG250 is the perfect size and scale for a child’s first guitar, and is highly recommended for children between the ages of four and eight. The guitar is 30” length and includes nylon strings and accurate intonation, making it the ideal…
Trace Eliot launches 200-watt portable bass head
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Holiday Buying Guide
It may only be September, but the holiday season never fails to creep up on parents – and stockists – somewhere between Halloween and Thanksgiving, causing plenty of harried shopping…
Signature Style: Artist Signature Series Guitars Connecting with Players in 2017
We catch up with representatives from seven major suppliers to learn about what’s hot in Signature Series guitars… What are some of the unique benefits that signature series instruments provide…
Happenings in Nazareth: C.F. Martin & Company in 2017
MMR recently chatted with senior officers of C.F. Martin & Co. to learn about developments of note the storied guitar manufacturer, what instrument introductions have been making waves of late, how recent import…
SURVEY: Wireless Microphone Systems
With over 70 percent of the participants in this month’s retailer survey, sent to over 400 MI dealers, claiming that sales of wireless microphones are either up or level when compared to…