28th Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
Product of the Year – Allen & Heath’s Avantis Allen & Heath was the first company to win “Product of the Year” for a mixer with their SQ Series two…
39th Annual America’s Top Music Chains
As the dealers represented in this report are privately held, the data being presented in “America’s Top Chains” was supplied by the companies, themselves. In other instances, MMR made estimates…
Creating a Lineage of ‘Keepers:’ Vintage Guitars Observes 25 Years in Business
Over in Leeds, UK, Dennis Drumm believes Vintage Guitars has found the ultimate “sweet spot” in the guitar market. The brand’s intersection of price point, quality, and flair was their…
Fender’s Justin Norvell
An up-close view of the Am Pro II Jazzmaster’s pickups Earlier this fall, FMIC introduced the second generation of the brand’s wildly popular American Professional Series. Executive VP, Fender Products,…
The Year It Wasn’t Worth It
Photo by Sebastian Ervi from Pexels As I write this, it has been 270 days since my band last performed in Nashville, Tennessee at ACME Feed and Seed. Prior to…
Make Music Winter Announces Complete Schedule for December 21
Make Music Winter, a free celebration with exuberant and participatory musical processions, performances and virtual events in twenty U.S. cities on Monday December 21, has announced its complete schedule at makemusicwinter.org. Since…
Trade Regrets: Bernice Ash
(Written by Jerome Ash) Bernice Ash died at 90. She leaves as her legacy three sons and five grandsons to run the Sam Ash Music Stores – 47 super mega stores…
Korg USA Hires Minetti and Echizen as Product Specialists
Luciano Minetti Korg USA Inc. announces the hiring of two Product Specialists, Luciano Minetti and Kenny Echizen. By leveraging their individual expertise and joining forces with Korg USA’s talented Product…
RBI Music Appointed Worldwide Silvertone Distributor
Rhythm Band Instruments, LLC has announced its appointment as the limited-exclusive worldwide distributor of Silvertone® brand guitars, parts and accessories. The Silvertone brand was created by Sears in 1916 and…
ESP Guitars Raise Over $47,000 with Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation Concert and Auction
Held on November 14, Metallica did their first-ever worldwide livestream concert from their headquarters in Northern California, with all the proceeds of ticket sales and an auction going toward the…
PlugInGuru’s Unify Version 1.2 Now Available
PlugInGuru has released Unify Version 1.2 that adds new FX, Wavesequencing, Vocoding and more to its flagship virtual instrument. Unify version 1.2 adds ComboBox, a new Multi-Effect PlugIn along with…
‘Jimmy Bowen & Friends’ Relies on Heil Sound Microphones
Americana/Bluegrass entertainer Jimmy Bowen recently wrapped the first season of his program “Jimmy Bowen & Friends,” a new live TV music series that premiered this fall. The show hosted by…