Gator Launches Donation Campaign to Fight Racism and Discrimination
Starting today, for every donation over $25 that is made to NAACP Legal and Defense Fund, Center for Economic Inclusion, ACLU, Equal Justice Initiative or Color of Change, Gator will…
Gibson Generation Group And MyMusicRx Unite To Offer Virtual Guitar Lessons
Gibson and MyMusicRx, the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA)’s flagship program, are joining forces to bring the healing power of music to kids facing cancer and other serious illnesses. Starting June 8, 18 talented young Gibson Generation Group (G3) artists will provide…
GC Cuts Ties with Fulltone
Guitar Center (GC) will cease stocking Fulltone products both in-store and online, after Fulltone founder Mike Fuller’s recent online comments (since deleted) regarding the ongoing protests against police bruatlity. The…
Gold Tone Music Group Names McGregor Sales Manager
Gold Tone Music Group announces a new hire in the company’s Sales Team; Michael McGregor joins the organization as Sales Manager for the Northern Territories of the USA. “I’m excited…
Trahan Named Breedlove Guitars’ Featured Artist for June
Alyssa Trahan is Breedlove Guitars’ featured artist for June. A longtime Breedlove player, she has recently joined forces with the Organic Collection of sustainably sourced, surprisingly affordable, all solid wood…
Is This Thing On? The Stage Microphone Market
Performance microphones and recording studio mics have quite a few characteristics in common, of course. The ability to capture and amplify – and perhaps record – human vocals and acoustic…
Right As Rain: How Rain Retail Software is Streamlining Stores Across America
If a salesperson approached you at NAMM and told you that you could increase your sales by 20 percent, you’d probably say thanks but no thanks – there’s no way…
Who Are You?
Image by Ryan McGuire from Pixabay I live in New York City. I suspect as you read this June column, some social distancing may be relaxed in different parts of…
The Future of Education Just Arrived
Image by free stock photos from www.picjumbo.com from Pixabay Americans are staying home so they don’t get sick. What they are getting, though, are guitar lessons from Kiko Loureiro of…
Klarna Partners With Fender
Klarna has announced that it has partnered with Fender in the U.S. Customers shopping for the American brand’s musical instruments, gear, and digital products on Fender.com can now take advantage…
GAMA Shares Updates on Teaching Guitar Workshops
On Thursday, May 21, MMR received a letter from GAMA regarding the status of Teaching Guitar Workshops 2020. The letter, written by Glen McCarthy, states: “After a GAMA board meeting…
Roadie 3 Reaches Kickstarter Goal in Ten Minutes
Just 24 hours after launching their new flagship automatic tuner Roadie 3 on Kickstarter, Band Industries has announced some impressive results: in under 10 minutes, the guitar tuner successfully reached…