Eventide H9 MAX Multi-Effects Pedal
I consider myself the most freelance of pedal reviewers. I’m lucky enough to have a good friend on the MMR staff who will occasionally offer me the opportunity to write…
Ed Cherney Tracks and Mixes Grammy-Winning ‘My Way’ on ATC Monitors
Veteran engineer Ed Cherney has added a fourth Grammy to his figurative trophy shelf for Willie Nelson’s tribute to Frank Sinatra, My Way. It won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album,” the…
Taking DJ Sales Out For A Spin: DJ Customers Have Gone from the Margins of MI to being High-Margin Customers, but They Want to Know You Know Them
If the ultimate drummer diss-joke is “How many people in your band? Five – four musicians and a drummer,” then where does the DJ fit in? Ignoring the endless arguments…
Wisconsin’s Parrish Music Opens New Store
Wisconsin’s Parrish Music has opened a second location, The Harmony Shop, which features gifts, fair trade items, and home goods. Over the past year, their 2,250 square-foot space was becoming…
‘Forgotten’ Add-on Sales? The Guitar & Bass Strap Market in 2019
With nearly 90 percent (86.3) of participants in this month’s retailer survey claiming that sales of bass and guitar straps are either up or level when compared to 2018, it…
The New Old School: Vintage Machinery and Capacitors are Key for CE Distribution
In 2019, let’s face it: new technology is one of the easiest, sure-fire ways to reel in attention no matter what market you’re in. Take almost any item made in…
Money’s on the Table
Valued at $421.4 million in 2018 with an expected growth rate of CAGR (compound annual growth rate) 7.6 percent by 2028 (Market.us, January, 2019), the advancement of the DJ equipment…
School Sports and MI Retail Marching Together to Help Each Other
It’s March, and we’ve just finished up the last of football season, and the last roar and clang of the college marching bands are still swirling around the insanely huge…
Music Nomad Launches ‘Guitar Care Month’ for May
Music Nomad has introduced “All May Long Guitar Care Month,” an international marketing plan to promote May as the official month to maintain, enhance and educate musicians on the care…
New Danelectro website
Danelectro has launched a brand new website for 2019. The site is optimised for portable devices, meaning visitors can browse the brand new range of Danelectro on the go. The…
New European Distributor for Phil Jones Bass
Phil Jones Bass (PJB) has announced the appointment of W-Distribution, a division of Warwick, as PJB’s European distributor from June 1st. “We are excited to have Warwick join the PJB…
ZOOM’s New Pedals
Both the Zoom G1 FOUR and G1X FOUR feature over 70 effects/amp models, looper, drum machine and free ZOOM Guitar Lab software. The G1X FOUR takes things a step further…