Roland Announces New Personnel Appointments
Roland Corporation U.S. has announces three new personnel appointments that align with the company’s current strategic business plan. The announcement was made by Jay Wanamaker, president and CEO of Roland…
EVH Red D-Tuna
The new Limited Edition “RED” D-Tuna is machined from the highest quality materials and designed for smooth action and precision tuning. Go from E to D on the fly with…
Bass Guitar Suppliers Discuss The Market
As March is one of MMR’s two annual “fretted” issues, we figured we’d turn our attention towards a segment of the overall market that we haven’t explored in depth for…
NAMM Standards: Setting the Standard – Literally!
Adopting, adapting to, and competing with online commerce has been one of the major hurdles facing traditional brick–and–mortar retailers since the ‘90s. The NAMM Standards committee is comprised of a…
European Beat: Alphasphere Maker Turns to Crowdfunding
It’s hard to get funding for business ventures these days, when banks are keener to give out bonuses to directors than to entrepreneurs. That’s why ambitious electronic instrument designer Nu…
2015 NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards
NAMM invites music product retailers worldwide to stand up and take a bow as the fifth annual Top 100 Dealer Awards nominations open. Retailers can now enter in seven “Best…
European Beat: Yamaha Launches New-look Flagship Store
One of the UK’s best-known and well-established music retailers has undergone a transformation as part of Yamaha’s overhaul of its dealer network. The Yamaha-owned Chappell of Bond Street in London…
People Doing Interesting, Creative, and Strange Things…
The release of Avid’s Pro Tools First, a free version of the widely used recording platform (also mentioned in Dan Daley’s “The Last Word” column this month) at the NAMM…
Digitech RP360XP and RP360 Guitar Pedals
The RP360 XP and RP360 are identical except the RP360XP includes an expression pedal. Both provide state-of-the-art modeling of 82 stompboxes, 54 amplifiers, and 26 speaker cabinets. Along with the…
European Beat: New Chapter for Blackstar
British amp brand Blackstar has set up a new distribution division called Dist-X Distribution and has made the Alvarez guitar brand its first signing. The firm has taken on exclusive…
Inventory Management: Effective Inventory Control Leads to Increased Profits
No matter the industry or the size of your store, inventory control is often an enormous struggle for retailers. If you are under-stocked, you may lose sales, but if you…
Congressman Royce Meets with Yamaha
U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) met with Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) senior management on a number of common-interest topics, including west coast port labor negotiations and the re-authorization of…