Korg USA Unveils New Two-Story Booth At Winter NAMM
Korg USA unveiled their new 7,000 Sq. foot, two-story booth at Winter NAMM this year in Anaheim, California. Equipped with custom brand displays, multi-media screens, private meeting spaces, and a…
Spector Adds New Short-Scale Basses
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Genelec Receives Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Award at NAMM
The 8331 and 8341 Compact Coaxial Monitors (known as “The Ones” along with the larger 8351) from Genelec have received a NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award for Outstanding…
Bari Woodwinds Enjoys Successful NAMM
Bari Woodwinds enjoyed its most successful NAMM ever this year from January 25 to January 28 in Anaheim, California. Many new artist and players discovered the amazing mouthpieces that BARI…
QSC Founders Honored with NAMM Milestone Award
QSC founders Pat Quilter, John Andrews and Barry Andrews were honored at the 2018 Winter NAMM Show with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Milestone Award for 50 years of…
D’Addario Woodwinds Team Hosts Factory Visit During NAMM
The D’Addario Woodwinds product and engineering team hosted a successful two-day facility tour for approximately 50 dealers, customers, and members of the press during NAMM last week in Anaheim, California.…
Trade Regrets: Stan Kitchen
On January 31, we received the following news from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino: It’s with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Stan Kitchen. Stan, along with his dear wife,…
The New Stomping Ground: StompLight Brings Top-Notch Lighting Effects to Performances of All Types with Ease and Versatility
It seems like such an obvious idea – the upsides are clear for all to see – you’d assume that folks must have developed this sort of thing decades ago:…
Chuck Surack of Sweetwater Sound: 2018 Recipient of MMR’s Annual Don Johnson Industry Service Award
Chuck Surack is, of course, best known as the founder of Sweetwater Sound (although he’s involved in a number of other business ventures, as well), but he’s every bit as…
Rentals Reimagined: Instrumental Music Center Gives Tucson the Rentals it Needs
Instrumental Music Center of Tucson, Arizona didn’t start strictly with a love of music, but rather a love for music in their community. You could, in fact, track the entire…
Boutique Microphones: Adding a touch of personalization to a burgeoning mass-market sector
Microphones are big business. NAMM’s sales statistics for 2016 show the overall category is the fifth largest overall in revenue, just behind fretted and wind instruments, pro audio, and the…
East Cambridge Piano at 40: Adapt, Evolve, Succeed
First things first: Massachusetts’ East Cambridge Piano – one of the oldest piano dealers in the Boston area – is not located in the city of Cambridge, but rather in…