Dan Ferrisi

In Memoriam: Rose L. Shure

With great sadness, Shure Inc. has announced the death of the company’s Chairman, Rose L. Shure. She died peacefully at her home. For more than 60 years, Sh...

Five Minutes With…Fred Gretsch

Each year, for The Retailer’s big NAMM Show Issue, the editorial team and I try to find a “Five Minutes With” interview subject whose stature in the music p...

Crown Prince

Remo’s Crown Percussion Cajon, made of birch wood, boasts a traditional fixed-face-plate construction. This process seals the drum completely and enables th...

Rest For The Weary

  Teton Guitars has introduced its new Teton Arm Rest Guitars. As with all other guitars produced by Teton Guitars, the company set out to build a g...
6505 Piranha

Razor Sharp

Peavey has announced the 6505+ Piranha micro head, an addition to the 6505 Series of amplifiers. The 6505+ Piranha is powerful and portable. It packs the hi...

Play Some Tunes

Optek Music Systems, Inc., has announced Guitar Tunes, an innovation for learning to play guitar. This app is for guitar players who want to learn how to pl...

All That Jazz

Alvarez has unveiled a series of guitars designed and crafted to capture the tone of two specific, classic genres of music: the Alvarez Jazz and Blues Serie...

Forward March

The Ludwig Drum Company, a division of Conn-Selmer Inc., has released the Ludwig “Ultimate” marching drums. The redesigned drums are tailored to the needs o...

Start Your Engine

Denon DJ has introduced its MCX8000 DJ controller with its exclusive Engine software. The MCX8000 is a true DJ hardware/software controller, which offers to...

Special K

AKG by Harman has unveiled a line of high-performance, over-ear, closed-back headphones. The new K52, K72 and K92 headphones deliver AKG sound quality, good...

Dan Ferrisi

I am the Editor of The Music & Sound Retailer, the most widely read trade publication serving the music products market. I am a lifelong writer and editor, working for Testa Communications, publisher of The Retailer, for more than 10 years.