The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently completed a multi-year exploration of the role of wireless microphones in modern content production and...
John R. Chase, Jr., age 56, of Palm Harbor FL, died on May 15 at Tampa General Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Chase worked in the music industry for...
inMusic has announced the appointment of Costa Lakoumentas, who will oversee the newly acquired D&M Professional brands, and John Terry, who becomes the...
At Summer NAMM, the NAMM Young Professionals will host a half-day workshop with the emerging leaders of the industry, featuring a keynote speech by industry leg...
Reenergized Kluson Tuners
The love for, and the desire to make, music has been a hallmark of humankind as far back as we can be traced. So, it’s perhaps not su...
Hal Leonard Corp. has reached an agreement with Samson Technologies Corp. to exclusively distribute its consumer and professional audio products to music retail...
PreSonus has announced the death of Bob Tudor, the company's widely admired, respected and beloved Chief Technology Officer. A legend in the pro audio/MI indu...
Crafter Guitars, distributed by Max Margin Distribution, has announced the Summer NAMM introduction of the new MS 1000 mandolin. This instrument features a soli...
In the music products industry, there are some companies whose history of making musical instruments goes back not only decades but, in fact, a century or more....
On May 16, Guitar Center gave notice to Behringer that it would no longer be carrying any of the company’s products in-store and terminating its relationship wi...
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.