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NAMM ’16: The New Class

Anthony Vargas
Anyone who has attended the NAMM Show could attest that the experience can be completely overwhelming. Between the sheer amount of gear on display, the top-tier manufacturers’ gimmicky, eye-catching booths, the endless musical performances and the oc...
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March 2016 Digital Edition

Staff
COVER STORIES Top Of The Heap The 30th annual Music & Sound Awards were greeted with even more excitement and industry-wide fanfare than usual this year. One big reason for the abundant enthusiasm centers on the quality of this year’s nominee...

Top Of The Heap

Dan Ferrisi
Our 30th Annual Music & Sound Award Winners Represent The Industry’s Best In the music products industry, 30 is a meaningful number. Sure…it’s nothing compared to, for example, Zildjian’s 393 years in the industry or Yamaha’s nearly 130-year h...
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Hal Leonard Signs Distribution Deal With ROLI

Matthew Van Dyke
Hal Leonard has signed a strategic partnership with ROLI, the London-based music creation startup, that will greatly expand the availability of ROLI’s Seaboards at music retailers across the United States. The agreement is ROLI’s first direct dis...
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2016 Music & Sound Award Winners

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DEALER WINNERS MULTI-STORE DEALER DIVISION BEST GUITARS & BASSES Guitar Center BEST KEYBOARDS Ken Stanton Music (GA) BEST INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIERS Alto Music (NY) BEST SOUND REINFORCEMENT Hermes Music (TX) BEST RECORDING-RELATED PRODUCTS...
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Fishman Hires Keith Chapman As Product Strategist

Matthew Van Dyke
Fishman has hired musical industry veteran Keith Chapman to the newly created post of Product Strategist. Formerly Senior Vice President of Research and Development for Fender, Chapman will be responsible for product strategies at Fishman, includin...
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Shure Promotes Hartman and Sullivan to VP

Matthew Van Dyke
Shure has promoted Ahren Hartman to Associate Vice President of Engineering and Scott Sullivan to Associate Vice President of Global Product Management. Hartman led the team responsible for the development of the Axient Wireless Management Network...

Hal Leonard & Homespun Celebrate 20 Years Together

Matthew Van Dyke
From Left: David Jahnke; Doug Lady, Senior Vice President of Sales at Hal Leonard; Jane Traum, Co-Founder and VP of Homespun Tapes; Happy Traum, President and Founder of Homespun Tapes; and Larry Morton. Hal Leonard and Homespun celebrated their ...

Vic Firth Inducted Into Guitar Center RockWalk

Matthew Van Dyke
The Guitar Center RockWalk recently welcomed Everett “Vic” Firth—world famous timpanist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Founder of the Vic Firth Company—to its ranks of music pioneers and performing legends. Awarded posthumously at the 2...