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New iDrum Version 1.7 Now Availalbe from eMedia Music Seattle, WA - November 14, 2008, eMedia Music Corp., through its distribution agreement with iZotope, Inc., announced the release of iZotope's new iDrum. Version 1.7 Virtual Drum Machine software. iDrum Version 1.7 adds the missing ingredient to your music creation: a powerful and easy to use drum machine for practicing, performing or recording. It's just as simple to use as the hardware drum machines of yesterday with all the flexibility and cost savings of a software-based virtual instrument. iDrum comes with hundreds of pre-programmed patterns, rhythms and drum sounds for you to mix and... [Read full story]
The NEW Jerome Callet SIMA Trumpet! Callet SIMA Trumpet Why did the SOUND of a few select vintage trumpets surpass all modern trumpets? I needed to know the answer! In 2003, after retiring from my trumpet manufacturing business, I began a new challenge: to uncover the hidden secrets of the greatest vintage horns. This was a very exciting 5 year project - buying, testing, tearing apart, and analyzing 75 of finest trumpets ever made. Gradually, I began to fully understand the intricate details that distinguished the few truly superior trumpets. The result – the Callet SIMA. The beautiful sound of the world’s greatest trumpets has re... [Read full story]
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MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces New National Event Reston, VA (October 20, 2008) - Breaking with its practice of staging staff-managed biennial conferences for music educators, MENC has announced an expansion of its relationship with In Tune Partners to include production of a new annual event called "Music Education Week in Washington". IN Tune al... [Read full story]
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The Man from New Hope David Bachart How David Bachart Turned Around the Music Program in the New Hope-Solebury School District. When David Bachart took over the music program at New Hope High School, everyone hated him. But with loving discipline and leadership training, the music program turned around and the students became healthily self-reliant. Our thanks to Stormworks’ Stephen Melillo for introducing Sonic Control to David. How does a band director teach both music and soccer? As a young man I had two passions: soccer and music. As I moved through high school, I realized that I needed to make a decision and focu... [Read full story]
MakeMusic Releases Finale Notepad 2009 and Finale Reader MINNEAPOLIS, October 1, 2008 – MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS) announced today the release of Finale NotePad® 2009 and the introduction of the Finale Reader™. At $9.95 Finale NotePad represents the industry’s most affordable introduction to music notation software, while the f... [Read full story]
eMedia Announces New Guitar Master CD-ROM Seattle, WA - September 26, 2008. eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world's best-selling series of guitar tutorial CD-ROMs, announces the upcoming release of eMedia Guitar Master CD-ROM. This new instructional release includes songs featured in Guitar Hero® * and Rock Band™*. eMedia Guitar Master teaches how to play for real, with over 100 step-by-step audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons. It teaches everything needed to rock out on your guitar - from classic rock to modern techniques. eMedia Guitar Master will start you rockin' right away with some of your favorite Guit... [Read full story]
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eMedia Music Partners partners with Musitek to Distribute SmartScore Seattle, WA - September 19, 2008, eMedia Music Corp. and Musitek® announced a partnership agreement for eMedia to distribute Musitek's SmartScore® line of music scanning software. eMedia is pleased to offer Musiteks critically acclaimed products along with their growing catalog of proprietary releases and high quality distributed products such as Finale, Band-in-a-Box, Guitar Pro and EarMaster. SmartScore Piano Edition, SmartScore MIDI Edition, SmartScore Guitar Edition, SmartScore Songbook Edition and SmartScore Pro Edition will be available at computer and music retail store... [Read full story]
News from "MMR" - Music Merchandise Review On June 3, 2008, the Argos Soditic group signed an agreement with the Steinway group for the purchase of the Leblanc clarinet factory in La Couture Boussey, in the Department of Eure region of France. This factory produces wind instruments for students under the brand name Buffet Crampon, in a new a... [Read full story]
MAKEMUSIC RELEASES PRINTMUSIC 2009 MINNEAPOLIS, September 16, 2008 – MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS) announced today the release of Finale PrintMusic® 2009. This latest upgrade to MakeMusic’s best-selling music notation software offers an improved, easy-to-use interface and many new features including: ·... [Read full story]
MakeMusic Release Smart Music 11 MINNEAPOLIS, September 11, 2008 – MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS) announced today the release of SmartMusic 11, a free update for all current subscribers of SmartMusic, the unique music learning software for band, orchestra and choir. Highlights of the update include: · Easier ... [Read full story]
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