This January in Anaheim, Michael Tobias Design (a.k.a. “MTD Bass”) will host The MTD Family Reunion Benefit Concert at the 2012 NAMM Show that will provide financial support for two of my favorite, and finest, non-profit organizations that are actually helping musicians in need.
MTD is fortunate to have a roster of incredible talent that is can be seen on tour, television, and with many of the top names in music. Further, I am grateful for the relationships I have with other vendors in this industry. This event will showcase some of our artists and offer an opportunity for a few manufacturers to feature their gear. So far, we have the support of Bass Player Magazine, Dana B. Goods, Epifani and Gallien-Krueger, as well as our family of artists, but we need your help, too.
Okay, I’m a Mac person. I grudgingly use Windows when I need to….I don’t love it, but I don’t bash it. Linux….heard great things, but a bit to tweaky for me. That said, this is amusing no matter what your OS of choice.
Los Angeles, CA, June 2010….ToolsOnAir, makers of innovative QuickTime-based applications for broadcast video production professionals, has announced the opening of their first US offices, located in the busy West Los Angeles media corridor.
Peter Bentley
Managing Director Peter Bentley of ICU Grow, Pty., ToolsOnAir’s United States distributor, will oversee the day-to-day operations of the US offices, including sales, marketing and support.
“We’re very proud to be representing such a fantastic suite of powerful applications,” remarked Bentley. “I’ve worked in Mac-based technologies for more than 20 years, and the ToolsOnAir just: Broadcast Suite of products stands out as one of the most impressive and innovative I’ve had the pleasure to work with.”
ToolsOnAir’s Broadcast Suite Helps Blink TV Maintain their Cutting Edge
V Festival
London, UK, June 2010….
One of the most well-worn business clichés states that the key to success is to “find a need and fill it.” For London-based Blink TV, that philosophy has been anything but a cliché.
Pro Sales Management Founder Takes the Helm at Former Client
Sun Valley, CA, June 2010….Late last year, music industry veteran Rick McClendon shook things up with the introduction of a whole new business model. McClendon’s Pro Sales Management was the first company in professional A/V to offer outsourced sales management consulting, bringing the sales strategies and expertise of major corporations to small and mid-sized music technology manufacturers. The company’s rapid growth within the professional audio and MI markets has gained McClendon recognition and spawned imitators.
NAB’s decision to implement an online press resource, like most other trade shows, is laudable. For many of us in the media, it provides quick and easy access to the resources we need to report on the show.
But NAB has gone beyond merely offering a Virtual Press Office as an option. This year, the organization has declared that the distribution of any and all press kits and other info, in any form, will not be permitted in the press room. Instead, manufacturers wishing to distribute their info to media attendees must do so online, via a third party company, for a fee starting at $375.
