Magic Instruments co-founder and CEO Brian Fan knows the pain of learning new instruments. A Juilliard-trained pianist before starting his own company, he spent years trying to learn the guitar, only ...

Now, according to Far Out, has donated the item to the Royal College of Music, where it will become part of a new touring ...

Says Sweetwater Sound's CEO: "The two things that sell best during a depression or crisis are musical instruments and alcohol." This year’s virtual NAMM — the National Association of Music Merchants — ...

Ever dreamed of being in a rock band? Or a blues band? Or just a one-man band? Now is as good a time as any to finally follow your dream! And you’ll be glad to know it’s easier than ever. You can get ...

I gave up trying to play the guitar when I was 12 years old. This was approximately two weeks after I started learning it. Truth be told, I never quite got to the “playing” stage of things; I realized ...

Kurt Cobain’s famed guitar has sailed across the Atlantic, finding a fresh home worthy of its legacy. Cobain, with his raw ...

The closing of the year is a great time to reflect on recent events. Regular readers will already know that musical instrument development is a bit of a passion of mine, and 2011 has been a great year ...

Deep inside a cavernous factory in Corona, some legendary rock names gather nonchalantly along a wall. There’s Eric Clapton next to Jeff Beck, with Mark Knopfler only inches away — not the actual ...

When Malian master musician Ballaké Sissoko opened the case to his kora, a traditional and delicate 21-string instrument, after an early February flight from New York to Paris, he was devastated by ...