As of June 1, 2019, the owners of Macron Music will take control of the GH Music store and website, to further grow Macron Music as an Australian leader in musical instrument sales.

Located just outside Melbourne’s CBD, GH Music is an iconic Australian Music Shop that has a history starting all the way back in 1962 – when Billy Hyde created the beginning of his Music Store empire throughout Australia.

After selling the Billy Hyde name and business to investors in 2007, Garry couldn’t resist the opportunity to re-open this iconic music shop location in Flemington under his own name and continue the legacy his father left on the very same site.

Anthony Ursino of Macron Music has a systematic and cut-throat paced presence and his success with the online market here in Australia left Garry knowing his business was in good hands and ready to tackle the new generation of retail methodology.

This expansion gives customers around Australia more of what they love, organised in a way that saves time and frustration. Highly organised logistics are being setup so customers around Australia can have their experience streamlined, with more buying choice and more expertise across the massive range of instruments for every style and sized player.

Both Macron and GH Music will continue to trade as usual from their locations in NSW and VIC. “We are vastly expanding our range over the coming weeks and months, so we would love to see you and show you how we can be a part of your musical journey’. said Anthony Ursino

Garry Hyde & Anthony Ursino seal the deal

The AMA on May 29, 2019 awarded Steve Lincoln Smith with induction onto the Industry Honour Roll for his outstanding service over 43 years in the industry. Steve was presented with his award by AMA President Craig Johnston, in the company of long-time colleague and AMA Vice President Michael Shade of Yamaha Music.

In his presentation speech, Craig said recipients could be musical products industry leaders, musicians who have made a significant contribution to the development of young musicians, international figures who have made a considerable difference to the Australian industry – and those that have made a significant contribution to the association.

Notable names in the history of our industry are on the Honour Roll. Names such as Geoff Brash, Glenn Dodson, Margaret O’Loughlin, Norm Lurie, John Morris Snr, Peter Hayward, John Egan, Frank & Tony Lamberti, Neville Chambers, Ross Cole, Bill May, Alan Rose and John Payton Snr. It is a culmination of over 40 years of these careers that has given us the industry we have today.

The good reputation of Australian music business people internationally has seen life-long relationships flourish and enable all the world’s finest musical instruments to be available in Australia.

Tonight we gather to pay tribute to another recently retired stalwart of our industry, Steve Lincoln-Smith.

Steve commenced employment in the music products industry at aged 17, retiring at 60 yoa. Over those 43 years he worked for Rose Music, Yamaha Australia, Yamaha Japan, Innovative Music, in Retail, Wholesale, as Importer, Sub-contractor, performed as Product Demonstrator, Product Specialist, International, Domestic, NAMM presenter, Session Musician, Producer, Music Director, Performer, Touring Artist, Jingle Writer, Husband, Father, Grand Father.

Craig Johnston, Steve Lincoln Smith and Michael Shade

Steve Lincoln Smith Accepting his Award

For further information see THIS LINK

As previously announced the AMA is proud to partner with APRA AMCOS and the Live Music Office to present Make Music Day this year. After a successful pilot in 2018  we have joined forces with the Live Music Office and APRA AMCOS to grow the event to a national one. See the full releases again HERE. We are calling for people to take part – businesses and individuals – create an event or provide the means to hold one in your community. It is a great opportunity for retailers to support the community with the means to make music. Support a school or community group to come into store to perform – set up the car park with a stage, offer some Free introductory music lessons.

Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 800 cities in 120 countries.

Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music Day is open to anyone who wants totake part. Make Music Day seeks the involvement of government bodies, local councils, music stores, schools and community music organisations, music stores and industry, and importantly, the general community. It is a day of community-led free musical expression

Register your event HERE or get full details HERE

Download your Make Music Day Australia GUIDE HERE

Australis Music on the Road with Big Guitar Brands

Australis made a visit to Melbourne last week, as part of its national dealer tour, and put on a pretty impressive display of guitars across its premium brands. CEO, Trevor Morrow said the visit was all about connecting with dealers after a successful NAMM show for guitar brands, Gibson, Epiphone and Ibanez particularly.

Allans Music Bourke Street Closes
The industry changes at the end of February with the closure of the last Allans Music store at 152 Bourke Street Melbourne. Since 1858 there has been an Allans Music store in Melbourne. However, over the last 20 years it has had an interesting commercial history.
It has been a nursery for many senior industry figures in sales and distribution of musical instruments in Australia and overseas, with many of the top executives and business owners having learned their chops at an Allans (or Brashs) store.
As read on social media ‘ 75% of my Facebook friends I met working at that store’

Punters queue at one of the many instore appearance made over the years

Link Audio Receives Award at the NAMM Show
At the PreSonus International Sales Meeting at NAMM, Link Audio was presented with the PreSonus 2018 APAC Distributor of the Year award. With Michael Jago in the photo is Laz Harris who is the APAC sales Manager for PreSonus, based in Cebu in the Philippines.

Amber Technology will be distributing Apogee & other products from the Sound Distribution’s catalogue from March 1. Michael Horn after over 30 years in the industry is moving to other pursuits, and we wish him will.
Dealer enquiries can go to Tony McDowell – tmcdowell@ambertech.com.au.

Cranbourne Music Celebrates 30 Years
Way back in 1989, a small shop in the country town of Cranbourne! This year Cranbourne Music celebrates 30 years! They’re telling customers and friends to ‘Brace yourself for a year of photo flashbacks, hypercolour t-shirts, bad woolen and some not woolen jumpers, Michaels beard and lots of great people we met along the way!’

Sony and the Resource Corporation.

Following the success of their distribution of Sony MDR headphones and DWZ wireless systems The Resource Corporation have become exclusive distributors for the Sony Hi Resolution Microphone series.

High-Resolution Audio enables the listener to experience these sounds in the same way that they are heard in the environment of the recorded sound, with all of the overtones and harmonic content that we sense, feel and hear.

There are 3 microphones in the range:

C100 – side address
ECM100N – End address OMNI
ECM100U – End address Cardioid

National Sales Manager Tony Burn said “ High resolution audio will improve the experience for artists and listeners alike. These mics sound amazing and in reviews are often compared to microphones at twice the price.”