Richard Markus Heads Up American Music & Sound’s MI Division

Agoura Hills (Oct 29, 2007) -- Richard Markus has accepted the position of Division Manager of the Music Instrument division of American Music & Sound, a California Pro Audio and Musical Instrument distributor.

Markus was most recently president of EMD Music, Inc. from its inception in November 2002. Prior to that he was president of MAPEX® USA and had previously held sales and marketing management positions at LP Music and REMO, Inc.

Markus will be responsible for operations of the AM&S/MI Division in addition to managing the sales and marketing for their proprietary guitar and bass brand Jay Turser®, the distribution scheme for Hagstrom® guitars, Walden® Quik Lok® instrument stands and other current and future brands to be distributed by the division.

To quote Lynn Martin, President of American Music & Sound: “We are excited to have Dick bring his diverse sales, marketing and operational experiences to our organization. These combined with his general passion for music and the Musical Instrument industry make him ideal for the task at hand.”

American Music & Sound (AM&S) distributes Allen & Heath professional audio mixing products, Focusrite Audio Engineering signal processing, Hagstrom Guitars, KV2 Audio speaker systems, EtherSound products by NetCIRA, a division of Fostex Japan, Novation Digital Music Systems synthesizers and controller keyboards, Stardraw.com web-enabled sales and design software tools, Turbosound professional loudspeaker systems, Vestax DJ and club sound equipment, UDG DJ bags and accessories, Quik Lok performance structures, Jay Turser Guitars, and Walden Guitars. For more information about AM&S, please visit http://www.americanmusicandsound.com