Music Maker Publications

Music Maker Publications is a publishing company established in Ely, Britain in 1986,[1] that specialized in books and magazines relevant to the music industry.[2] Magazines published by Music Maker have included Music Technology (later MT and The Mix), Guitarist, Guitar Techniques, Bassist, Rhythm, Home & Studio Recording, Home Keyboard Review (later Keyboard Review), and Hip Hop Connection.[2]

Andrew Brel, who formed Bridge Recordings in 1989,[3] promoted the distribution of Bridge albums through his association with Music Maker and its chairman, Terry Day. This enabled numerous successful promotions though the wide circulation of the magazine Guitarist.

In 1997 Terry Day and Dennis Hill sold Music Maker Publications, Ltd. in the UK to Future Publishing.

With the acquisition of NewBay Media (which bought former Miller Freeman Music assets from United Business Media in 2006) by Future plc, the U.S. and the U.K. rights to Rhythm were reunited.

  1. ^ "History : Recording Magazine". Recordingmag.com. 17 January 1994. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b Paul Théberge, Any Sound You Can Imagine: Making Music/Consuming Technology (1997), p. 115-116.
  3. ^ "Bridge Recordings". Andrewbrel.com. Retrieved 5 October 2013.