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Ch-Ch Changes
Christian Wissmuller | Editorial | February 19, 2016
2016 got off to a fairly depressing start, as a number of iconic popular musicians passing away in rapid succession.
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Access is Something Retailers Can Give to Differently Abled Customers
Dan Daley | Last Word | February 19, 2016
The holiday season is in our collective rearview mirror at this point, but the idea of doing well by doing good remains a fundamentally sound proposition year-round for retailers.
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Leading By Example
Christian Wissmuller | Editorial | January 20, 2016
“Puff pieces” (or, as a close friend and editor at a popular entertainment/lifestyle magazine pegs them, “works of shameless ass-kissery”) are articles wherein the subject – be it person, place, or thing – is treated to exuberant praise, un-diminished by any true, critical examination.
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Small is the New Big – Micro-amplifiers and ‘Lunchbox’ Heads Continue to Gain in the Marketplace
MMR | Roundtable | January 20, 2016
Back in April of 2013, MMR took a fairly in-depth look at the then-burgeoning field of mini/micro – or “lunchbox” – guitar amplifier heads that had become quite the rage over the previous few years.
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Happy NAMM Show!
MMR | The Good Fight | January 20, 2016
As the headline indicates, we’ve been counting down the days until The 2016 NAMM Show.
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USB Mics: Recording/Audio Engineering’s New ‘Starter Drug’
Christian Wissmuller | Survey | January 20, 2016
Unlike most – many, really – of our dealer surveys which exhibit quite a bit of parity, this month’s poll found a lot of similar responses coming from all over the country, and even the world.
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EMG Turns 40 – ‘You Can’t Sit Still in This Business’
MMR | Anniversary | January 19, 2016
2016 marks four decades of EMG, Inc., innovative designers and producers of pickups, EQ accessories – and more! (read on) – that have been embraced by players across a number of styles.
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2015’s Top-Sellers in Print Music
MMR | Special Report | January 19, 2016
As a component of our annual review of the past year, MMR contacted some of our friends in print music publication to learn what titles were the biggest sellers in 2015.
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Sometimes Big Government is a Good Thing
Dan Daley | Last Word | January 18, 2016
Congress left the music education world a last-minute Christmas present when on December 9 it ratified the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Steve West – Fighting the Good Fight
Christian Wissmuller | Spotlight | January 18, 2016
We all know the saying, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” and you’d be hard pressed to find a more applicable example than Steve West.
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All About That Bass, ‘Bout That (Spector) Bass
Christian Wissmuller | Fretted | January 18, 2016
It looks as if 2016 will be the year of the Spector Bass.
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Bill’s Music Turns 50
Christian Wissmuller | Anniversary | January 18, 2016
When you walked into Bill’s Music in the 1960s, one of the first things you’d see is owner, Bill Higgins, greeting you.
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