Yorkville Sound LP-LED4X
Yorkville Sound has introduced the next generation of LED Lighting with the LP-LED4X, an upgraded version of the LP-LED4 Light Bar. Despite being 5-7 pounds lighter than the LP-LED4 Light…
Evans Pipe Band Snare Batter from D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads
D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads has released the Evans Pipe Band Snare Batter, designed in collaboration with Stephen Creighton and his championship winning corps, the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band. The new…
Stephen Creighton Signature Stick from Promark by D’Addario
Promark by D’Addario has launched the Stephen Creighton Signature Stick, the first product that the brand introduces to the Pipe Band market. With the introduction of this new stick, Creighton…
The Evans System Blue snare head from D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads
The Evans System Blue snare head is the newest addition to D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads line of marching percussion products. The new snare head was designed in collaboration with Scott Johnson…
Stop, Thief! – Online Tools Help Mitigate the Theft of Musical Instruments
The Hawaiian music duo Hapa has been the contemporary face of the islands’ traditional music culture for two decades. So when co-founder Barry Flanagan’s unique guitar went missing in March,…
Suckerpunch
President Donald Tump has boasted in the past (he later backpedaled on this) that, as a second-grader, he punched his music teacher, giving him a black eye. “I didn’t think…
Five Tips and Tricks to Avoid Burnout
Owners and managers operate at a very fast pace, but it’s not the pace that we need to be hyper-focused on; it is the prolonged exposure to running at such…
Five Tips and Tricks to Avoid Burnout
Owners and managers operate at a very fast pace, but it’s not the pace that we need to be hyper-focused on; it is the prolonged exposure to running at such…
String Theory: Prominent Suppliers Discuss the Electric Guitar & Bass String Market
Accessories are a consistent, reliable category for most MI retailers and it’s quite possible that nothing generates more traffic and sales than fretted string sets. Strings may not necessarily be…
Taking on Internet Competition for Small-Ticket Items: Band & Orchestra Accessory Sales in 2017
Reeds, drum sticks, clip-on tuners, stands, strings – these items and many more are essential to all active players of every ability level. As such, Band & Orchestra accessories have,…
Keeping MI Retail Contemporary: Menzie Pittman of Virginia’s Contemporary Music Center
Whether he knows it or not, Menzie Pittman has always been an entrepreneur. Before his store Contemporary Music Center was even a thought, the drum teacher had 96 students, 20…
Jordan Kitt's Pianos: The Legend and Legacy
Chris Syllaba’s 30-plus year career with Jordan Kitt’s Music essentially started by accident. Strolling through a mall on a gap year between high school and college in 1984, Syllaba wandered…