‘Forgotten’ Add-on Sales? The Guitar & Bass Strap Market in 2019
With nearly 90 percent (86.3) of participants in this month’s retailer survey claiming that sales of bass and guitar straps are either up or level when compared to 2018, it…
The New Old School: Vintage Machinery and Capacitors are Key for CE Distribution
In 2019, let’s face it: new technology is one of the easiest, sure-fire ways to reel in attention no matter what market you’re in. Take almost any item made in…
Crush Drums Kicks It With Style
Crush Drums and Percussion made a big splash when it was launched at the 2011 Winter NAMM show, where the company was awarded numerous accolades as a “Company to Watch.”…
Money’s on the Table
Valued at $421.4 million in 2018 with an expected growth rate of CAGR (compound annual growth rate) 7.6 percent by 2028 (Market.us, January, 2019), the advancement of the DJ equipment…
Trust: When Does Trust Actually Develop in a Business Relationship?
Most musicians would agree there is nothing more important to us than our hearing and, along those lines, I recently had my hearing checked. After all, I spent a great…
How is Caring Measured?
When my son was growing up in NYC he was obsessed with the New York Knicks and coach Pat Riley. Many say Riley is on the top-10 list of all-time…
School Sports and MI Retail Marching Together to Help Each Other
It’s March, and we’ve just finished up the last of football season, and the last roar and clang of the college marching bands are still swirling around the insanely huge…
Music Nomad Launches ‘Guitar Care Month’ for May
Music Nomad has introduced "All May Long Guitar Care Month," an international marketing plan to promote May as the official month to maintain, enhance and educate musicians on the care…
DPA Launching New Wearable Tech at PL+S
DPA Microphones will use the Prolight + Sound 2019 platform to show artists and performers its new and unobtrusived:fine CORE 6066 Subminiature Headset Microphone – a wearable tech solution for…
New Warwick Limited Editions
Warwick has launched two new limited edition basses for 2019. The Masterbuilt LTD 2019 model is a very distinctive Corvette $$ NT, which can be ordered as 4 or 5…
Nomination Deadline for RPMDA's Dorothy and Don Eubanks Award: March 18
Each year RPMDA presents the RPMDA Lifetime Achievement Award – the Dorothy and the Don Eubanks Sales Rep of the Year, to deserving RPMDA members during the Awards Ceremony at…
Musikmesse Readies Joint Show Offering
The world of entertainment technology and music business is coming together at Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse in Frankfurt am Main from 2 to 5 April 2019. For the first time since 2015,…