Passing the Torch: NLFX Professional steps up as the MI dealer of Bemidji
Not all music retail stores can last forever, but they can pass the torch to the next shop suited to carry on the MI duties in their community. That’s exactly…
Branching Out: After a Lifetime in Acoustics, The Music Emporium Moves into the Electric Guitar World
To all the folks at Guitar Center locations around the country, the Music Emporium in Lexington, Massachusetts has a message for you: many, many thanks. In a world where retail…
Electronically Authentic: Roland Launches New Additions to Electronic Drum Line
Can electronic drums be authentic? For Roland, the answer is a resounding yes. The company gathered members of the press and notable drummers at their United States headquarters in Los…
Sign Here: Artist-signature guitars have their own narrative – one that can be helpful to retail
The role of the signature artist-model guitar in MI retail has changed along with the culture of the guitar. For years, the artist’s name was the main or even the…
John Packer Musical Instruments’ Rob Hanson: ‘Making the Choice that Much Easier for Music Retailers’
Born out of a retail and repair shop founded by John Packer in England in 1974, John Packer Ltd. is now a worldwide-force in the design and manufacture of brass…
Heroes are Where You Find Them – You Just Have to Know Where to Look
The widely reported decline in electric guitar sales has been attributed to a number of things, from how the hyper-masculine image that electric guitars have projected since the 1980s has…
Why Try to be Like Everybody Else?
In Victoria Wasylak’s excellent profile of Lexington, Massachusetts’ guitar dealer, The Music Emporium (page 64), co-owner Joe Caruso says of the Boston areas’ Guitar Center locations: “They didn’t put us…
Selling Your Business? Stay in Control
Making financial decisions has never been easy for business owners. When given a choice, the tyranny of the urgent usually wins over the severity of the important. Imagine there are…
Heil Sound Appoints Lynch as U.S. Sales Manager
Heil Sound has announced the appointment of Jerry Lynch as U.S. sales manager. A long-time employee of Heil Sound, Jerry will be responsible for all matters related to daily as well…
Italia Adds New Models and New Versions
Italia Guitars has unveiled a number of new models including a new addition to the popular Jeffrey Foskett Signature Series of electric guitars - the Italia JFQ. Available in Two-Tone…
Allen and Heath Launches new Flagship Xone Mixer
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Music Festivals Wet Electric and Band Splash Use CHAUVET Professional Fixtures
Music festivals Wet Electric and Band Splash recently used a versatile lighting rig supplied by Creative BackStage that featured CHAUVET Professional Maverick, Rogue, and STRIKE fixtures. “We designed the rig…