News

Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.

14,476 Articles
Updated daily
News June 14, 2013

Tribute to MMR Publisher Sidney Davis

[caption id="attachment_47523" align="alignleft"]Former MMR publisher Sidney Davis.[/caption]It came as no surprise when Sidney Davis’ inbox quickly was bursting at the “virtual” seams with messages from retailers and suppliers, following the…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
News June 14, 2013

Guitar Center's Gene Joly Responds to Employee Unionization Efforts

[caption id="attachment_47521" align="alignleft"]Guitar Center executive VP of sales Gene Joly.[/caption]Earlier this spring, a flurry of criticism aimed at the nation’s largest MI retailer, Guitar Center, began sprouting up online. GC…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
News June 14, 2013

The Fret Shop

[caption id="attachment_47519" align="alignleft"]The Fret Shop's Colt Ward and Orami Rutledge[/caption]WHAT:The Fret Shop WHO: Mark Torstenson, Owner WHERE: Huntsville,Alabama WHEN FOUNDED: 1979 At home: Married to Lucia Cape; two kids: Evelyn, 6,…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
News June 14, 2013

Lake Bluff Music Builds on Community Approach

[caption id="attachment_47517" align="alignleft"]Andy Bosnak of Lake Bluff Music.[/caption]The crew at the new retail shop Lake Bluffs Music Inc., located in a small suburb of Chicago, knows what it means to…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
News June 14, 2013

Village Music Marches Toward 50 Years

[caption id="attachment_47515" align="alignleft"]Village Music's Bob Gand and Lana Rae.[/caption]Back in 1963, Bob Gand was working as vice president of sales at a corporation in Chicago.  He’d studied the trumpet growing up…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
News June 14, 2013

Anthrax's Charlie Benante - Persistence of Timekeeping

As a founding member of thrash-metal architects, Anthrax, Charlie Benante has been a force to be reckoned with and one of the most respected names in hard rock drumming since…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
News June 12, 2013

Morley Thompson

[caption id="attachment_47511" align="alignleft"]Morley Thompson[/caption]​Morley Thompson passed away on March 7 at the age of 86.Thompson’s financial background was a key element in the expansion of the Baldwin Piano Company during…

MMR Staff
Jun 12, 2013
News June 12, 2013

Piano Empire's New Digs

[caption id="attachment_47509" align="alignleft"]The Piano Empire Megastore in Orange County, California.[/caption]There’s no type of promotion that can beat the upside of a great location. Piano Empire president and CEO Chris Vance…

MMR Staff
Jun 12, 2013
News June 12, 2013

Antigua Winds Focuses on the Basics – Listening, Learning, and Improving

[caption id="attachment_47505" align="alignleft"]Antigua Winds general manager Grant Henry.[/caption]Ask general manager Grant Henry why any dealer should give 22-year-old manufacturer Antigua Winds a closer look and the answer is simple: “Service.”…

MMR Staff
Jun 12, 2013
News June 12, 2013

5 Tips on Selling the Better Cases

[caption id="attachment_47503" align="alignleft"]Scott Davies of Arriba Cases[/caption]“I think the folks in retail do a good job being knowledgeable about case options, but the problem is a lot times they simply…

MMR Staff
Jun 12, 2013
News June 12, 2013

Soft Cases Make for Hard Sales

[caption id="attachment_47499" align="alignleft"]Fusion cases are making are one of many companies helping redefine the soft case market.[/caption] There’s no doubt that soft cases have gotten better and more affordable,” says…

MMR Staff
Jun 12, 2013
News June 11, 2013

The Future of Print Needs a Mount

[caption id="attachment_47497" align="alignleft"]The Music People's TCM9150 U-mount.[/caption]At the RPMDA show in Columbus, the rallying cry was the evolution of digital print, which will inevitably include digital delivery to tablets. At…

MMR Staff
Jun 11, 2013