Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
By Alfred Gonzalez[caption id="attachment_47718" align="alignleft"]Alfred Gonzales National sales manager, ADJ PRODUCTS[/caption]You’re probably familiar with rental programs. After all, renting band and orchestra instruments has been a mainstay of the music…
[caption id="attachment_47716" align="alignleft"]Randy Jones[/caption]Why mess with anything else? 95 percent of our business is saxophones, with most of our sales being tenor saxophones. We carry Selmer, Buffet, Keilwerth, P. Mauriat,…
[caption id="attachment_47714" align="alignleft"]Much of Thunderball's inventory was ruined in the wake of Hurricane Sandy last fall.[/caption]Like many other residents on the East Coast last fall, Joe Levy found himself on…
[caption id="attachment_47712" align="alignleft"]Optimism is creeping back into the guitar market, along with most other sectors of the MI business...[/caption]For the third consecutive year, MMR’s annual dealer count remained slightly ahead…
[caption id="attachment_47710" align="alignleft"]Students from the Avalon School of Music.[/caption]While neither a franchise operation nor one that fields many outlets throughout the country and beyond, Florida’s Avalon School of Music (two…
[caption id="attachment_47707" align="alignleft"]Students enrolled at Bach to Rock[/caption]Music education outside of the classroom is nothing new, of course, and even the concept of franchised programs isn’t a breakthrough. However, in…
[caption id="attachment_47705" align="alignleft"]Music & Arts recently purchased Anaheim Band Instruments, shown here.[/caption]Music & Arts has been expanding at a healthy clip of late (check out this year’s Profile of the…
Now, no matter where you are, you can always be carrying around the latest issue. And you can get a copy the minute it comes off the press - no waiting until…
Peavey Electronics® has entered into a new distribution partnership with Australian Music Group (AMG), one of Australia and New Zealand’s foremost distributors of musical instruments and products. Under the terms…
Hal Leonard Corporation has announced that beginning at Summer NAMM, they will distribute not only the complete M-Audio line from inMusic, but also add Alesis and Alto Professional products. Hal…
As part of a concerted effort to grow and optimize their sales team, Fishman has recruited Ron Kronewitter as key accounts manager. In his new position, Kronewitter will be responsible…
[caption id="attachment_47695" align="alignleft"]Kevin M. Mitchell, MMR Editorial Director[/caption]So if you’re me, the first question is, “How the hell do you replace Sid Davis?” Well, you don’t. And you don’t try,…
