35th NAMM TEC Awards Announces Call for Entries
Fresh off a multitude of pro audio product debuts, new innovations and a celebration of technical and creative achievements, the NAMM TEC Awards council has announced a call for entries…
Ed Cherney Tracks and Mixes Grammy-Winning 'My Way' on ATC Monitors
Veteran engineer Ed Cherney has added a fourth Grammy to his figurative trophy shelf for Willie Nelson’s tribute to Frank Sinatra, My Way. It won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album,” the…
L-Acoustics Tops the Rider Lists for DCR Nashville’s Clients
Founded in 2004, Digital Console Rental Inc. was rebranded in 2017 as DCR Nashville to reflect the company’s evolution from a source for high-end digital audio consoles to the AVL…
Taking DJ Sales Out For A Spin: DJ Customers Have Gone from the Margins of MI to being High-Margin Customers, but They Want to Know You Know Them
If the ultimate drummer diss-joke is “How many people in your band? Five – four musicians and a drummer,” then where does the DJ fit in? Ignoring the endless arguments…
Wisconsin’s Parrish Music Opens New Store
Wisconsin’s Parrish Music has opened a second location, The Harmony Shop, which features gifts, fair trade items, and home goods. Over the past year, their 2,250 square-foot space was becoming…
‘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…