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Ah, the joys of visiting your favorite music store. Parsing through any new clearance items, ogling at the guitars hanging on the walls with pride, and... visiting the in-house café?…
It seems like such an obvious idea – the upsides are clear for all to see – you’d assume that folks must have developed this sort of thing decades ago:…
Chocolate and peanut butter, fish and chips… Here’s another couple of things that seem to go together well: musical instruments and vinyl records. A few shops here and there have…
Chuck Surack is, of course, best known as the founder of Sweetwater Sound (although he’s involved in a number of other business ventures, as well), but he’s every bit as…
For some long-time attendees, Musikmesse Frankfurt has appeared to be “in decline” in recent years. A handful of big-name exhibitors have opted not to participate, attendance was seen to be…
Virgin Musical Instruments has a motto - “Keeping music simple” – but making music easy and accessible for other people in real life is by no means any small feat.…
Instrumental Music Center of Tucson, Arizona didn’t start strictly with a love of music, but rather a love for music in their community. You could, in fact, track the entire…
Microphones are big business. NAMM’s sales statistics for 2016 show the overall category is the fifth largest overall in revenue, just behind fretted and wind instruments, pro audio, and the…
Peavey Electronics Corporation is an American MI icon – one of the world’s largest audio equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and the brand behind a number of legendary amplifier and sound…
First things first: Massachusetts’ East Cambridge Piano – one of the oldest piano dealers in the Boston area – is not located in the city of Cambridge, but rather in…
In business we often think of “service” as the interaction between the customer and a retailer during a sales transaction, and today most businesses approach it just that way. But,…
While Paul Simon wrote and sang the hit song, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” there are only three ways to leave your business. Option # 1: Inside sale to…
