Loog Mini-Amp
Loog, the makers of the tiny three-stringed guitar for kids, have come up with a logical accessory: a tiny combo amplifier. Less than six inches wide and tall and only…
American Music & Sound’s Jeff Hawley
Before we dig in, I just want to touch upon some of the events in Thousand Oaks, California, where American Music & Sound is headquartered, that took place towards the…
Corner Music’s New Corner Moving a music store in Nashville – or anywhere else – is a major undertaking
Everyone hates moving, so when Nashville’s Corner Music decided it was time to move its thousands of SKUs from the literal corner location it’s occupied for the last 34 years,…
Kraft Music, Yamaha Corporation of America, and Guitars for Vets Collaborate to Help Veterans Cope with PTSD
Dan Van Buskirk, a Vietnam War vet, had always been interested in learning how to play the guitar, but was concerned that his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) might make…
Don’t Hate The Player…. Fender’s New Player Series Eclipses their Standard Models
Hey, modern music naysayers – Fender Guitars has some news for you. “We’ve got more interest in live and recorded music than at any time in history,” Fender CEO Andy…
A Musician’s Understanding: Whirlwind’s Michael Laiacona Leads with Innovation
Whirlwind (whirlwindusa.com), based in Rochester, New York, has been leading the audio interface industry for over 40 years, having built their well-earned reputation on offering some of the most rugged…
Obsolete? Hardly…
Many of you reading this editorial are either currently at or en route to the 2019 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim, California. This year’s gathering is…
How Do You Orchestrate a Culture of ‘A’ Players? One Moment at a Time
Imagine your key manager departed from your MI retail store, and sent out the following email to all his contacts: Dear Friends and Customers, Earlier this month, I resigned as…
A New Style in Customer Service: The Last Hope for Retail Equality
Whenever the topic of customer service is discussed, I am unabashedly “old school.” I am one to believe that good service improves the way a person perceives your business and…
The New Year is an Opportunity to Take Stock of How Retail is Changing
It’s January, the point in the year where retailers look both forward and back, trying to predict what’s coming while assessing what’s been. With the implicit caution that YMMV [Your…
Trade Regrets: SLM's Robert E. Lee
We received the following from St. Louis Music (SLM) on Tuesday, January 22: It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Robert E. Lee, a 30 plus year…
Proamp and IQS Strings Share Artists Scheduled to Perform at their Winter NAMM Booth
Proamp and IQS Strings have shared the roster of artists performing at their booth at Winter NAMM in Anaheim, California this week. Federico Malaman, Andrew Gouche, Andrea Zaccari, Tom Quayle,…