The role of the signature artist-model guitar in MI retail has changed along with the culture...
Born out of a retail and repair shop founded by John Packer in England in 1974,...
The widely reported decline in electric guitar sales has been attributed to a number of things,...
In Victoria Wasylak’s excellent profile of Lexington, Massachusetts’ guitar dealer, The Music Emporium (page 64), co-owner...
Making financial decisions has never been easy for business owners. When given a choice, the tyranny...
This issue’s dealer poll – sent to just over 300 MI retailers – on the topic...
Opinions differ wildly, depending on who you speak to as to the relative success of this...
In the 16-plus years I’ve been on staff at MMR there have been periodic rumors of...
At CMC we talk obsessively, but we don’t always talk exclusively about music. Sometimes, out of...
Hindsight is usually more revealing than foresight, so when I reread a listing of topics I...
Art and commerce have been uneasy bedfellows for centuries, and it hasn’t been getting any easier...
The imperative to go green has increased steadily among musical instrument manufacturers over the years, and...
