New to SNAMM: Music Industry Day
Whether you consider them a problem or an opportunity, our industry’s version of “muggles” will parade through the aisles of our trade show.While some exhibitors are passionate supporters of a…
7 To-Do Items on Your Summer NAMM Itinerary
Retail Boot Camp: On Wednesday, July 10th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30, sales guru Bob Negen shares how to get more people in the door, how to increase your average sale,…
Electra Guitars Returns
A resurrected and rejuvenated Electra Guitars has opened its doors with their classic logo intact, a slate of new products, and a rapidly growing roster of users, artists and friends.…
Yamaha Names Fisher Marketing Manager for Electronic Drums
Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has appointed Steven Fisher to the position of marketing manager for electronic drums. His primary responsibility will be to advance the market for the company’s…
Summer NAMM Preview - Happy Days Are Here Again?
[caption id="attachment_47720" align="alignleft"]Summer NAMM 2013 will make a big splash at the brand new Music City Center in Nashville.[/caption]Just a few years ago more than a few were whispering, “Put…
A New Lease on Light: Why Renting Lighting Products Makes Sense
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…
Tenor Madness's Randy Jones
[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,…
New Jersey’s Thunderball Marketing Still Treading Floodwater
[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…
23rd Profile of the American Dealer
[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…
The Avalon School of Music
[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…
The Kids Are Alright: The Growth of Performance-Based Music Ed Franchises
[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…
Music & Arts’ Allan Greenberg
[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…