MMR recently sent out a survey to over 1,000 subscribers to get some feedback on the state of the drum and percussion retail market and… the results are not pretty....

Shane Kinney is the owner of Drum Center of Portsmouth."The boutique area is our main focus, and that’s where we do a lot of our business,” Shane Kinney says of...

Gene Joly.In early September, Gene Joly – previously Guitar Center’s executive vice president of stores – was named president of GC’s Musician’s Friend (MF) division. In the short weeks since,...

Guitar Center appears to be turning over a new leaf in the way it approaches its public image.In recent years, the folks over at Guitar Center haven’t been… overly chatty...

Music China 2013While the USA was in the throes of a debt limit crisis, the Music China show in Shanghai was proceeding with a steady flow of international traffic and...