25th Profile of the American Music Dealer
Last year’s iteration of our yearly MI dealer count and breakdown was characterized by numbers that were, in some cases, radically different from the years immediately preceding 2014. Far more…
Selling and Producing MI Gear in (and near) the City by the Bay: San Francisco/Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the largest, most vibrant, and most economically robust markets in the country. While metropolitan San Francisco (San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward) can lay…
Loog Guitars – If You Build It, They Will Play
“If you build it, they will come.” – Field of Dreams, 1989. It sounds pretty simple in theory, at least it did to Rafael Atijas, founder and CEO of Loog…
60 Years of Capitol Music
The band instrument repair shop at Capitol Music in Montgomery, Alabama, is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you were to make an appointment to have…
4 Steps to Making The Most of the Changing MI Landscape
It’s a new time and a new landscape for the music retailer and musicians as well. Every aspect of the music business is changing, but changes are not just in…
The Death of Print Music?
Daily newspapers, magazines, works of literature printed on paper, greeting cards, graphic artists, the corner quick print shop – these are just a few areas being adversely affected by the…
Retailers Discuss the State of Print Music Sales in 2015
Perhaps no single MI product segment has been as radically transformed by the Internet age as print music. With the advent of new avenues of delivery for sheet music and…
Headstock adds Schlagwerk
Headstock Distribution has become the exclusive distributor of Schlagwerk percussion products in the UK and Ireland. Schlagwerk Managing Director Detlef Bӧrgermann said “As soon as we decided to seek UK and Ireland distribution, we…
Timber Tones launches affiliate scheme
Timber Tones luxury guitar picks has set up a UK affiliate programme, offering 10 per cent commission on sales. The brand launched in 2009 and now claims to offer the largest selection of…
2015 NAMM D.C. Fly-In: Largest Advocacy Gathering Yet!
“Overall, the Fly-In was memorable on several levels,” notes NAMM Foundation executive director, Mary Luehrsen, regarding this year’s trip to Washington D.C. “We were thrilled with the number of new…
Is Customer Service a Dying Art?
We’ve talked about the return to the notion of craft in this space. Whether it’s beer or cupcakes or bacon, or Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours that musicians have been taking…
The Secret to Success? Adaptability
“It’s varied over time, but right now our typical customer is, in fact, a music student taking band or orchestra in school and the parents thereof,” explains Bronstein Music’s Rich…