News
March 10, 2009
Dealers Scramble for Profits — Stress Institutional and Used Sales
For most of us, 2008 was a challenging year—one that included soaring gas prices, a worldwide financial crisis, record home foreclosures, and a presidential election. All of these events have, of course, had an impact on MI vendors, some more than others. MMR recently checked in with piano retailers to see how they fared during the events of the past year, and what they expect in 2009.
Tagged : piano, retailers
A list of Dealer’s Choice Award winners from NAMM 2009.
Tagged : NAMM Show
NAMM Meeting Used to Clarify What the Group Is – And Isn’t
“What we want to do is let you know who we are and what our goals are,” announced Independent Music Store Owner’s president Gordy Wilcher at the group’s meeting at NAMM. “There is some confusion.” But mostly, there is a lot of excitement. The group, founded by five MI retailers in early 2007 as an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to growing the market and creating forums where members can exchange ideas, has already grown to over 350 members. In addition to its noble pursuits, the cost to join is certainly attractive. It’s free, though to be a voting member it costs a mere $25 a year. No one in the organization gets paid (monies so far have mostly gone toward legal fees), and members of the board are placed there by vote.
Tagged : NAMM Show, retailers
“The biggest issues with guitar instruction methods before we started Rock House were: It wasn’t cool, the existing approaches did to work in terms of effectiveness, They did not represent the current audience or today’s musicians of influence, or the way people learn in this era and most important students were not getting all they could from their favorite artist.” Explains Joe Palombo co-owner/co-founder of Rock House.”People get home and they have a video that outlines some techniques or demonstrates how to play a particular song, but they’re kind of on their own. We wanted to come up with a different approach – one that was more effective and really helped create new musicians.
Tagged : dvd, media, video
…over 1,500 Exhibitors, attendance nearly 86,000
“When asked recently by the LA Times about the appeal of the NAMM Show, I simply told them that it’s the family reunion of the global music products industry; not just a trade show but a pilgrimage,” says Joe Lamond, president and CEO, NAMM. “When I was explaining that to the reporter, I couldn’t help but think of Don Johnson who made the trek to NAMM last year in spite of his illness and was able to see so many of the people who cared deeply for him. Sure it will always be about business, but here it means so much more than that.
Tagged : NAMM Show, trade shows
