March ‘Em Off to Class: Back to School Season and Marching Band Instrument Sales
With nearly 40 percent of participants in this survey claiming that “Back to School” business accounts for between 50 to 100 percent of their total annual sales of marching band…
Musicwood, Part II – The Rest of the Story: Stop Using Old Growth, Clear-Cut Sitka Spruce in Musical Instruments
America’s largest national forest – the Tongass in southeast Alaska – is the only national forest where commercial clear-cutting continues. This forest treasure has stood magnificently for thousands and thousands…
Five Values and Guiding Principles of Leadership
To be an effective leader in the music retail business, you need beacons and guiding principles to get you through the difficult job to which you committed yourself. In the…
Smarter PA Systems Will Offer MI Retailers a New Opportunity
Historically, one of the hardest things for performing musicians has been getting the PA sound right. Two things have been happening to make that less of a problem, and they…
Ashdown Names Alexander Export Sales Manager
On August 8th, we received the following news from Ashdown‘s Mark Gooday: I would like to Introduce you to Lee Alexander, whom some of you may have already met at the…
Korg USA’s Peralman Retires After 42 Years
After 42 dedicated years at Korg USA, Allan Pearlman, district sales manager for the Northeast region, has retired. Pearlman’s long-lasting legacy started with his father, Ben Pearlman, who worked as a…
NAMM Board Elects New Executive Committee Members
The NAMM Board of Directors unanimously voted in the next slate of officers on July 15 at Summer NAMM in Nashville. At the meeting, the board officially welcomed each industry…
New Music & Arts Location in New Jersey
Music & Arts has announced their new location in Toms River, NJ. The new location greatly expands their lesson space and service capabilities to better serve the residents of Toms River and…
New Nutcases available from Protection Racket
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More new audio gadgets from Radial
Radial Engineering has introduced the DiNET DAN-TX and DAN-RX stereo Dante audio converters. Developed by Audinate, Dante is a low-latency audio-over-Ethernet protocol used in professional and commercial applications. The DAN-TX and…
PMT calls time on Dolphin brand
S&T Audio, the holding company of PMT and Dolphin Music, has announced that it is withdrawing the Dolphin Music brand,with PMT Online continuing as the company’s online offering going forward. Dolphin was…
BAE Audio ships new PDI box
BAE Audio, has announced its brand new, passive direct injection box (PDI), which is now shipping. Like many of the company’s preamps, it utilises a brand new transformer design to lend…