‘Where Have all the Full-Stacks Gone…’ Guitar & Bass Amplifier Sales in 2017
So let’s start with the “bad news”: only 30 percent of the participants in this month’s dealer survey – sent out to over 500 MI retailers across the globe –…
Carlton Family Values: Carlton Music on 50 Years in the Family
Carlton Music is on the cusp on a major milestone. Two generations into their Florida-based music store, owners Glen and Regina Carlton are optimistic that their daughter, Julie, will eventually…
Faith reveals new Naked models
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A True ‘Collaborative Alliance’
I’ve got something Donald Trump may never enjoy: vindication. I’ve been predicting, and to some extent advocating for, a deeper engagement between NAMM and AES for a number of years.…
Remember What Your Mother Always Said: ‘Don’t Talk to Strangers!’ How to Successfully Navigate Three Tricky Interactions Where the Customer is His or Her Own Worst Enemy
After my manager Jerry Hammack and I had several discussions about particularly odd behaviors we saw from some of our “loyal” customers, Jerry suggested implementing a “CMC rescue mission.” We…
It’s Not Necessarily About Reinventing the Wheel
“Competing with the big box stores hasn’t been as challenging as it sounds.” Say what? That was my initial reaction to Guitar Stop (Cambridge, Massachusetts) owner Jeanne Oster’s comments that…
St. Vincent Signature Guitars From Ernie Ball
Grammy-award winner St. Vincent has partnered with Ernie Ball to release her line St. Vincent Signature Guitars. The guitars in the line boast African mahogany bodies, Ernie Ball Music Man tremolos,…
Trade Regrets: Brian Jemelian
Brian Jemelian provided two decades of distinguished service to Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) and leadership as the company’s senior vice president, finance and administration. He died on July 7 in…
‘Berklee Jazz Drums’ From Berklee Press
Berklee Jazz Drums is designed to help students play jazz and comes with over 200 online audio examples by Berklee professor Casey Scheuerell. Scheuerell explains how to develop your own…
‘Mastering the Art of Brushes: 2nd Edition’ from Berklee Press
The second edition of Mastering the Art of Brushes by Berklee professor Jon Hazilla helps drummers to understand the concepts behind brush playing and presents them with brush patterns and techniques.…
‘A Manual for the Modern Drummer’ from Berklee Press
A Manual for the Modern Drummer by Alan Dawson and Don DeMicheal, originally published in 1962, helps players to learn jazz drums from one of the classic texts of jazz…
The Tone Corset from Electro-Harmonix
The Tone Corset analog compressor from Electro-Harmonix is a compact OTA (Operational Transconductance Amplifier) compressor with an organic quality that works especially well with guitar. The Tone Corset’s features a…