Alfred Music Announces 2016 Premier Dealer Awards
Alfred Music recently announced the 2016 winners of the Alfred Music Premier Dealer Awards. The recipients of the awards are AMC Music, Popplers Music Store, Stanton’s Sheet Music, and Twigg Musique.…
Hal Leonard’s Jahnke Named Senior VP
Hal Leonard has announcd the promotion of David Jahnke to senior vice president – National Sales. Jahnke joined Hal Leonard in 1992 as a telesales representative and progressed through the…
TKL Cases Establishes Retailer Support Network
The TKL Products Corp. announced its newly established, “Retailer Support Network” (RSN) sales program of authorized musical instrument retailers. In addition to the availability of its LTD™, Concept™, Vectra® and…
Hal Leonard La La Land
The first Hal Leonard La La Land folio is arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames (P/V/G). The second features easy piano arrangements with lyrics. In addition, Hal…
Daisy Rock completes comeback
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No Matter How You Spell It, Lutherie and MI Retail are a Good Fit
Singularity isn’t just a term used to describe the coming robot apocalypse (although we’re closer to that than you might suspect). The value of individuality in a musical instrument has…
FEEL the RHYTHM Latin Hand Percussion
With over 70 percent of the participant’s in this month’s retailer survey reporting either “up” or “level” sales of Latin hand percussion instruments, compared to the same time last year,…
Ultimate Ears’ Mike Dias
In-ear monitors have been the standard for many top touring acts for decades now, but Ultimate Ears (UE) is looking to expand that user base by making superior inears available…
2017 NAMM Show
“Each year is different isn’t it? I believe every show is a reflection of the industry at that moment,” observes NAMM president and CEO Joe Lamond. “My impressions this year…
Trends and Observations: Four Takeaways from the 2017 NAMM Show
At the NAMM Show there is always more information than you can ever wrap your head around. So I thought I would try to recap some moments of interest and…
2017 NAMM Best & Worst of Show Awards
See who took the award for “Worst Surprise/Best Turnaround,” “Worst Mini-plague,” and “Best Eye-catcher,” among others. Worst ‘With the Times’ Hotel Service After wrestling with weak and frequently dropped Internet…
‘Musikmesse Insider’ to Continue at 2017 Gathering
Once again in 2017, Messe Frankfurt is inviting qualified musical-instrument retailers to register for the “Musikmesse Insider” customer programme. Registered participants will be able to visit the international trade fair…