Summer NAMM 2015
“There was a lot of value for both exhibitors and retailers alike in Nashville – the NAMM Member companies came ready to do business,” notes NAMM president and CEO Joe…
Lee Oskar Harmonicas in 2015 – Breaking Barriers
Harmonica players within pop and rock music are often a somewhat anonymous bunch, so far as “name recognition” by the general public goes. Unfair, no doubt, but – generally speaking…
Hal Leonard & Willis Music Celebrate a Decade
Hal Leonard Corporation and Willis Music have spent a decade making beautiful music together. To commemorate the milestone, Hal Leonard President Larry Morton and VP of National Sales David Jahnke…
SABIAN Announces Partnership with SLM
SABIAN has appointed St. Louis Music (SLM) as a partner in distribution in the United States, effective September 1st, 2015. “We started selling our products direct to retailers in the…
Hal Leonard Announces Partnership with PraiseCharts
Hal Leonard Corporation is partnering with PraiseCharts, a leading online resource for contemporary praise & worship sheet music for churches, to make PraiseCharts content available to music dealers worldwide in…
NEW POLL: When was the last time you refurbished?
With sales low and overheads creeping up, it can be tricky to find money to invest in the business, so when was the last time you had a refurb of…
Porter and Davies extends product warranties
Drum monitor specialist Porter and Davies, has extended the warranty across its range to two years. The silent tactile monitoring systems use bone conduction, allowing drummers, bassists and keyboard players to…
POLL RESULTS: How are sales compared with last year?
As we’re just past the halfway point of the year, we asked our growing international retail readership how sales were compared with this time 12 months ago? One of the…
Yamaha on the move at Musikmesse
It seems they just can’t stop messing around with the format of Musikmesse, with Yamaha now relocating from its traditional home in the Forum. Next year’s show will see the…
TOP TEN: Startling facts about the MI market on Kepler 452b
The exciting discovery of the Earth-like planet Kepler 452b, has brought with it some interesting data about the state of the musical instrument market there. 10: Guitar Center’s…
NEW POLL: How do sales compare with last year?
A simple enough question for this week’s poll, as we’re just past the mid-point of the year, we asked how sales have been so far? One of the most frustrating things about…
INTERVIEW: High Tech distribution
Distributor High Tech, has to be one of the UK’s smallest MI operations. Essentially it’s a one man band in the UK. And yet, if you look beyond that, you…