32nd Annual Music & Sound Awards
Here are the year’s best products, manufacturers, dealers and industry personalities presented with the music products industry’s highest honor.
Presented by
the Music & Sound Retailer
DEALER WINNERS
MULTI-STORE DEALER DIVISION
Best Guitars & Basses
Sam Ash
Best Keyboards
George’s Music (PA, FL)
Best Instrument Amplifiers
West Music (IA, IL)
Best Sound Reinforcement
Guitar Center
Best Recording-Related Products
Bananas at Large (CA)
Best Percussion
Skip’s Music (CA)
Best DJ Equipment
I DJ Now (NY)
Best Clinics
West Music (IA, IL)
Best Customer Service
Robert M. Sides Family Music Centers (NY, PA)
Best Sales Staff
West Music (IA, IL)
Multi-Store Dealer of the Year
West Music (IA, IL)
SINGLE-STORE DEALER DIVISION
Best Guitars & Basses
Sweetwater (IN)
Best Instrument Amplifiers
Red Dragon Guitars (NC)
Best Keyboards
Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)
Best Sound Reinforcement
Sweetwater (IN)
Best Recording-Related Products
Sweetwater (IN)
Best Percussion
Fork’s Drum Closet (TN)
Best DJ Equipment
Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)
Best Clinics
The Music Zoo (NY)
Best Customer Service
Sweetwater (IN)
Best Sales Staff
Candyman Strings & Things (NM)
Single-Store Dealer of the Year
Candyman Strings & Things (NM)
Lifetime Achievement Award
(Individual person at either a multi-store or single-store retailer)
Chuck Surack, Sweetwater