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