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August 28, 2008
VOLUME 3 NO.16

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--DJ For Hire These manufacturer employees still find the time to perform DJ/lighting gigs.
An Early Summer Night’s Dream!NAMM returned with a vengeance in Nashville. Learn what people were saying and why there could be a rebirth of independent retailers in the future.
-Many top industry executives tackle two big issues: Overcoming the weak U.S. dollar and facing mammoth oil prices. You don’t want to miss what many of the biggest people in our industry had to say.
-RPMD-Yay! Boston’s Seaport Hotel was the place to be in late April for tons of information to help you sell print music products.
-Music City Miracle? Is this the year Summer NAMM makes a great comeback?
-Moonlighting. A look at manufacturers/reps who still perform regular gigs and how it helps them in their day jobs.

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-The Latest, Industry, Dealers, People and Product Buzz and Showcases.
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-Dan Vedda shares every thought not appearing in his monthly column right here.
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COLUMNS

-The Music & Sound Independent Retailer Robin Venters, who was a rep at Peavey for 24 years, has decided to switch hats. He will now put on the hat of the independent dealer. Venters was the 2003 Music & Sound Awards Rep of the Year and was nominated two other times. So is he crazy for leaving his job? Find out.
-Business & Marketing Ken Murray, who just spoke at NAMM, offers advice everyone can use: Plotting your course to success at your store.
-Retail Perspective Rebecca Apodoaca, owner of California’s A&D Music, provides a guest column on her thoughts as a first-time Summer NAMM attendee.
-Spy Like everyone else, MI Spy was snooping around in Nashville. But Spy is so good that nobody recognized him/her. He/she didn’t even cross paths with the Music & Sound Retailer staff.
-Five Minutes Other than spending quality time with his family and a little time on the golf course, Larry Fishman, founder of Fishman Transducers, eats, sleeps, and thinks about designing products all day. Find out his thoughts on the economy, his different NAMM perspective, and much more.
-Sales Guru. Gene Fresco poses the question, “Are you listening,” and talks about time he spent with George Bush (Senior).
-Veddatorial.Dan Vedda shares a ton of thoughts about the Summer NAMM show.
-Business & Marketing Troy Richardson, national sales manager at Tornavoz Music, pinch hits for us this month and offers a “How To” guide to selling nylon string guitars.
-Formidable Females The youthful Sarah Lombard, marketing manager for The Stanton Group, recalls meeting Stevie Wonder and a great deal more.
CURTAIN CALL
-Steve Stevens, Rock and Roll may be known for its wild behavior, but the genre has at least one law abider in Steve Stevens.
-Frank Black of the Pixies credits Haley's Comet for starting him on his career path?
-KT Tunstall dismounted from her horse and climbed out of her cherry tree to talk with us.
-Peter Frampton comes alive to tell us what guitars, effects, and amps he loves.
-John Flansburgh, They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh is a big fan of several independent dealers as well as a host of manufacturers.
-Matt Rubano, the bass player for the red-hot band Taking Back Sunday. Even better, he likes to shop for MI gear.
-Paul English, Willie Nelson has had four wives in 40 years, but only one drummer in that same time frame.
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