“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.”
In my dual role as both a retailer and a pundit, everything I believe a...
For most stores involved in the school music market, October is the month when sanity begins to return. Marching bands are at least up and running, and the B&...
Although I usually talk about the Community Music Store’s place in our changing industry, I’m always aware that lurking in a dim corner of the music products bu...
Sometimes, my column is triggered by a news item; often, one specific encounter within our industry is the inspiration. But there are times when little bits of ...
When I first entered this industry more than 30 years ago, I was struck—and charmed, really—by the adults I encountered who wanted to make music. As a person wh...
I’m sure most of you caught the news in mid-May that Guitar Center served Behringer walking papers, dropping its products and terminating the business relations...
In the last couple of issues, I’ve been talking about the value and power that remain in the brick-and-mortar shopping experience. I truly believe that all the ...
As I write this, the music for Disney’s “Frozen” is selling like the proverbial…er, hotcakes. The House of Mouse hasn’t had this big of a success in years, and ...
Crucial to the success of the environment-of-ideas approach that Dan Vedda has recently been espousing is another element he thinks of as a “commitment to leade...
Where do you get your ideas…the ones you implement to try to grow your business or improve your operating efficiency? Trade mags like The Retailer? Customer fee...
