Sweetwater’s Founder and President, Chuck Surack, has been awarded the Legend of Leadership Award by the editors of Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. He was h...
NAMM members will return to the nation’s capital this spring for the organization’s 13th annual NAMM Music Education Advocacy DC Fly-In, scheduled for May 22 to...
Mark Amentt
If there were an award in the music products industry to recognize the company that, in the past half-dozen or so years, has most increased its ...
Last month’s NAMM New Product Spotlight featured dozens and dozens of music products that MI manufacturers introduced at the 2017 NAMM Show. Amazing as it might...
The 2017 NAMM Show, emanating from the soon-to-be-expanded Anaheim Convention Center, might have been rather soggy when it came to the weather, but I left the s...
Yamaha Corp. of America (YCA) and Yamaha Motor Corp. USA (YMUS) came together for the second year in a row to showcase the company’s “Revstar garage” concept at...
The Women’s International Music Network (The WiMN) has announced the official She Rocks ASCAP EXPO Showcase, which is scheduled during the ASCAP “I Create Music...
During the annual NAMM Show, the association welcomed eight new members to its Board of Directors. Each member will serve a three-year term and provide oversigh...
The D’Addario Foundation, a 503(c) nonprofit that is a leader in finding, funding and partnering with transformative music-education organizations, has announce...
Larry Morton, President, Hal Leonard Corp.
Every business exists to be profitable and allow its associates to earn a living. However, in the music products ...
I am the Editor of The Music & Sound Retailer, the most widely read trade publication serving the music products market. I am a lifelong writer and editor, working for Testa Communications, publisher of The Retailer, for more than 10 years.