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Getting Educated Is The Key To Survival!

By Rebecca Apodaca This will be this writer’s 37th Winter NAMM show. As a retailer, a technician and an appraiser who has a store that sells school music and...
Who’s that with Maverick and Iceman? It’s Jim DeStafney!

Blues Angel Flies High

By Michelle Loeb Who’s that with Maverick and Iceman? It’s Jim DeStafney! After 28 years as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy, Jim DeStafney would have be...

In Memoriam: Frank Luppino, Jr.

Frank Luppino, Jr., a husband, father and grandfather, died on November 10, having last March reached the milestone of 90. He died peacefully, his immediate f...

Personal Touch

By Dan Vedda As I write this, the Christmas season is still unfolding. We’re walking the tightrope hourly, scrambling to bring in the items our customers nee...

NAMM New Product Spotlight

By Dan Ferrisi Even though there are nearly countless things that the NAMM show offers in order to attract tens of thousands of attendees every year—ranging ...

SPECIAL NAMM SHOW ISSUE

Here at The Music & Sound Retailer, and virtually everywhere else in the music products industry, January is the biggest, most hectic, most important month ...

Sabian Opens Factory Museum

As part of its yearlong 30th anniversary celebration, Sabian has opened a museum at its factory in Meductic, NB. Designed to house artifacts, awards and memor...

A Music Store Dream Comes True

In Laguna Niguel CA, Tim Gill has brought to fruition a longtime dream of his, according to an original news report from lagunaniguel.patch.com. Coming from a f...