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John D’Addario III

Co-President, D’Addario & Company, Inc. D’Addario & Company, Inc., has been quite busy over the last several months, rolling out new initiatives, ove...

Covert Affairs On Long Island

I was taking a well-deserved vacation at a resort in Jamaica, following the overwhelming success of my last mission—fugitive apprehended and brought back to the...

You Should Be Stocking Boutique Brands

I’ve seen this scenario play out twice: A guy comes into a local music store and heads straight for a particular brand of guitar, plays it for a while, brin...

One Idea Leads to Another

In my most recent column, I wrote about a preacher having called me and said, “I will pay you anything you want if you’ll come to Fredericksburg and teach my pe...

Blues Angel Music Gets ‘Tanked’

Jim DeStafney faces an interesting challenge. Getting your music store noticed in increasingly crowded retail venues, and on social media, can be a daunting tas...

Mark Terry Leads KMC Music

Mark Terry Fender Musical Instruments Corp. has announced the appointment of Mark Terry as President of KMC Music. Terry has more than 37 years of music indus...