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Brick-And-Mortar Retail Lives

Dan Vedda
The 2016 Christmas Season (and, in retail terms, it’s hard to call it anything else) is in the books and, from my perspective, it was more positive than negative. Although many retail pundits published articles with clickbait titles—for example, “As ...

March 2017 Digital Edition

Staff
COVER STORIES Roll Out The Red Carpet In the event that you doubted our industry’s in a renaissance of creative innovation, just check out this year’s Music & Sound Award winners. From the guitar category to percussion products, from mixers t...
2017 The Music & Sound Award Winners

2017 The Music & Sound Award Winners

Staff
31st Annual Music & Sound Awards Here are the year’s best products, manufacturers, dealers and industry personalities with the music products industry’s highest honor: Music & Sound Awards Presented by The Music & Sound Retailer! D...

Columbia Is Bursting At The ‘Sims’

Michelle Loeb
Deep in the heart of Columbia SC lies a music scene that Justin Sims described as “the best-kept secret in the country. “The talent in this small city is incredible, and the community vibe that exists is unlike anything out there.” A major fact...

Did you check out these NAMM Show newbies that made waves?

Staff
Peavey Collaborates With Periphery's Misha Mansoor On invective.120 Amplifier Roland’s Aerophone AE-10 Digital Wind Instrument With Breath-Sensor Technology PRS Guitars And John Mayer Announce The New J-MOD 100 Signature Amplifier Our An...

Ownership, Not Management

Allen McBroom
Your average week probably looks a lot like mine. You arrive Monday morning with a list of tasks you need to accomplish. The day starts great, but, pretty soon, the reality of being the guy or gal in charge kicks in. An order is late to arrive; a lon...

Floyd Rose Audio Collection Headphones

Anthony Vargas
Headphones are big business these days. A pessimist might point to our ever-increasing desire to shut out the outside world as a reason for the trend. All negativity aside, though, music lovers really just want to listen to their favorite tracks with...

Golden Gate Guitar Shopping

MI Spy
San Francisco CA has a rich musical tradition, particularly when it comes to jazz and the blues. It was once known as the “Harlem of the West,” and the city once hosted the likes of Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and ...

Mark Amentt – Director of Sales, Casio America

Dan Ferrisi
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 profile and most gained market share, respect and admiration in its categories, the winner...