I like to follow our industry statistics: number of storefronts, violin imports, sales totals and similar data. I find it problematic because, often, it reads l...
Todd Heid, President, and DeDe Heid, ExecutiveVice President
Heid Music has been an integral part of Wisconsin’s music community for three generations, havi...
At the beginning of June, Kleiner-Perkins partner Mary Meeker released the 2016 version of her now-essential Internet Trends Report. The venture capitalist ...
Music teachers are a key ingredient in the process of nurturing more music makers. It’s critical to their success, whether they are independent contractors ...
Several people have written to say that they appreciate how I use my own mistakes and shortcomings as examples when discussing how to do things better. To b...
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article originally appeared on NAMM U Online at namm.org/nammu.
It’s frequently said that multiple locations mean m...
I’ve written an opinion column in our industry for almost 20 years—very close to a quarter-million words on events in our industry—and I often check my archiv...
Last month, I began to discuss the rise of New Media and its impact on MI retail. I started by talking a little about the importance of generating original ...
The shopping experience over the last decade has made a huge shift from Main St. to the computer screen, and even the smartphone app. So, it was only a matt...