November 15, 2007 - VOLUME 24, No.11
Asian Contagion
Counterfeiting on MI products, particularly guitars, may have received minimal national press, but the problem is real and not going away.
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Accessory to a Dime
Find out how to sell products your customers are probably not looking to buy.
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State of the Dealer
M&SR features its second annual independent retailer roundtable. What’s on dealer’s mind’s this year. Are things better than last year?
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MI BUZZ
The Latest, Industry, Dealers, People and Product Buzz and Showcases.

COLUMNS
The Music & Sound Independent Retailer
C&G Music is young, but has carved quite a niche in Central New York. Plus, retailer Chris Lovell talks about Musician’s Friend selling blemished products and praises NAMM CEO Joe Lamond’s musical talents all on the same page.

MI Spy
Kansas City, here Spy comes. Was K.C. a masterpiece or a dud?

Five Minutes With...
Mitch Colby offers 30 years of industry experience at Korg USA. Among the topics: the grade Colby gives MI on his report card.

Birth of a Product: Music Star Productions
Music Star Productions’ founders Patrick McCormick and Tony Williams wanted to make music instruction books better. So they launched the Icons of Rock DVD series. That doesn’t mean it was a simple process though.

Retailer Review
To say Kurt Ballou, Converge’s guitarist, doesn’t treat guitars well is like saying the New England Patriots are a decent football team. Ballou had to find a guitar to take a pounding. Here’s why he chose First Act’s Sheena.

Veddatorial
Tide, Pampers, and Crest toothpaste have absolutely nothing to do with MI. Well, maybe not. Dan Vedda explains why.

CURTAIN CALL
Matt Rubano is the bass player for the red-hot band Taking Back Sunday. Even better, he likes to shop for MI gear.
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