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November 15, 2007
VOLUME 24 NO.11

THE MAGAZINE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND SOUND PRODUCT MERCHANDISERS

 

   
 

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-Guitar Hero is all the rage for consumers.

-Need to take a break from searching for the latest gear during The NAMM Show? Here are some celebrity appearances and parties to check out.

-Attendance increased at Music China and Prolight + Sound, and Kenny G made a big splash.

-Improving next month's NAMM Show is like making the 1972 Miami Dolphins better. But NAMM is certainly not resting on its laurels.

-We reveal all of the manufacturer nominees for Music & Sound Awards to be handed out next month at The NAMM Show.

-Counterfeiting on MI products, particularly guitars, may have received minimal national press, but the problem is real and not going away.

-Find out how to sell products your customers are probably not looking to buy.

-M&SR features its second annual independent retailer roundtable. What's on dealer's mind's this year. Are things better than last year?

-Females playing musical instruments now outnumber males, according to a NAMM/Gallup survey.

-Industry leaders paved the way for the next 10 years.

-The Latest, Industry, Dealers, People and Product Buzz and Showcases.
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-Dan Vedda shares every thought not appearing in his monthly column right here.
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COLUMNS
-Robert Gault, president of Eminence Speaker, knows a massive amount about China and the pro audio industry. Enough said.

-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.

-The amazing story of how Gear Source Music reopened days after a flood took it apart. Spy ventured to the Pacific Northwest to the great city of Seattle. Five minutes with a great wealth of knowledge in the percussion industry, Remo Belli.

CURTAIN CALL
-John Flansburgh, They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh is a big fan of several independent dealers as well as a host of manufacturers.
-Matt Rubano, the bass player for the red-hot band Taking Back Sunday. Even better, he likes to shop for MI gear.
-Paul English, Willie Nelson has had four wives in 40 years, but only one drummer in that same time frame.
-John 5, When your name is a number, you must be cool. John 5, who played with Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie, says idolizing Eddie Van Halen was a big mistake. How is that possible?
-Luke Pritchard
may be “all together Kook-y,” but he has cool memories from the days he visited retail stores.
-Eddie Ojeda; Lead guitarist for Twisted Sister.
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Will Lee; Getting that gig isn’t easy and took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears.
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Imogen Heap writes songs, plays piano and the nail violin,Does she plan to design her own instrument?
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CURTAIN CALL
Matt Rubano
[November 2007 - Page 1]

Amityville, N.Y., may be best remembered for the horror movie that sports its name. But the area is also home to Taking Back Sunday, a band that has sold over 2 million albums since it first hit in 2003. Matt Rubano has been a musician, and a dedicated customer of independent retailers, for many years. He talked to the Retailer just before his band played the Projekt Revolution Tour and Live Earth, which we talk about later, to delve into what it is that makes mom-and-pop shops so great and what he looks for when he shops for gear.

The Music & Sound Retailer: How did you become a bass player?
Mark Rubano: Well, I had a couple of short and unsuccessful stints on other instruments when I was younger. I played violin and guitar, had a drum set in my house for a little bit. I think the main reason I started to play the bass was that I got interested in what that other sound was besides the guitar. You know, I didn't really have a musical background so I didn't even really understand what the bass was. When I started to become aware of it was around the same time my best friend was a guitarist and was getting a lot better at playing. And I think a lot of bass players become bass players because their best friend is a guitarist and they want to play together. So that was the case for me. From there, I just sort of got really into it and the rest is history. The guy who sort of turned me on to it was a guy named Dave O'Connell, whose younger brother is Mark, the drummer in Taking Back Sunday. So it kind of comes full circle for me as far as how I got started playing.

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