FEATURE
Class is in Session
We feature many of the new, hot companies that exhibited at NAMM in January.
Gibson
Indictments Likely
Gibson Guitar is expected to face charges due to alleged illegal wood imports.
NRF Talks Jobs,
Jobs and More Jobs
The key to retailers' success for 2011 is, you guessed it, jobs. But a lot more was discussed at the 100th NRF Annual Convention.
It’s a Record!
We give you a huge review of last month’s NAMM show. Were retailers and manufacturers optimistic for the rest of this year?
MSR Exclusive Interview
Zildjian and Vic Firth have teamed up to form a percussion powerhouse. We met with Craigie Zildjian and Vic Firth at NAMM to give you all of the details about the merger.
Music Group's Master Plan
We get an exclusive look at the future of The Music Group, parent of Behringer, Bugera and more. We get an exclusive look at product launches, as well!
Knock it Off With the Knockoffs!
Counterfeit products are killing the MI industry. But one company is fighting back big time. We’ll tell you how badly knockoffs could affect the industry if left unchecked.
Music & Sound Award Nominees
We release the full list of nominees for Music & Sound Awards. See if your favorite product, person or company is nominated.
Taylor-Made For Europe
Taylor Guitars will sell all of its products directly to dealers in Europe beginning on Jan. 1. Find out why the big change was made and where Taylor’s European headquarters will be. We interview Brian Swerdfeger about it first.
We Cover it All!
For the second time, we honor instruments that get zero or little press...
A ‘Super’ Party on Kent Island
Experience PRS loaded up on celebrities, new products and much more. Get the full scoop...
‘Father of RMM’ Passes
Karl Bruhn, a tireless music industry devotee, mentored many and made awareness of health and wellness together a lifelong initiative.
Don’t ‘Skip’ this Story!
Skip’s Music Celebrates 30th Anniversary of its Special Event
I Just Wanna Bang
on the Drums All Day
Your One-Stop Shop For The Holidays!
Heathcare Provision Could
Be a Nightmare
America the Beautiful
Not Doubting Thomas
Mendello Retires, Thomas Named Fender CEO
Music City Mystery

Sharon Hennessey: Loves our industry, you will find out. She'll also tell you why she ultimately decided to join The Music People! And yes, she will definitely fill you in on her goals as a new NAMM board member.
Carla Alger: Being in the music industry is definitely the most exciting opportunity Carla Alger, chief financial officer at Two Old Hippies, has ever had. Find out why.
Dawn Werk:Dawn Werk, Alpha Books’ director of marketing, heads a group that is responsible for 450 non-fiction books. Now that’s a lot! Music is a small, but very important, part of that catalog.
Sonia Vallis: Sonia Vallis might be an only child, but she grew up with a sibling that has now become like another child to her.-
Catherine Polk
Cyndi Fritz
Janet Deering
Kathy How
Sarah Heil
Sue Avant

M&SR: Are there any particular songs you’re most proud of or have the most memories about?
Loggins: Oh yeah, I’m sure there are. If I had a memory, I’d probably remember [Laughs]. Well, the whole “Leap of Faith’’ CD was an important period of my life. It was sort of like taking my journals and putting them to music. A very extraordinary time of leaving my first marriage and then falling in love. The writing that came from a major life decision and change like divorce, and then moving into a whole new life and new love affair, to be able to write an album during that period of time was perfect timing. That whole process was like taking dictation. It just poured out. This last album, “How About Now,’’ came from the past three years after my second divorce and during that process. A much more difficult passage for me. But the music again came from the journals and the changes that take place when you go through something really rough. Because of that, the music is very emotional.

M&SR: What first got you into playing music?
Loggins: I got into music just because I loved it. A buddy of mine, his big brother was a guitar teacher. So I decided I wanted to learn to play guitar. I’d been drawn to guitar since I was in grammar school but I never really applied myself to it until I met Rod, his name was. And Rod taught me to play guitar. In the process of doing that, he turned me on to a folk magazine of the era called Sing Out. It was through Sing Out magazine that I discovered the music of Bob Dylan. When I started listening to Bob Dylan, that’s when I started writing. And then Dylan led to the Beatles.

M&SR: Children today have distractions like video games and Internet that just weren’t there when you were growing up. Do you think the industry needs to do anything to get children as excited about music as you were when you were young?
Loggins: I don’t know what could be done. I mean, I think music goes through cycles. There are high periods of rock and roll and low periods of rock and roll. I don’t know which cycle we’re in now. I think downloading has changed the face of the music business. It’ll be interesting to see where it lands. I don’t think there’s any one act out there that’s galvanizing the interest of the audiences today. There are a lot of different musical directions. Most record sales are not great, so I guess we’re in a lower cycle. But music always wins. Music always comes back. People need music in their lives and we tend to measure the importance of music by the sales of music, and that’s not necessarily the case. Hard to judge by sales now because of the free downloading. We don’t know exactly where music stands with the 20-somethings of this generation. So I think time will tell.
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