SPECIAL: NAMM PREVIEW/PRO AUDIO ISSUE
May 15, 2008
VOLUME 25 NO.5

THE MAGAZINE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND SOUND PRODUCT MERCHANDISERS

 

   
 

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-RPMD-Yay! Boston’s Seaport Hotel was the place to be in late April for tons of information to help you sell print music products.
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Music City Miracle? Is this the year Summer NAMM makes a great comeback?
-Moonlighting. A look at manufacturers/reps who still perform regular gigs and how it helps them in their day jobs.

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The Bright Stuff. We always hear the bad news going on in the world. How about the good news?
-The 'Real' Guitar Heroes. What will the future of the guitar industry look like?

-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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-The Music & Sound Independent Retailer Rebecca Apodaca of A&D Music is more than a retailer. Much more. Find out what she does—some of which you can also do—to make the wallet fatter. Plus, more about the IMRA/MSO merger.
-MSR Exclusive Blue Microphones said it found the right fit when equity firm Transom Capital came on board. What it means for you as a dealer and what the company’s future holds.
-NAMM University Listings Your one-stop source for every NAMM educational event taking place at Summer NAMM in Nashville this month.
-The Utah Jazz put up quite a battle in the NBA playoffs. Now, Spy finds out if area retailers will put up a big battle for his/her business.
-Five MinutesA big promotion and oh yeah, that “little” deal Kaman made with Fender. In the meantime, he’s one of the top guys at the biggest musical instruments distributor. A chat with Kaman Music’s Paul Damiano is overdue.
-Sales Guru.More store advice is on the way from Gene Fresco. When the customer thinks, “What’s in it for me?” you will have many answers.
-Veddatorial.Dan Vedda describes how to boost the Recreational Music Making movement, and what we can learn from the highly-respected CEO of PepsiCo.
-Mary Luehrsen, director of affairs and government relations for NAMM, can often be found on Capitol Hill fighting for legislation to help promote and protect our industry. What you probably don’t know is she formerly worked for the Texaco Foundation (now part of Chevron). What possible link could Texaco and NAMM have? You’ll find out. Believe us, it has nothing to do with oil either.


CURTAIN CALL
-Steve Stevens, Rock and Roll may be known for its wild behavior, but the genre has at least one law abider in Steve Stevens.
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Frank Black of the Pixies credits Haley's Comet for starting him on his career path?
-KT Tunstall dismounted from her horse and climbed out of her cherry tree to talk with us.
-Peter Frampton comes alive to tell us what guitars, effects, and amps he loves.
-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.

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CURTAIN CALL
Frank Black
[May 2008 - Page 3]

M&SR: Are there any particular ones you’ve been fond of over the years?
Black: For years, I always went into a little music store called McKenzie River Music in Eugene, Ore. I always liked the acoustic guitars they had in stock. I ended up moving to Eugene and I still go there. When I lived in L.A., I used to go to Norm’s Rare Guitars a lot. There are just so many stores; I can’t say I go to certain ones all the time. I tend to just hear about [stores] from other people and I go there and I buy something; check it out. The next time I end up at a music store, it’s at a different one usually.

M&SR: Do you shop online too, maybe for a specific vintage model?
Black: I tend to be an impulsive buyer. I tend to just walk in and say, “Wow, look at that. OK, I want to buy it.” I don’t tend to play it for too long when I buy a guitar. I just sort of pick it up and hold it, see how it feels and how it resonates. I tend to buy it very quickly and I’m usually a pretty good judge of what I like. I rarely return things or trade them back in. Sometimes I’ll buy other instruments too. I like tenor ukuleles a lot and I like to buy instruments I don’t know how to play necessarily, sometimes for fun.

M&SR: Have you ended up proficient in any of them?
Black: No, although the ukulele has become kind of a thing for me. I’m not a good ukulele player but I’ve learned that I like to write songs on them. I like writing with four strings. I find it very liberating to move to a four-string instrument instead of six strings. With the four strings, especially having a tiny little fretboard and everything, I can stumble onto more sophisticated chords. [A six-string guitar] tends to direct a simple guitar player like myself into more simple territory. I’ve got to use more fingers and more technique to get a sophisticated chord out of a guitar. Whereas a ukulele, I can just slap my index finger across it and maybe add a pinky in an odd spot. I’ll be like ooh, what’s that chord? One of my musical friends will say, “Oh, that’s Asus9 diminished” or whatever.

M&SR: What instruments do you want to try next?
Black: I did this record recently as a three piece, and I did a lot of the guitar playing myself. So I’m touring like that right now and I’m really happy with my Telecaster sound, but I’m thinking if I continue to tour like this I’m going to want to step out a little bit and try to develop into someone who can at least do some noisy guitar solo. So I want to have a guitar that has more sustain. I’m considering buying an SG. I don’t know why; I think I played one before and I liked it.


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