Category: Cover
Three Decades Of Fun Memories and of Course Music
Over the years, The Music & Sound Retailer has covered a lot of anniversaries in our industry—recent headline-grabbers have included Yamaha’s 125th anniversary and Zildjian’s remarkable 390th birthday—but now it’s time to turn inward and celebrate a major milestone in The Retailer’s own estimable history: three decades of striving to inform, entertain and “cheer on” [...]
The Good Stuff • Our Annual Review Of Charitable And Philanthropic Activity
Virtually every piece I write for The Retailer is enjoyable to work on, inasmuch as I’m writing about music making, an activity that not only is fun and offers tangible health and wellness benefits, but also presents a way for people to express their creativity and showcase their artistry. “The Good Stuff,” though, is probably [...]
Let’s Get Loud! • Manufacturers Analyze The Loudspeaker And Pro Audio Segment
Much as we did last month with our April issue cover story titled “Rattle & Strum,” in which we sought the expert analysis of four prominent members of the guitar manufacturer community, we present this month a roundtable of esteemed industry members who represent the pro audio market and have agreed to share their thoughts [...]
Rattle & Strum
The guitar market is often lumped together as exactly that: an amalgam of all different types of guitars, and every manufacturer from small to large. That, however, isn’t really an accurate way to look at a market segment boasting such a high level of diversity and that evinces sales trends, even within the guitar universe, [...]
Guitar Sales Hit A High Note
2012 Was Another Good Year, Led By Acoustics What a difference two months can make. In February, a story titled “The State of Our Union,” written by this author, discussed how the hangover from the barely averted “fiscal cliff” and debt ceiling crisis were causing a lot of pain for the U.S. consumer. Now, however, [...]
ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Every time I head out to Anaheim for the NAMM show, I know I have an incredibly hectic week ahead, this year involving everything from back-to-back manufacturer meetings and ConventionTV@NAMM reporting duties to networking with music products retailers and supervising the 27th annual Music & Sound Awards. That last one, though, is perhaps most fun [...]
Presenting… The Class Of 2013
This year’s NAMM show hosted an impressive display of instruments, lighting, sound systems, software, hardware and all the accessories that go along with them. In an industry that is constantly evolving, it is an annual ritual to check out the goings-on in Hall E, where many (but not all) of NAMM’s freshmen reside. This year, [...]
The State of Our Union
Sales Aren’t Gangbusters, But Retailers Are Cautiously Optimistic By Brian Berk Just prior to President Barack Obama delivering the 2013 State of the Union address, The Music & Sound Retailer reached out to retailers in an effort to deliver its own “state of the union,” although on a smaller scale. The results show that the [...]
Can You Feel The Love?
Exhibitor, Attendee Exuberance Characterize 2013 NAMM Show By Dan Ferrisi Hectic…crazy…exciting…exhilarating…these are just a few of the adjectives one could use to describe the NAMM show, the music products industry’s most important annual gathering and, by far, the largest such show that’s situated here in North America. Although my personal experience attending NAMM shows in [...]
NAMM New Product Spotlight
By Dan Ferrisi Even though there are nearly countless things that the NAMM show offers in order to attract tens of thousands of attendees every year—ranging from the very best of industry education to numerous networking events and some great parties—there’s no bigger magnet than the NAMM show floor, which always features thousands of incredible, [...]
