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AND THE WINNERS ARE…

It gives us a great deal of pride to honor these manufacturers and dealers, the winners of the 27^th annual Music & Sound Awards, for their outstanding efforts in 2012. In the music products industry, our fates are interconnected, since the strength of the market depends on far more than any individual business and its practices. These companies—manufacturers and dealers alike—reflect well on all of us, and underscore the excellence that our industry continues to embody.

The Music & Sound Retailer sincerely congratulates all the winners on this achievement.

DEALER WINNERS	DEALER WINNERS	MANUFACTURER WINNERS
Multi-Store Division	Single-Store Division
Guitars & Basses Alto Music (NY) Keyboards Sam Ash Instrument Amplifiers Alto Music (NY) Sound Reinforcement Skip’s Music (CA) Recording-Related Products Alto Music (NY) Percussion Skip’s Music (CA) DJ Equipment Willis Music (KY, OH) Clinics Jim’s Music (MI, WI) Customer Service Alto Music (NY) Best Sales Staff Jim’s Music (MI, WI) Multi-Store Dealer Of The Year Guitar Center	Guitars & Basses Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD) Keyboards Sweetwater (IN) Instrument Amplifiers The Music Center (WI) Sound Reinforcement Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD) Recording-Related Products Sweetwater (IN) Percussion Cascio Interstate Music (WI) DJ Equipment Grandma’s Music & Sound (NM) Clinics The Music Center (WI) Customer Service Sweetwater (IN) Best Sales Staff Corner Music (TN) Best New Dealer Sweet Music (WI) Single-Store Dealer Of The Year Sweetwater (IN)	Best Acoustic Guitar Martin’s DRS2 Acoustic-Electric GuitarBest Electric Guitar Fender’s American Standard Telecaster Best Bass Guitar Fender’s American Standard Jazz Bass Best Guitar Accessory On-Stage Stands’ GS6000B Mighty Uke Stand Best Keyboard/Sound Module Casio’s XW-P1 Best Instrument Amplifier Orange Amplifiers’ Micro Terror Guitar Amp Head (MT20) Best Power Amp Peavey’s IPR 3000 DSP Power Amp Best Speaker JBL’s PRX400 Series Passive Portable Speakers Best Multitrack Recorder/Recording & Mixing Software Roland’s R-26 Six-Channel Portable Recorder Best Mixer/Console PreSonus’ StudioLive 16.0.2 Best Cabled Microphone Shure’s KSM9HS Microphone Best Wireless System Shure’s ULX-D Digital Wireless System Best Drum Set Gretsch’s Renown Purewood Limited Series Best Cymbal Sabian’s 17-Inch Holy China Cymbal Best Percussion Accessory Hercules’ Percussion Table (Stand DS800B) Best Instructional Book/Video Hal Leonard’s Metal Drumming Concepts: Vital Beats, Exercises, Fills, Tips & Techniques Best Floor Effect Electro-Harmonix’s Crying Tone Wah Wah Pedal Best Music Software/Multimedia Avid’s Pro Tools 10 Best Bag/Case Gator Cases’ G-TOUR PreSonus Case with Articulating Laptop/iPad Arm Best DJ Product Pioneer’s CDJ-2000nexus Best Lighting Product MBT Lighting’s LED Kandy Bar Lights Product of the Year Fender’s American Standard Telecaster Best New Manufacturer Dynamo Amplification Representative of the Year Jim Mingo, The Music People. Inc. Outstanding Community Service Award KMCMusicorp Lifetime Achievement/Hall of Fame Bob Taylor, Taylor Guitars Manufacturer of the Year Fender

DEALER WINNERS

MANUFACTURER WINNERS

Multi-Store Division

Single-Store Division

Guitars & Basses
Alto Music (NY)

Keyboards
Sam Ash

Instrument Amplifiers
Alto Music (NY)

Sound Reinforcement
Skip’s Music (CA)

Recording-Related Products
Alto Music (NY)

Percussion
Skip’s Music (CA)

DJ Equipment
Willis Music (KY, OH)

Clinics
Jim’s Music (MI, WI)

Customer Service
Alto Music (NY)

Best Sales Staff
Jim’s Music (MI, WI)

Multi-Store Dealer Of The Year
Guitar Center

Guitars & Basses
Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)

Keyboards
Sweetwater (IN)

Instrument Amplifiers
The Music Center (WI)

Sound Reinforcement
Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)

Recording-Related Products
Sweetwater (IN)

Percussion
Cascio Interstate Music (WI)

DJ Equipment
Grandma’s Music & Sound (NM)

Clinics
The Music Center (WI)

Customer Service
Sweetwater (IN)

Best Sales Staff
Corner Music (TN)

Best New Dealer
Sweet Music (WI)

Single-Store Dealer Of The Year
Sweetwater (IN)

Best Acoustic Guitar
Martin’s DRS2 Acoustic-Electric GuitarBest Electric Guitar
Fender’s American Standard Telecaster

Best Bass Guitar
Fender’s American Standard Jazz Bass

Best Guitar Accessory
On-Stage Stands’ GS6000B Mighty Uke Stand

Best Keyboard/Sound Module
Casio’s XW-P1

Best Instrument Amplifier
Orange Amplifiers’ Micro Terror Guitar Amp Head (MT20)

Best Power Amp
Peavey’s IPR 3000 DSP Power Amp

Best Speaker
JBL’s PRX400 Series Passive Portable Speakers

Best Multitrack Recorder/Recording & Mixing Software
Roland’s R-26 Six-Channel Portable Recorder

Best Mixer/Console
PreSonus’ StudioLive 16.0.2

Best Cabled Microphone
Shure’s KSM9HS Microphone

Best Wireless System
Shure’s ULX-D Digital Wireless System

Best Drum Set
Gretsch’s Renown Purewood Limited Series

Best Cymbal
Sabian’s 17-Inch Holy China Cymbal

Best Percussion Accessory
Hercules’ Percussion Table (Stand DS800B)

Best Instructional Book/Video
Hal Leonard’s Metal Drumming Concepts: Vital Beats, Exercises, Fills, Tips & Techniques

Best Floor Effect
Electro-Harmonix’s Crying Tone Wah Wah Pedal

Best Music Software/Multimedia
Avid’s Pro Tools 10

Best Bag/Case
Gator Cases’ G-TOUR PreSonus Case with Articulating Laptop/iPad Arm

Best DJ Product
Pioneer’s CDJ-2000nexus

Best Lighting Product
MBT Lighting’s LED Kandy Bar Lights

Product of the Year
Fender’s American Standard Telecaster

Best New Manufacturer
Dynamo Amplification

Representative of the Year
Jim Mingo, The Music People. Inc.

Outstanding Community Service Award
KMCMusicorp

Lifetime Achievement/Hall of Fame
Bob Taylor, Taylor Guitars

Manufacturer of the Year
Fender