Recently added articles from Music Trades:
Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Lewis, Terry ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bravo. I hope that I live to see the day when significant penalties can be assessed by courts to discourage frivolous lawsuits as happens in other countries. Our legal system is broken and long overdue for major reform. Thanks for your forthright editorial ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
Nov 01, 2009; ... In the Hot Products section of our October issue we included the wrong image for Roland's new flagship TD-20SX V-Drums. The TD-20SX's upgrades include ...
Quarterly retail sales data.(Marketing Intelligence)
Nov 01, 2009; ... <Pre> QUARTERLY RETAIL SALES DATA EST. DOLLAR VOLUME FROM EST. 2008-2009 SAME PERIOD DOLLAR VOLUME ...
Declines show signs of easing.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
Nov 01, 2009; ... CONSUMERS LAST MONTH MAY have begun loosening the grip on their wallets; but not enough so to prevent another sizable sales decline at music stores nationwide. According to dealers reporting figures to The Music Trades, overall industry sales slipped 8.5% for the quarter ending September ...
Launch a class action in four easy steps.(EDITORIAL)
Nov 01, 2009; Majeski, Brian T. ... Everybody has read about abuses of the justice system. The lady driving a car who spills hot coffee on her legs and secures a $2 million award from McDonalds. The never-ending asbestos class action that to date has bankrupted over two dozen companies, including Fortune 500 members like ...
The industry's legal hell: class actions against NAMM, Guitar Center, and Fender multiply as tort lawyers make tenuous claims of "price fixing" and collusion. The cost of defense could reach millions.(FOREFRONT: NEWS * ANALYSIS * INFORMED OPINION)
Nov 01, 2009; ... CLASS ACTION SUITS charging NAMM, Guitar Center, and various industry suppliers with price fixing, have been multiplying at a rapid pace. The first suit was filed on September 11, 2009, by Wexler & Wallace. As this issue goes to press, a total of ten complaints have been filed in the ...
Huckabee aids NAMM: ex-governor, presidential candidate, and TV host raises money for "Wanna Play".(FOREFRONT: NEWS * ANALYSIS * INFORMED OPINION)
Nov 01, 2009; ... THE NAMM FOUNDATION'S Wanna Play Fund, a new effort to raise funds to support programs and activities that strengthen music education in schools and provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn to play music, was officially launched on September 19 from the stage of Huckabee, a ...
New headquarters for KMC music: new parent Fender signals confidence informer Kaman unit, investing in maintaining organization. "KMC stands for Keep Music In Connecticut.".(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SINCE BEING ACQUIRED by Fender Musical Instruments in late 2008, Kaman Music Corporation has been renamed KMC Music to indicate its independence from its former parent, aerospace conglomerate Kaman Corporation. Explaining the name change at a recent ribbon ...
Riot cops congregate at aim to defuse G20 protests.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JOE SASALA, EXECUTIVE vice-president of AIM Gifts, was more than a little startled in the early afternoon when he looked up from his desk to see a fleet of armored trucks and more than 100 heavily armored riot police assembling in the company parking lot ....
CNN features Martin Guitar.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... A TEN-MINUTE PROFILE of the Martin Guitar Company aired on CNN on October 1. Through extensive footage of the Martin factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania as well as interviews with several production workers and CEO Chris Martin, the segment captured the unique status of the sixth-generation, ...
Los Cabos Drumsticks names U.S. distributor.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... LOS CABOS DRUMSTICKS of Canada has formed a partnership with Jeff Ceresnie of North American Music Products and Dan Lidster of Encore Mallets to distribute its products in the United States. Ceresnie first discovered Los Cabos on the internet as a drum products consumer. "I purchased two ...
CBS features record Steinway sale.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... LATE LAST YEAR the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music became an "all Steinway School," making the single largest unit sale in Steinway & Sons history. All told, the University purchased 165 Steinway instruments valued at approximately $4.1 million. The sale had ...
American Music & Sound distribute Kurzweil Pro & Fostex: Young Chang retains Kurzweil home products distribution.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FAST-GROWING AMERICAN Music & Sound has expanded its product portfolio with the addition of the Kurzweil Pro and Fostex lines. Effective October 1, 2009, American Music & Sound teamed up with Kurzweil for exclusive distribution in the U.S. and has begun distributing Kurzweil workstations, ...
World's largest guitar finds new home.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... IT'S CALLED THE HARMONY Sovereign Jumbo and was created in 1970 as a promotion piece for trade shows and conventions. Although it has a string length almost three times longer than a standard-sized acoustic guitar, the Sovereign Jumbo is fully playable, and is tuned an octave lower than ...
Piano Guy wins Emmy Award.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... THE PIANO GUY, the critically acclaimed PBS Series hosted by Scott Houston, received an Emmy in the Instructional/Informational Program and Program Host categories. The awards are numbers three and four for The Piano Guy as the show received two prior wins in 2007. [ILLUSTRATION ...
Pink's bass player uses Rotosound on tour.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... THE ROTOSOUND ENDORSER list reads like a who's who of modern popular music, but it's something of a rarity for an endorsement to span nearly 45 years and two generations of the same family. Eva Gardner holds down the bottom line in Pink's touring band using Rotosound strings, a family ...
Danielle Howle endorses Sierra Guitars.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... SINGER-SONGWRITER Danielle Howle has joined the growing list of artists endorsing Sierra Guitars. Howle has played with Bob Dylan, The Indigo Girls, Steve Earl, Gillian Welch, Sam Bush, Peter Holsapple, Shawn Mullins, Ani DiFranco, Sara Lee Guthrie/Johnny Irion, Darius Rucker/Hootie and ...
The Music Link relocates U.S. headquarters: taking advantage of a depressed real estate market, Bay area firm moves to bigger and better facilities.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)(Company overview)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN THE RECESSION struck, The Music Link looked for ways to turn the economic challenges to its advantage. Based just south of San Francisco, TML was already considering relocating to a larger facility when the plummeting real estate market presented an ...
Ritmuller pianos wowing the critics.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... THE PEARL RIVER PIANO Group knew they had created an outstanding new line of instruments when they introduced the "The All New Ritmuller" pianos at the 2009 NAMM show. But the reception of the totally re-engineered models has been even more enthusiastic than they could have hoped. A recent ...
Percussion council launches market expansion effort: retailers enlisted to help distribute "Beginners Packs" to help convert "dashboard drummers".(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
Nov 01, 2009; ... THE PERCUSSION MARKETING Council has unveiled an innovative program designed to simultaneously introduce young people to the joys of drumming and connect them with music retailers ready to serve their needs. The program is being rolled out in November as one of its International Drum Month ...
