Music Trades back issues from November 1994:
The scarcity of quality. (quality sales employees in the music products industry)
Nov 01, 1994; ... One of nature's more intractable rules seems to be that things of quality never exist in abundance. The scarcity of diamonds, emeralds, and gold are just one example. Unfortunately, the rule seems to apply to people as well. Ask a store owner what's holding back the growth of his business, ...
Music education summit.
Nov 01, 1994 ... Leaders of educational organizations from around the country convened in Washington DC for a two-day summit meeting to discuss ways of strengthening the future of music education in the United States. The gathering was sponsored by NAMM, the Music Educators National Conference, and the ...
Big Daddy's: Ohio dealer forms guitar marching band. (Big Daddy's Family Music Center)
Nov 01, 1994 ... Big Daddy's Family Music Center brought rock 'n roll down main street with its original Guitar Marching Band in the Fourth of July parade in Delaware, Ohio, a small community just north of Columbus. The audience of several thousand cheered, clapped and even sang along to parade favorites ...
How much do salespeople make? (musical instruments retailing)
Nov 01, 1994 ... The Fourth Annual Music Trades Compensation SurveyThere is nothing like a healthy sales increase to fatten the paychecks of the sales force. 1993 saw total music products industry retail sales advance 10% to $4.57 billion, and the results of our annual retail sales compensation ...
On the campaign trail with Fred Bramante. (Daddy's Junky Music founder's unsuccessful bid for New Hampshire governorship)
Nov 01, 1994 ... Daddy's Junky Music Founder Runs Unsuccessfully For New Hampshire GovernorAs a member of the New Hampshire Board of Education, Fred Bramante grew increasingly dissatisfied with a system for financing public education that he felt "cheated kids and taxpayers." While most would have ...
Telex launches aggressive bid in wireless market. (Telex Communications Inc.)
Nov 01, 1994 ... Drawing On Military And Broadcast Experience, Company Offers Quality And Value At Competitive PriceWalk through the Telex factory in Lincoln, Nebraska, and you'll see production lines for armor-covered tank antennas, 100-foot-tall antennas for intercontinental radio communication, ...
Musicorp expands with Indiana warehouse. (Musicorp International)
Nov 01, 1994 ... 33,000-Sq.-Ft. Fisher Facility Will Enhance Service In Huge Midwest MarketMaking good on a pledge to guarantee nationwide dealer service second to none, Musicorp International has moved closer to customers in the Midwest with the opening of a new 33,000-square-foot distribution ...
Inside Quik Lok. (Italian manufacturer of stands for musical instruments and sound reinforcement equipment)
Nov 01, 1994 ... Italian Stand Maker Expands With InnovationMost retailers consider stands to be one of the industry's more mundane products. Profitable and important? Yes. Exciting? No. But don't tell that to Paolo Pirchio and Mario Malizia, the principals of Quik Lok stands in Castlefidardo, ...
The drum business bounces back. (percussion instruments) (The Percussion Market) (Industry Overview)
Nov 01, 1994 ... After a decade of stagnation and decline, the percussion sales seem to be making a surprisingly strong comeback. While overall sales are up, the percussion market of the '90s is clearly different from the percussion market of the '80s. As the features in this report clearly illustrate, the ...
Drum Headquarters of St. Louis. (retailer of percussion instruments)(includes related article) (The Percussion Market)
Nov 01, 1994 ... The Best Price, The Best Advice, And Everything Else A Drummer Could WantLooking back, 1981 was a grim year for music retailers. Interest rates had just hit 21%, and stores were closing their doors by the hundreds, crushed by the combination of sky-high floor plan charges and ...
Zildjian's new quality drive. (Zildjian Cymbal Co.) (The Percussion Market)
Nov 01, 1994 ... Seeking Out Ways To Improve A Mature Product And Production ProcessWhere do you turn for the best ideas to improve a product's quality? For Zildjian Cymbal Company, the world's largest and oldest producer of cymbals, the answer is succinctly delivered by C.E.O. Jim Roberts, "Your ...
Back from the dead: how Roland revived the market for electronic drum kits. (The Percussion Market)
Nov 01, 1994 ... There is no doubt that, from the point of view of many drummers, electronics is the way to go. We are well on the way to producing a kit that replaces all the nuances of an acoustic kit ...and when we succeed, we will capture the entire [drum] market. It's just a matter of time," declared ...
Peavey's new drum line: proprietary design enhances resonance. (Peavey Electronics)
Nov 01, 1994 ... In terms of sheer competitiveness, there is nothing quite like the drumkit market. Over the past decade, thanks to a combination of factory overcapacity, improved manufacturing methods, and drive for market share, the retail price for a five piece kit has remained virtually unchanged. Great ...
Latin Percussion turns 30: how Martin Cohen and family turned Americans on to a Latin beat and built a thriving business along the way. (Latin Percussion Inc.) (The Percussion Market) (Company Profile)
Nov 01, 1994 ... It all began at New York's famed Birdland dance hall in 1956. Listening to the Latin beat of Cal Tjader and his band, Martin Cohen was overtaken by a surge of excitement and enthusiasm unlike anything he had ever felt before. Having grown up in a modest Jewish household in the Bronx, hearing ...
What's the difference between pressure and persistence? (selling musical instruments)
Nov 01, 1994; ... Pressure Selling Is In The Eye Of The Beholder ... If They Think It's Pressure, It Is PressureLet me share something with you. These days fewer salespeople in the music business think of themselves as "high-pressure sales-people." I've asked "How many people consider themselves ...
The purchaser's guide to the music industries. (Special Supplement to The Music Trades) (Buyers Guide)
Nov 01, 1994 ... AUTOHARP [R]--See Oscar Schmidt in this section.AVERY AUDIO WURKS--13281 South 1300 East, Draper, Utah 84020-9766. Telephone: (801) 572-6880. Fax: (801) 572-7411.Maker of Avery Audio Wurks m.i. and pro audio speaker systems.AVS/AUDIO VISUAL STRUCTURES, ...