Articles from Music Trades (June 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Mission From Gadd 3" will feature Gadd in clinic and special sales events.			375
"Rock Your Vox" DVD package.			203
2880 super Multitrack Looper.			150
3 new Love Potion cleaners & polishes.			249
47% Revenue gain on St. Louis acquisition.			314
50 years ago Benny Goodman made a surprise visit to the Selmer plant in Elkhart, Indiana, where he tried out the new Bundy clarinets.			50
75 years ago, with the piano sales in a state of "free-fall.".			39
All the world is a stage.			63
Allegro offers online finance contracts.			64
Audio business up for sale.			66
Audio impressions ultimate music.			114
Avalon Guitars honors Springsteen's Nebraska.			141
AX Tuner features MagnaPad.			254
Brian May artist series pedal.			216
C.F. Martin honors Easton & Muldaur with limited-edition models.		Sound recording review	907
Can sound therapy help cure?			141
Canada's top Ernie ball dealer.			119
Carbon Fibre bows in fractional sizes.			186
Chord & tune books now in pocket size.			122
Collector's series bamboo snares.			155
Conflicting economic data.			133
Dave Weckl helps launch HHX Legacy in Europe.			240
Dealing with total devastation: Hot Sticks founders Kevin Pokallus recounts the horror of hurricane Katrina and his company's heroic efforts to rebuild.			1471
Do you run a clean business? Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and it also helps boost retail sales. If you are a small to mid-size music store competing with much larger competition, don't let anyone get the best of you in the cleanliness department.	Popyk, Bob		874
Drumheads prompt anthrax scare in New York.			167
Elegant Palm Springs showroom spurs sales at Prosser Piano.			466
Explaining consumer uncertainty.	Voss, Ken	Letter to the editor	151
Fender Guitarmania wows Phoenix.			304
Fender marks 60th anniversary with limited-edition models.			178
Frenchman new director of marketing.			183
Furniture finance plan could help piano business.			106
Gemini sales now on factory-direct basis.			90
Glasser bow promotion extended.			222
Glenn Clutter named district sales mgr.			137
Goldheim leads M-Audio U.S. sales.			216
Graphix Globe Shakers.			159
Guitar AMP offers computer interface.			331
Guitar Center sales up 18.8%; net flat due to higher expenses.			582
Guitarist Fripp chooses Kahler tremolos.			179
Hamilton stands offered in six packs.			107
Houlden, Teague join management team.			242
Is there customer loyalty in the internet age? With more choices than ever before, customers are prone to shift from one retail outlet to the next. With a few proven steps, you can build the kind of relationships that keep them, coming back to you.	Friguletto, Mike		1430
Jones named to Gospel Hall of Fame.			254
Kustom names Xavier national sales manager.			92
Liethens named to radio advisory board.			108
LM STRAPS features Biker Leather.			74
LP offers new finishes for all drum lines.			214
Making a difference--caring and committed, Nick & Mary Attina did more than sell music, they changed lives.	Wucher, Jay		1024
Mass merchants and the music industry.	Miller, Don; Kay, Adina; Handley, John C.; Botti, Jim; Casey, Luke	Letter to the editor	1084
Meinl's Soundcheck Cymbal Display.			79
Memphis store reopens after reorganization.			369
Merging old values into the digital age: beautiful Portland provided the backdrop for a spirited discussion on the future of print music. In the following pages we present the forecasts of the smartest people in the business.			2468
Mike Kovins, and why this business is special.	Majeski, Brian T.		673
Mike Kovins, Korg USA President.			796
Morgan Monroe adds new acoustic guitars.			119
Music school opened in Lexington, MA.			497
Musicorp acquisition boosts Kaman sales.			288
New guitar straps from get'm get'm.			85
On-stage Pro mic stand.			66
One-time gain boosts Winmark net.			143
Paul Francis will head cymbal R&D.			329
Petrof Pianos now have Quick-Mount leg feature.			207
Publicly traded industry firms.			360
Real or fake? Guitar makers wrestle with growing eBay-fueled counterfeit problem. "We Can't Win, But We Still Have to Fight!".			1139
Redesigned website offers more features.			77
Remembering Mike Kovins.	Ash, Jerry	Letter to the editor	260
Retailers fight for insurance claims.			62
Revenues up 22%; loss narrows.			127
Richardson heads Cerwin-Vega/KRK marketing.			187
Sam Ash opens mega store.			91
Schimmel teams with famed architect to create original piano design.			464
Scialfa named V.P. sales & marketing.			177
Senior engineer victim of nab hit-and-run.			60
Serato Courier bags & Shuttle bags.			135
Singing boosts music sales.			70
So we were wrong.	Segal, Bob	Letter to the editor	84
Steinway reports band division sales up 11% in first quarter.			495
Successful launch of distribution campaign.			152
Sweetwater sound breaks ground on $27-million distribution center.			585
The unique Rock House method: integrating multimedia learning tools for musicians with clever marketing tools for manufacturers and retailers, Rock House is aming to expand the number of music makers.			2346
Tiffany vs. eBay ... a case to watch.			288
Universal binary drivers now available.			128
Who is the home recordings market? The recording market is one of the industry's fastest-growing categories and appeals to a broad range of users, from amateur instrumentalists to professional sound engineers. Who are the recording products customers? What do they want, and where do they shop? To shed some light on these questions, we talked to a group of project studio owners.			3110
Why recording is big business for Alto Music: big-ticket sales, a broad customer base, and and the "continual upgrade" mentality make the recording department the top producer at this thriving New York retailer.			1588
Wilder & Cavanaugh join marketing team.			227
Wireless pioneer Nady celebrates 30th year.			292