Music Trades articles from July 2003

Music Trades archives from July 2003

Attending Wurlitzer University. (Letters).
July 1, 2003... I just read Bob Popyk's comments about "WurliTzer" [May 2002]. How many people in the music industry today are part of the Wurlitzer Family? When I worked for Wurlitzer, it was like going to a college. Education, education, education. I...

In praise of Bob Popyk. (Letters).
July 1, 2003... This is a strange coincidence, but for the past six or eight months my copies of International Musician and Music Trades have arrived in the mail on the same day, and my wife can attest that the first thing I turn to in both publications is Bob...

Buyer beware in online transactions. (Letters).
July 1, 2003... I run a free online information and referral service for people seeking a broad range of information about musical instruments (e.g., "How do I move a Steinway grand from Paris to Michigan?" or "What's the history of the gong?"). Since I have...

Elkhart didn't go on strike. (Letters).
July 1, 2003... I'm writing in reference to the article about Conn-Selmer on page 30 of your May 2003 issue. Apparently there was some confusion with respect to the strikes at some of our band instrument plants. The title "Conn-Selmer Settles Elkhart Strikes"...

Violent music boosts aggressive thoughts. (Industry Briefings).
July 1, 2003... According to a recent study by the American Psychological Association (APA), violent lyrics in songs increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and could indirectly create a more hostile social environment. During the tests 500 students...

Teens see nothing wrong with downloading music. (Industry Briefings).
July 1, 2003... Only 27% of American teenagers believe that those who download or share digital music files without artist or label permission are breaking the law, according to just-released polling data. Legality aside, just 20% of teens think that such...

Entwistle's Frankenstein bass up for auction. (Industry Briefings).
July 1, 2003... Rock legend John Entwistle's prized pink bass guitar "Frankenstein" goes on display in London at Southeby's next month before being auctioned with his collection of exotic fish, celebrity sketches, and gold disks. The 400 lots are expected to...

British Prime Minister Blair gives up guitar. (Industry Briefings).
July 1, 2003... After Tony Blair, England's Prime Minister, celebrated his 50th birthday, commentators throughout the country said he should take the occasion of turning 50 to realize he was too old to keep posing for pictures with his guitar. In the weeks...

Owners of Jimi Hendrix guitar win lawsuit. (Industry Briefings).
July 1, 2003... The owners of a Jimi Hendrix guitar have won a lawsuit claiming the Hendrix family is meddling with the sale of it. A jury in San Diego has awarded $131,000 to Rock Stars Guitars, owners of a 1967 Fender Stratocaster it says once belonged to...

Instead of making excuses. (Editorial).
July 1, 2003... Steinway Hall in New York City and Guitar Center are not retail businesses that make for a ready comparison. In fact, they practically define polar opposites. One caters to upscale sophisticates looking for a trophy piano and the other bills...

Why you need to go to NAMM in Nashville: is there a recession or not? Do emerging technologies promise great sales opportunities? Is Second Avenue a great place to hang out or what? If you want answers to any of these questions, you owe it to yourself to make the trek to Nashville. If you're looking for any additional reasons, check out the sessions and concerts listed below! (Nashville NAMM Preview).
July 1, 2003... There are lots of reasons why retailers should take the trouble to attend NAMM's Nashville trade show. The "Capital of Country Music" is a fun locale with lots to do, and the show provides a great opportunity to take the pulse of the industry...

Party time! A sampling of some of the entertainment that's on tap in Nashville. (Nashville NAMM Preview).
July 1, 2003... Thursday, July 17 [right arrow] NAMM Pre-Show Party 7:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. The Hang in the Gaylord Entertainment Center Ever asked a store manager for his or her autograph? How about a CEO? Well, you might just want to have a pen...

Sejung sales managers to meet at Nashville. (Nashville NAMM Preview).
July 1, 2003... ASC (America Sejung Corporation), builder of Hobart M. Cable and Falcone pianos, will unite its entire North American sales force for the first time at the NAMM show in Nashville. Al Rich, vice-president of piano sales and marketing, announced...

Official Nashville NAMM exhibitor list. (Nashville NAMM Preview).
July 1, 2003... Official Nashville NAMM EXHIBITOR LIST Compiled By NAMM As Of June 4, 2003 A.I.M./ALBERT ELOVITZ 813 AARDVARK COMPUTER SYSTEMS 341 ABILENE GUITARS 818...

Steinway's grand 150th celebration: three memorable concerts at Carnegie Hall, a flood of national media coverage, and countless state proclamations mark the piano maker's anniversary. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... IN MARCH OF 1853 the German immigrant Henry E. Steinway began building pianos in a tiny workshop in lower Manhattan. One of his earliest pianos now occupies a place of honor at the Steinway & Sons factory in Long Island City, New York. Although...

Fender acquires SWR Sound: bass amp production shifted to Fender plants, sales handled by Fender "Specialty division". (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... FENDER MUSICAL Instruments Corporation has purchased select assets of SWR Sound Corporation, the company well known for its premium bass amps and enclosures. The acquisition, effective June 2, 2003, included all existing inventory of products,...

Engineer praises CAD live performance mics. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... CAD LIVE PERFORMANCE microphones have always been known for exceptional sound quality on stage and in the studio. These days their exceptional durability and well-developed "survival instincts" are constantly being put to the test at leading...

Paul Reed Smith top entrepreneur. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... ERNST & YOUNG HAS announced that Paul Reed Smith, founder and managing general partner of PRS Guitars, has met the highly competitive criteria to be named a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year award. Ernst & Young, co-sponsors this...

Gretsch celebrates 120th anniversary. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... GRETSCH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. "To honor the occasion, Gretschstore.com has created a vintage orange specialty T-shirt featuring the Gretsch 120th Anniversary G-brand logo and a Nashville Western...

Ernie Ball Mobile Stage rolls into action. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... ERNIE BALL'S SELF-CONTAINED Local Heroes Mobile Stage provided the backdrop for many musical happenings this spring, from Camp Woodward, a new action sports camp based in Tehachapi, California, to the annual Earth Day Festival in Alameda,...

NAMM launches musicedge.com: new website aimed at teens attempts to turn listeners into active music makers. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... NAMM, THE International Music Products Association has announced more details concerning its teen musicmaking initiative, "The Music Edge," designed to turn teen and pre-teen music listeners into active music players. NAMM launched the site,...

NABIM awards future music teachers. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... NABIM, THE INTERNATIONAL Band and Orchestral Products Association, has completed its Music Teacher Scholarship program for 2003 with 36 grants of $500 to $1,000 each to college students who are planning to become music teachers in our nations'...

Washburn signs Saliva to endorsement deal. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... U.S. MUSIC CORP. has announced the signing of Josey Scott and Wayne Swinney of Saliva to an endorsement deal with Washburn Guitars. Saliva had its share of success this year with the conclusion of the Jagermeister tour and "Always," the first...

Super-Sensitive a business award finalist. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... SUPER-SENSITIVE MUSICAL String Co. is a finalist in the Sarasota (Florida) Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award. This award is presented annually in Sarasota to companies that represent both business and community growth....

17 manufacturers join new pro-audio assoc. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... SEVENTEEN LEADING professional audio manufacturers have signed on to become Charter Members of the Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA), according to PAMA Executive Director Paul Gallo. "PAMA has received a very strong vote of...

New look for Planet Waves. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... PLANET WAVES, IN AN effort to simplify and streamline its packaging and brand categories, is rebranding its entire line. The rebranding effort covers everything from package construction to package design, logos, and product segmentation. ...

Oscar Schmidt Autoharp stars in A Mighty Wind. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... The Oscar Schmidt Autoharp is featured in the recent Warner Bros. film A Mighty Wind starring Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara. The "mockumentary" film follows the reunion of Mitch & Mickey, a fictitious 1960s folk duo, who split up both...

Korg supports SAE'S DJ program. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... KORG USA HAS COME on board as an educational partner of SAE Institute's new djschool@sae DJ program, which is being held at SAE's Miami campus. Through this collaboration students of the first course, entitled "Turntable Essence," will have the...

New InstrumentExchange.com online auction partners with eBay. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... INSTRUMENTEXCHANGE.COM (IE). "The Instrument-Specific Auction Marketplace," has announced that its musical instrument and gear offerings will now be made available on eBay. The new service will give instrument and gear sellers on IE access to...

Music China expects 230 exhibitors. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... OVER 230 EXHIBITORS from 16 countries are so far confirmed to exhibit at the second Music China, set for October 15-18 in Shanghai. National pavilions from China, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, the U.K., and the U.S.A. are all confirmed to participate...

Jodi Head Contest offers Sheryl Crow strap. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... JODI HEAD CUSTOM Guitar Straps will stage a unique contest giveaway in its booth, #1425, at the Summer NAMM show. The prize is a custom hand-beaded U.S.A. guitar strap worn exclusively by Sheryl Crow, who has signed the strap. The strap is...

Sabian artists have new West Coast hang. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... SABIAN HAS OPENED A West Coast Artist Relations Facility in Burbank, California. Located in the heart of the music community in Los Angeles, this new location offers Sabian artists a complete line of service and cymbal supply, while the music...

Samson opens West Coast Distribution Center. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... IN EARLY MAY SAMSON customers in the Western United States began receiving many Samson, Hartke, and Zoom products direct from a new distribution facility in Kent. Washington, just a few miles south of downtown Seattle. "We are very excited...

Dave Mustaine joins ESP artist roster. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... THE ESP GUITAR Company has added modern metal guitar hero Dave Mustaine to its already impressive artist roster. Mustaine, the main force behind legendary metal band Megadeth, has brought his unique vision and focus to a new line of ESP and...

New home for Meinl cymbals. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... MEINL MUSIKINSTRUMENTE is finishing construction on a new cymbal production facility. Scheduled for completion in July 2003, the new buildings are located in the small city of Gutenstetten, located near Nurenberg in the northern part of...

Mountain Rythym expand at NAMM show. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... MOUNTAIN RYTHYM, INC., will announce the launch of its new image and direction at NAMM show in Nashville with incredible specials, free P.O.P. displays, and unrivaled quality. Darren Goldin, president, stated, "With the recent partnering...

RPM solutions offers Point-of-Sale Program. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... NUMEROUS MUSIC RETAILERS and their suppliers are fighting for survival in a brutally competitive market. They are searching for ways to increase revenues while decreasing expenses. This battle is forcing a transition to a customer-driven,...

Warner sponsors "Blues" dinner. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... WARNER BROS. Publications (WBP) sponsored the recent "The Year of the Blues" dinner held at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The event was attended by nearly 200 educators and was held during the National Association of Elementary...

New Brainchild Co. to distribute evolution products: new venture headed by industry veterans Papa and Martirano. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... EVOLUTION ELECTRONICS has appointed Brainchild Group as its new exclusive U.S. distributor. Formed in April 2003, the Brainchild group is a new multi-talented sales, marketing, and distribution company owned and run by seasoned industry...

Extreme Isolation adds new distributors. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... EXTREME ISOLATION Headphones have been picked up by new distributors through popular demand. These headphones offer serious isolation for drummers and have become a standard for home project studios, sound engineers, and stage and studio...

Universal Percussion expands cymbal offerings. (News Flash).
July 1, 2003... UNIVERSAL PERCUSSION has expanded its distribution of Istanbul Mehmet cymbals into Canada; the company has been distributing the cymbals in the U.S. on an exclusive basis. When Zildjian went dealer direct, distributors like Universal...

Premier batons celebrates fifth anniversary. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... PREMIER BATONS is celebrating its fifth anniversary. What started as a small regional baton manufacturing company has become an international distributor for hand-made conductor batons and related accessories. The company has found its...

Canopus launches dealer campaign. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... CANOPUS NORTH AMERICA, the custom drum division of SoundBrands, LLC, doesn't have ambitions to lord over a huge dealer network or to be bedfellows with the powerful chains. "I could count the dealers we need to make this enterprise successful...

AKG top dealers to visit Vienna in 2004. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... FOR 56 YEARS AKG Acoustics has called Vienna, Austria, its home and worldwide headquarters. The great European city, considered the capital of world music throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, has long been known for its cultural and...

Mackie posts loss, trims debt load. (Corporate Earnings Digest).
July 1, 2003... THE COMBINATION OF A 17% sales decline and costs associated with transitioning manufacturing to Asian contract factories resulted in an increased loss at Mackie Designs for the quarter ended March 31, 2002. For the three-month period the...

Share prices of publicly traded industry firms. (Corporate Earnings Digest).
July 1, 2003... SHARE PRICES OF PUBLICLY TRADED INDUSTRY FIRMS PRICE AS OF P/E 52-WEEK RANGE MARKET JUNE 11, 2003 RATIO HIGH-LOW CAPITALIZATION Allen Organ Corp. $37.00...

Allen Organ first quarter sales down. (Corporate Earnings Digest).
July 1, 2003... CONSOLIDATED SALES FOR the first quarter ended March 31, 2003, for Allen Organ Company were $13,874,464 as compared with $15,977,488 for the same period of 2002. The consolidated net loss was $(19,808) or $(0.02) per share on 1,170,160 average...

QRS sales up in 1st quarter of 2003. (Corporate Earnings Digest).
July 1, 2003... QRS MUSIC Technologies, Inc., reported on May 19 on sales and net income for the three months ended March 31, 2003, and results for the nine months ended March 31, 2003. Sales for the three months ended March 31, 2003, were $3,575,625 with...

Corprint one-stop marketing services. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... MORE AND MORE, SAVVY music industry players are awakening to the value of strong branding and marketing. But at the same time, harsh economic and market forces are driving managers to tighten budgetary screws on all expense-seven the critical...

Modern Drummer hosts 16th weekend bash. (Industry Forefront).
July 1, 2003... MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE recently rocked, jazzed, and generally thrilled drummers from around the world at its 2003 Festival. The MD Festival always packs the 1,000-seat Montclair (New Jersey) State University Memorial Auditorium, and tickets...

Bobb's P&O celebrates 50th anniversary: Florida retailer continues to thrive under second-generation management. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... BOBB'S PIANOS & Organs in Hallandale, Florida, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Bobb's, a fixture of southeastern Florida's retail music business, is now in its second generation as a family-owned-and-operated company. Many...

Keyboard Concepts expands with fourth location. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... KEYBOARD CONCEPTS HAS opened an elegant new Keyboard Concepts Piano Superstore on the west side of Los Angeles at the major corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Centinela Avenue. The new location, in addition to three existing locations,...

Skip's Music celebrates 30th anniversary. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... SKIP'S MUSIC, a musical landmark in the Sacramento area, staged a 30th anniversary blowout sales event May 16. 17, and 18 in its Sacramento location. Featuring the best deals in 30 years, the weekend started at 5:00 P.M. Friday night with...

Rupp's Drums wins local award. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... RUPP'S DRUMS OF DENVER, Colorado, the state's only pro drum shop, has won a "Best of Denver" award from a local newspaper. The Westword is a local arts and entertainment weekly whose annual "Best of Denver" feature spotlights various Denver...

Guitar Center sells $90 million in notes. (News Flash).
July 1, 2003... GUITAR CENTER, INC. will offer $90 million of ten-year notes that are convertible into shares of Guitar Center common stock. The company may sell up to an additional $10 million principal amount of the notes upon exercise of an over-allotment...

Manny's teams up with Marshall Amps. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... MANNY'S MUSIC, LONG a landmark in New York City, recently unveiled The Guv'nor's Suite. a newly designed section of the 48th Street store dedicated to "The Sound Of Rock," Marshall Amplification. Featuring the largest selection of Marshall...

Kidder Music hosts Marshall Amp clinic. (News Flash).
July 1, 2003... KIDDER MUSIC HOSTED a Marshall Amp clinic at its Sterling, Illinois, location on May 7. The clinician, Rob Math, covered the different features of the Marshall models and showed off the new Marshall Mode Four. He demonstrated how versatile the...

Mark's Music hosts clinic with Sabian artist Mike Wengren: hundreds line up to see "Disturbed" drummer. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... MARK'S MUSIC IN BREWER, Maine, recently hosted a Sabian Face-to-Face appearance by drummer Mike Wengren of Disturbed. People were lined up hours before the event started. Though busy touring to support Disturbed's multi-platinum CD...

Gardner joins Sweetwater sales. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... SWEETWATER HAS HIRED Dave Gardner as sales engineer. He holds a bachelor of science degree in radio and television film from University of Texas at Austin and has experience with home and studio recording and post production. He was previously...

Gand Music & Sound continues drum clinics. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... GAND MUSIC and Sound of Northfield, Illinois, recently held another in its series of hands-on drum clinics featuring live musicians. Gand customers spent the evening with Pearl rep Mark Terek and Gand drum specialist Paul Jacki. Terek took...

Veritas affiliates meet to share ideas on rental business: 60 retail affiliates represented at Orlando meeting. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... VERITAS INSTRUMENT Rentals, a school music service business, hosted a gathering of its affiliate dealers in Orlando at the end of April. For the 65 retailers in attendance, the two-day event was a chance to exchange ideas on better serving the...

Interstate/Cascio donates $25,000 of Yamaha gear to local schools. (Retailer Update).
July 1, 2003... TWO MILWAUKEE-AREA school music programs were the fortunate recipients of $25.000 worth of Yamaha band and orchestra instruments from Interstate Music. The winners were selected from over 3,500 entries submitted during the fall 2002 instrument...

Bringing back a legend: after ten years of painstaking R&D, Hammond has a new flagship B-3 that's such a faithful replica, jazz great Joey DeFrancesco says, "I bet $1,000 that no one can tell the difference between the new B-3 and an original tone wheel model!" (Company Profile).
July 1, 2003... When Laurens Hammond unveiled his first electric organ in 1935, he envisioned providing a cost-effective alternative to the traditional pipe organ. Instead, he ushered in the age of electronic music and created an entirely new instrument, one...

How tone wheels work and what makes them unique: a primer on the first electronic music technology.
July 1, 2003... The tone-wheel system that powered the original Hammond organs was a masterpiece of electromechanical engineering. The 96 individual tone-wheels in an original B-3 were notched metal disks, approximately 2" in diameter, that rotated at a...

Treating instruments as works of art: G Leblanc refines its acclaimed clarinet line to deliver instruments that offer immediately apparent benefits to the musician and improved profit potential for retailers.
July 1, 2003... The fact that most wind instruments are based on century-old designs has prompted retailers and even some musicians to refer to them as "commodities." The term "commodity," with its connotation of uniform interchangeability, is appropriate for...

Pawn and beyond with M&M/Kona: a leading supplier to pawn shops, M&M Merchandisers is wowing music retailers with its own brand of guitars. (Company Profile).
July 1, 2003... Rejection can be a powerful motivator. Just ask Marty Stenzler. Stenzler was still teenager when, as a mater of policy, a musical instrument distributor refused to sell product to his parents' pawnshop, the oldest in Fort Worth, Texas. Assuming...

"You can never lay back and watch the business roll in": after 56 years serving the Phoenix market, Milano Music Center's Frank Milano knows that continued success requires a combination of hard work, hustle, and vigilance. For Milano, running hard is just business as usual. (Retailer Profile).
July 1, 2003... Business is tough right now, says Frank Milano. The military buildup and war in Iraq slowed his store's m.i. business by 15 percent in March, and tax time was predictably slow. A strong anniversary sale last November was followed by a "strange"...

Proven practices drive Antigua Winds' growth: a focus on dealer profitability, great technical support, and extensive marketing aids may not be revolutionary, but when executed properly, they're still a recipe for success in the band instrument business. Doubters need only consult the rapid rise of Antigua Winds. (Company Profile).
July 1, 2003... In recent years the school instrument market has been one of the stormier arenas in the music products industry. Compounding the perennial challenge of fierce competition, a price-deflating flood of foreign-made horns and looming threats to...

Educating the customer: it's not enough to bring hundreds of students into your store for lessons. If you don't want to have them buying on eBay, you have to let them know what you sell, what nice people you are, and why they would be foolish (and time-wasters) to go anyplace else. (Bob Popyk On Selling).
July 1, 2003... I recently had a really interesting conversation with Pete Gamber from Alta Loma Music. Pete is one of the participants in our seminar/panel on "How to Turn a $99 Sale into a $3,000 Customer." I told him I thought that gaining more guitar...

Meet the new NAMM chairman Paul Heid: second-generation Appleton, Wisconsin, retailer views his primary role as fostering vigorous and open debate within the association. "No one knows what the next big idea will be," he explains. (Feature).
July 1, 2003... In a wide-ranging conversation on what makes for retail success in small markets, Paul Heid keeps returning to the fulfillment of two critical needs. First is the need to continually reinvent the business. "You have to concentrate on the things...

The man behind the guitar boom: Jack Westheimer isn't exactly a household name. But as the man who introduced America to inexpensive Asian-made guitars, he's surely helped to make the guitar the world's most popular musical instrument. (Feature).
July 1, 2003... Histories of the 50-year ascendancy of the guitar from "hillbilly" instrument to the mainstay of popular music typically cite a number of factors: the folk music boom of the 1950s; the inventive genius of Leo Fender and Les Paul; Bill Haley and...

Malpocher named president & CEO at Telex. (People).
July 1, 2003... RAYMOND V. MALPOCHER is the new president and CEO of Telex Communications, succeeding Ned Jackson, who retired on May 2. Malpocher was most recently with Teleflex Corporation as group president of its Marine/Industrial Division. Prior to...

Robert Sheldon joins Alfred Publishing. (People).
July 1, 2003... ROBERT SHELDON, the renowned composer and educator, has joined Alfred Publishing's school and church team as concert band editor. His duties will include selecting all the music for Alfred's annual concert band release. Sheldon has taught...

Don Gunn joins Noble & Cooley. (Personnel File).
July 1, 2003... DON GUNN HAS joined Noble & Cooley as product manager and advertising coordinator. He has an extensive background in drumming, recording engineering, graphic design, and marketing. Gunn will help broaden the reach of Noble & Cooley's pro...

Lenny DiMuzio joins Sabian. (People).
July 1, 2003... PERCUSSION INDUSTRY veteran Lenny DiMuzio has joined Sabian as a consultant to the company's worldwide artist relations program and sales and marketing team. With over 40 years of experience, DiMuzio has been influential in shaping the careers...

Metz manages Vandoren brand. (People).
July 1, 2003... JIM METZ HAS JOINED D'Addario as Vandoren brand manager. D'Addario is the sole American importer of Vandoren-Paris quality woodwind reeds, mouthpieces, and accessories Metz, who plays alto and tenor saxophone, will handle new product...

Brad Kirkpatrick back at Rhythm Band. (People).
July 1, 2003... BRAD KIRKPATRICK has returned to Rhythm Band Instruments as manager of purchasing and fulfillment. An 18-year music industry veteran, he has a wealth of knowledge in the field of international and domestic product procurement, logistics...

Reichert new VP at Sennheiser. (People).
July 1, 2003... SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC Corporation has appointed Stefanie Reichert its vice-president of marketing. She will spearhead product management for the Sennheiser line as well as oversee channel management and marketing communications for company...

Drumm to head John Hornby Skewes. (People).
July 1, 2003... JOHN HORNBY SKEWES & Co. Ltd. has appointed Dennis J. Drumm its managing director (designate) effective April 1, 2003. Drumm has worked for the company since 1980 and has been sales director since 1987. Drumm succeeds founder John H. Skewes as...

Romero & Gallamore promoted at Pro-Mark. (People).
July 1, 2003... PRO-MARK CORPORATION has announced two staff promotions. Marvin Romero joined Pro-Mark in 1999. He was promoted in early 2000 to the position of purchasing manager. He will assume his new duties as international sales manager in June 2003. An...

Tim Buzbee new clinician at Geneva. (People).
July 1, 2003... GENEVA INTERNATIONAL, the exclusive importer and distributor of Josef Lidl brass instruments from the Czech Republic, has appointed Tim Buzbee, principal tuba for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, as clinician for Josef Lidl student tubas. ...

Paced by new products and new management Alesis works to re-create its past success. CEO Jack O'Donnell outlines how he plans to re-make the company into an industry leader. (Company Profile).
July 1, 2003... Over a decade ago, when he was working as vice-president of marketing for Stanton Magnetics, Jack O'Donnell was one of the first to recognize the full potential of the emerging DJ market. When Numark Electronics, one of the pioneers in the DJ...

Kustom's new Quad Stacks. (Product News).
July 1, 2003... KUSTOM AMPLIFICATION, originally known for its upholstered Tuck n' Roll amplifiers that were an icon of 1960s and '70s rock music, has unveiled its first new guitar amp "stack" design since the brand was acquired by Hanser Holdings...

DigiTech ships RPx400. (Product News).
July 1, 2003... HARMAN MUSIC GROUP (HMG) is now shipping the DigiTech RPx400, designed for the performing guitarist who also wants to record. In addition to providing a broad palette of DigiTech modeling effects, the RPx400 includes a USB port that streams...