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My First Instrument Vignette
- Oral History
For many musicians, obtaining an instrument for the very first time is a special experience unlike any other.
Always Greet the Customer—No Exceptions
- NAMM U Post
At 2015 Summer NAMM, Larry Bailin hosted the NAMM U Breakfast Session “No More Average Marketing—How to Cut Through the Noise.” During the session, Bailin, a...
No More Average Marketing—How to Cut Through the Noise!
- NAMM U Post
Online marketing is a jungle that can ravage budgets in the blink of an eye. It’s never been more critical for music businesses to know what connects with...
How to Create an Effective Retail Marketing Plan
- NAMM U Post
At the 2015 NAMM Show, Brian Douglas of Cream City Music revealed how to make your marketing more effective through having a cohesive, impactful plan—one that’...
Proposed Ivory Sale Regulations Could Pose Hardship for Museums, Churches, Schools
- Article
On July 29, the U.S.
Ruth Zeiner
- Oral History
Ruth Zeiner has been an active and passionate member of the piano technicians industry! Her guidance and advice has helped encourage and foster
Bob Wray
- Oral History
Bob Wray remembers the day he was sitting in the Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama when Clarence Carter outlined the next song he was ready
Mac Wilson
- Oral History
Mac Wilson grew up in a musical home as both of his parents were singers. In middle school he learned the guitar and even earned a little money
Ryan West
- Oral History
Ryan West shared many of his memories of traveling abroad with his father, Steve, to understand and appreciate how the business great and diversi
5 Things Every Music Store Needs on Its Website
- NAMM U Post
You only get one chance to make a first impression online, and it starts with your website. Will Mason of Mason Music has invested a lot of time, energy and...
Archie "Hubby" Turner
- Oral History
Archie “Hubby” Turner served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and always felt the experience taught him, among other things, to appreciate t
Steve Taylor
- Oral History
Steve Taylor was raised on music! His parents owned a large Baldwin retail store and both were piano technicians. While being taught to complet
Joe Swenson
- Oral History
Joe Swenson played trumpet in grade school and was influenced by his mother who played the piano and gave lessons. While earning his degree in t
Andy Strayer
- Oral History
Andy Strayer began his career in the music industry working for a music store, which he joined right after earning his music business degree at W
Milton Sledge
- Oral History
Milton Sledge is the studio musician best known for a string of sessions in Muscle Shoals, Alabama as well as several albums with country super-s
Larry Messerly
- Oral History
Larry Messerly likes to tell his customers who remark on how great a pianist he is that he is a “first page player.” After the first page all be
Alan Merriam
- Oral History
Alan Merriam grew up in a home filled with music. His mother was a piano teacher and his father was a fan of the big bands. Alan took piano les
Rick Jefferies
- Oral History
Rick Jefferies was focused on pre-med when he attended college in Jackson, Tennessee, but had a change of direction when he took a part time job
Joerg Hermsen
- Oral History
Joerg Hermsen began his passion for music playing classical guitar in grade school. He later picked up the bass and realized he wanted to have a
Michael Guillot
- Oral History
Michael Guillot has applied his passion for music and education to the music retail segment of the industry, which has led to assisting and infl
Sam Mosley
- Oral History
Sam Mosley and his friend Bobby Johnson played music together as teenagers in and around their hometown in northern Mississippi. Together the te
Charlie Monk
- Oral History
Charlie Monk is known throughout Nashville as the Mayor of Music Row! Perhaps it’s due to his long running radio programs, books and TV spots wi
Randy McCormick
- Oral History
Randy McCormick began playing piano as a child and while still a teenager began making money playing in and around the studios of Muscle Shoals,
Dickey Lee
- Oral History
Dickey Lee grew up in Memphis and began playing at dances and parties at an early age. He would often introduce a new song that he wrote along w
Michael Puryear
- Oral History
Michael Puryear is the president of Final Four Music in Nashville, a music publisher that has worked with Amy Grant, The Oak Ridge Boys and Vince
Jimmy Nutt
- Oral History
Jimmy Nutt is the recording engineer in the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama who established The Nutt House Recording Studio. Jimmy began his playi
Floyd Newman
- Oral History
Floyd Newman is among the most noted studio musicians from the early days of Stax Records in Memphis. As a saxophonist, Floyd became an integral part of the...
Jimmy Johnson
- Oral History
Jimmy Johnson was a co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama along with fellow studio musicians Roger Hawkins, Barry Beckett and David Hood.
David Hood
- Oral History
David Hood is the co-founder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama. The studio was formed in 1969 when four session musicians left Frame Stu
Rick Hall
- Oral History
Rick Hall was born just down the country road from Sam Philips, the founder of Sun Records in Memphis. Perhaps there was something in the Floren