by Danny Smolenski, Alfred Music [To download the questions, click here: 2018_Road_Trip_Song_Trivia_Quiz] Summer is the time for vacations and holidays… and ROAD TRIPS! In this spirit let’s take a musical journey through the United States and Canada. Each trivia question answer is the title of a song that has the name of a U. S. state …
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by Andrea Pelloquin, West Music Company June 21st was Make Music Day in more than 800 cities in more than 120 countries, celebrating the love of making music in our communities. Events are free and open to anyone who wants to participate. Our RPMDA member organizations took advantage of the occasion to showcase both the …
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Compiled by Tim Cose, Hal Leonard Madeleine Crouch IDEA: Use RallyUp as a resource to manage your sweepstakes and fundraisers! The website is https://rallyup.com/. This is a company that manages online sweepstakes fundraisers for charities and non-profit causes. If a retailer wanted to team up with a local school district to raise money for music …
[Reprinted with Permission] by Brian Majesky, Music Trades The prayers of brick-and-mortar retailers may finally be answered if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the 1994 North Dakota vs. Quill judgement that made it possible for most mail order retailers to skirt collecting sales tax. This quirk in the tax law unquestionably tilted the scales …
Images © 2018 Richard Rejino Photography Lindy Campbell, Music on the Hill (The Winner!) Idea: Giving new students a list of what they need to buy when they start lessons A consistent problem at my store is that my private music teachers feel uncomfortable “selling” to their students. So last summer, I worked with all …
by Tim Cose, Hal Leonard The RPMDA convention-goers toured the Hal Leonard Corporation facilities on the Wednesday before the convention began. This left plenty of time for attendees to discuss the distribution and production systems and facilities. Our perspective as the audience was unanimous: the Hal Leonard team in Winona took us all on an …
We have successfully completed our move from America to Europe. Indeed we were able to “hit the ground running” a few days after arriving on May 4th, using a temporary rented office. Soon we will be working from our home office in the village of Wye in Kent, in southeastern England. It is very beautiful …
Read moreIndustry News: Notecraft Relocates from U.S. to Europe
The 2018 RPMDA 42nd Annual Convention in Minneapolis attracted 160 attendees, including 26 exhibitors, and 20 first-time attendees. Among the many convention attractions, members participated in a tour of the Hal Leonard Distribution center in Winona, Minnesota, a visit to member stores, Groth Music Company and Schmitt Music Company, an excursion to Fly Over America in …
Read moreRPMDA Announces the 2018 Dorothy Honoree and Other Awards
When considering joining the RPMDA community, you might be thinking “Why? What do I get out of it?” Despite popular belief, Print Music departments are growing and even thriving in the music industry. Being a member of the RPMDA allows you to be part of a community that realizes that sometimes, the only way to move an industry …
By Joel Shoemake, Pine Lake Music What do Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and choral music sellers have in common? Let’s dive in and find out. Facebook took five years to turn its first profit. Amazon took six. Eleven year-old Twitter STILL hasn’t turned a profit. So why do venture capitalists continue to pour money into companies …