Amos Green, Middle C Music: My experience at the RPMDA Convention as a first time attendee was easily the highlight of my year and one of the most rewarding things I have done in my time with music. The individuals who belong to this association are extraordinarily welcoming and are willing to take the time …
How did receiving the Dorothy Award from an organization like the RPMDA make you feel? Extremely grateful and truly humbled! It was such an honor, and to be surrounded by good friends from the print music industry made it even more special. Can you tell us a little bit about how you got started in …
Read moreDorothy Award Winner: An Interview with Lori Supinie
This year’s winner, Bill Busch, shares a great idea for keeping track of and liquidating aging inventory in a way that is simple to implement and potentially fun for customers who are hunting for a deal. A number of years ago, Brass Bell Music incorporated a ‘Best Idea’ from an RPMDA session. We began placing …
by Christie Smith, Alfred Music What a convention!! San Diego is a beautiful city and is the home of NAMM headquarters and Kjos Publishing. Both companies were the perfect hosts to our members and put together once in a lifetime special events for us. If you missed it, be sure to put next year on …
DOROTHY AWARD: A highlight of every convention is the announcement of the Dorothy at the closing dinner, given for a lifetime of service and achievement in the music industry. It is RPMDA’s highest honor. The 2019 honoree is Lori Supinie of Senseney Music. Lorie began her long and distinguished career in the print music industry at Senseney Music and is …
Read moreRPMDA Announces the 2019 Dorothy Honoree and Other Awards
The 2019 convention will bring us a new set of awards. Let’s take a moment to remember our 2018 recipients and their contributions to the print industry and to RPMDA. Dorothy Award – Our top RPMDA award given to someone who has offered: A lifetime of service to friends and family, community, and the print …
by Christie Smith, Alfred Music Don Langlie – Popplers Music You are hosting a panel this year at the RPMDA convention. Can you tell us briefly What you think the RPMDA members will get out of attending this session? The session: As the print industry continues to change, it is more important than ever that …
RPMDA is sad to announce the death of one of our family, Bill Heese. Here is a write-up sent to us from Dan D from NAMM. Bill Heese had a reputation like no other in the music publishing world, a reputation well deserved. Bill was not only a mainstay in the industry for over 40 …
By Andrea Pelloquin, West Music Company Welcome to our first RPMDA Dealer Member feature! In every issue going forward we will be interviewing a new dealer member of RPMDA. We want to get to know our fellow dealers and learn what makes them unique – and inspire us all to be the best dealers we …
Read moreRPMDA Dealer Member Feature: Bertrand’s Music and Lessons
By Karl Kjos Everyone at the Neil A Kjos Music Company is thrilled to have all of our friends from RPMDA come to our hometown of San Diego. With a packed schedule of professional development, networking, and inspirational talks, we wanted to host an event that would be fun, interesting, and show off some what …