From Bookmark Music, Music Innovations, Alfred Music Co., & Pender’s Music Company Bookmark Music, Marcia Stearn, Owner Bookmark Music is located in a small town. Pacific Grove, California bills itself as “America’s Last Hometown”. Located on the Monterey Peninsula, it competes with Monterey and Carmel for business. So, community / neighborhood events abound thanks to …
By Tony Walas / Harris-Teller, Inc. / author Visions of Music - Sheet Music in the Twentieth Century It’s interesting to remember that our organization was originally called the RSMDA (Retail Sheet Music Dealers Association). There’s that important phrase – sheet music. It’s something we sell and are familiar with, yet do people (ourselves included) …
by Lori Supinie, Senseney Music As I write this, the phones are busy ringing, band and orchestra rentals are flying out the door, method books, marching band and choral music orders are in and being delivered, and the general mad chaos of our fall “harvest season” is upon us. We use the term “harvest” because …
Are the music programs in your community getting the recognition they deserve? Strengthen support for music programs in your community with a 2016 Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation or a SupportMusic Merit Award (SMMA) from The NAMM Foundation. Applications to be considered for this national designation will be accepted between October 15th and …
By Dan Friberg Groth Music Co. / Eble Music Co. I have been working in the print department of Groth Music in Bloomington, MN, since 2002. I attended my first RPMDA convention this past April in Las Vegas, and I was thoroughly impressed! The atmosphere at the convention was constructive and friendly, and it would …
by Lauren Keiser Vice Chairman, International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) Past President, Music Publishers Association of the USA Chairman, ICMP Anti-Theft Committee MPA Almost ten years ago, while I was president of the Music Publishers Association of the United States (MPA/USA), we started shutting down illegal guitar tab Web sites. These sites were decimating …
by Jeff Ponte As a MI business owner once you’ve started contributing to your 401(k) plan and funded it with investments that are appropriate for your needs, you might think you’re in good shape and that your 401(k) is now on “autopilot.” But that type of thinking can actually be counterproductive, because to get the …
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by Mendy Varga, Kendor Music, Inc. RPMDA Technology Committee Digital delivery was mentioned in one shape or form in just about every session at the 2015 RPDMA convention. It is a hot button topic right now for publishers and dealers alike. What does it mean to our business? What will our businesses look like in …
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by Tim Cose, Hal Leoanrd Corporation The 70/30 Caveat All that talk of Power Law, ratios, and consumer preference was a long way back to the most important thing to understand about the sales ratios represented in publisher’s sales graph (and many other nearly identical graphs not shown). At this leading songbook publisher, whose name …
by Tim Cose, Hal Leonard Corporation Vilfredo Frederico Damaso Pareto was born in Paris to an exiled Genoese family in the summer of 1848 and he started growing peas after moving back to Italy in his mid-forties. Pareto, an engineer by trade, observed (among other things) that 20% of the pea pods in his garden …