Welcome to the Retail Print Music Dealers Association! Our association represents retailers, publishers, and distributors who share a passion for the print music industry. We invite you to become a member of RPMDA to stay informed about current trends and industry challenges, and to enjoy the many benefits of membership. Our website and facebook pages… Continue Reading
RPMDA 2017 - Because Print Music Matters
by David Jahnke, Hal Leonard Corporation One of the first orders of business at the Summer Board meeting is to discuss the theme of the upcoming convention. Atlanta is rich with history and is home to the world headquarters for Coca-Cola, United Parcel Service (UPS) and Home Depot. It also has the distinction of being… Continue Reading
RPMDA 2017 Convention: Site Report
by Mike Watson, Remenyi Music RPMDA’s 41st convention returns to the sunny south and the city of Atlanta for the first time since 2000. Your board members had the opportunity to experience the city a couple of weeks ago, and we know it’ll make a terrific site for our 2017 gathering. Our host property is… Continue Reading
DIY Marketing for the Store and More
by Jenny Van Pelt, Lorenz Publishing Just like any do-it-yourself project, marketing your store is infinitely easier when you have the right tools for the job ready to go at a moment’s notice. Think about the last time you had to fix something around the house – whatever little thing needed attention probably took two… Continue Reading
Dorothy Award Winners
by Dan Del Fiorentino Since 1999, NAMM has been proudly involved with documenting the history of RPMDA and its members. As of right now the NAMM Oral History collection contains over 80 past and current members of RPMDA within the collection. AND thanks to your suggestions that number is growing. Within this list of our… Continue Reading
NAMM Convention Update (A Print Music Perspective)
by Mike Watson, Remenyi House of Music For print music specialists, one of the advantages of attending a large-scale trade show is the perspective it can bring to our own niche market, along with a valuable opportunity to monitor developments in the larger music products industry. The 2016 NAMM Show (held January 21-24) boasted 101,736… Continue Reading
The Frankfurt International Music Fair
Dear RPMDA friends, Happy New Year from Germany! Last year many of you showed great interest in hearing about the Frankfurt International Music Fair. So your German publisher colleagues would like to remind you that it’s gradually coming up to that time of year again. The first Frankfurt International Music Fair took place in 1980.… Continue Reading
RPMDA, Where Stealing is Encouraged
by Kevin Cranley That sounds like a pretty outrageous thing to hear from an association that vigorously promotes copyrights and their protection. Obviously I’m not talking intellectual property here. What I mean is the sharing of ideas and the open discussions about how to keep our sector of this industry strong and vibrant. I remember… Continue Reading
Increasing RPMDA membership
by Tristann Rieck, Brass Bell Musi I would first like to wish a happy new year to all of our wonderful members! It is my hope that 2016 will be the Year of RPMDA! On that topic, I’d like to share some exciting news, as well as some personal remarks on how we can really… Continue Reading
Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic
by Don Clossun The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic is an awesome convention - a real highlight of the year. This large gathering is held every December in Chicago because it is warm there at that time (I’m Canadian eh! and everything is relative). It’s a special combination of people. In this case, publishers/suppliers in… Continue Reading
DJ’s Top 6 on “Why St. Louis?”
by David Jahnke, Hal Leonard Corporation Hi, RPMDA Friends! Some industry associates have asked me why RPMDA decided to have our 2016 Convention in St. Louis. They don’t know RPMDA’s rich history so I found myself telling them some of the fun and interesting facts I’ve learned about St. Louis along the way. Here are… Continue Reading
The Retail Price Maintenance Act - A European Peculiarity
by Petra Woodfull-Harris The Retail Price Maintenance Act is a law that on the one hand obliges publishers to determine and publish retail prices for all books and sheet music, and that on the other hand obliges retailers to sell these publications at the published prices only. In several countries in Europe the state restricts… Continue Reading
Best Ideas for Christmas
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… Continue Reading