September 2024
THE WEB ISSUE
Masahiro Minowa
28 I FROM THE TOP New Roland CEO Masahiro Minowa tells us what his goals are for the company during his tenure.
40 I THE NAMM NEXT ROUND UP Full coverage of July’s inaugural NAMM NeXT professional development conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jeff Homer
34 I THE SUCCESSION SAVIOR Ensemble Music Schools purchased its first music school in 2019. Five years later, the com- pany now owns 72 locations nationwide, including seven full-line music retailers. How has the business, lead by founder Jeff Homer, succeeded so quickly? We break it down here.
23 I THE MARKETING GURU X Tracy Hoeft shares six engaging video concepts for social media.
48 I GUITARS, AMPS & ACCESSORIES 52 I AUDIO & RECORDING 54 I DRUMS & PERCUSSION 56 I BAND & ORCHESTRA 58 I PIANOS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHS 59 I DJ & LIGHTING RETAILER ASK THE 62 I ASK THE RETAILER X Dealers discuss what regular changes they make to their websites.
12 I INDUSTRY PROFILE X J.W. Pepper celebrates its 150th anniversary by giving back to music education students.
24 I NEXT-GEN RETAILING X Jonathan Hendrix discusses how to evaluate character during an interview.
14 I NEWS X Don Felder to Play NAMM Foundation Concert X Gonher Purchases Sam Ash Music’s E-comm Business X Yamaha Partners with Tomplay X Proel North America Integrates with AIM POS X Dean Attains Win in Appeal Against Gibson X Theodore Presser to Distribute Peermusic X Casio America’s Mark Amentt Retires
25 I E-COMMERCE REVERBERATIONS X Jamie Major on selling to the price-conscious consumer.
26 I WOMEN OF NAMM X Gennifer Dusold shares the importance of bringing new employees to NAMM functions.
X Universal Audio Expands Leadership Team X Hal Leonard’s Mardak Gets MPA Award
Cover photo by Lucy Beaugard.
6 I MUSIC INC. I SEPTEMBER 2024
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