June / July 2021 Volume XLII Number 4
Summer NAMM is Returning , Pg . 20
DEPARTMENTS
09 . 10 . 16 .
18 . 28 . 30 .
39 . 42 . 44 . 46 .
€ € From the Floor € Prepping Your Business to Sell , Part 3
€ News € The latest MI industry updates
€ NAMM News € Our Common Goal : More to Start & Fewer €
€ to Quit €
17 . Supplier Spotlight € Golden Hawk Imports
€ Faces
€ Soul Drums ’ 25 th Anniversary
€ Business Matters € How Accidents Happen
€ Product News € The latest products & technologies to hit the €
€ market
€ Advertisers ’ Index € Events Classifieds € Endorser Update
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FEATURES
The Grand Reopening
What Does MI Retail Look Like in a Post-COVID World ?
By Michael Raine How quickly will we return to the pre-COVID way of doing business ? And if things will never fully be like the “ before times ,” then how will they be different ? What lessons should MI retailers have taken from this past year ? We dig into these questions and more .
Summer NAMM Returns !
Our show preview , plus a one-on-one with Joe Lamond
By Michael Raine NAMM , along with a slew of complementary associations , are returning to Nashville for the first major in-person event in over a year for the music products industry . We look at what ’ s to come , plus have an exclusive conversation with NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond about what went into the planning of Summer NAMM , the challenges and uncertainties along the way , what NAMM has planned for the future , and the economic outlook for the industry .
Learn about Gabriel Ferreira & Golden Hawk Imports , Pg . 17