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May 17, 2022 I Cover Story, Feature

Selling Smart

In 2016, Frank Pampenella was ready to slow down. A self-proclaimed planner, he knew he didn’t have a succession plan for his B&O dealership PM Music…

May 09, 2022 I From the Top

Millions of Baby Steps

What’s PRS’S goal when comes to its Instruments? Are the guitars designed for a wide range of musicians, a certain type of player, collectors or a…

April 25, 2022 I Q&A

Fender Helps Strengthen Vote Arts & Music Measure

Vote Arts & Music, a California ballot measure aiming to increase arts and music education funding for public schools across the state without raising…

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May 03, 2022 I by Hilary B. Jones

5 Ways to Make Your Store Welcoming to All

Despite some much-needed shifts in recent years, jokes about hiding purchases from wives, lack of representation and mistreatment are still common in music…

Despite some much-needed shifts in recent years, jokes about hiding purchases from wives, lack of representation and mistreatment are still common in music…

January 26, 2022 I by Elisa Janson Jones

Motherhood & Music

When I was seven months pregnant with my third child, my husband approached me about our financial situation. It wasn’t good. I’d left my full-time teaching…

When I was seven months pregnant with my third child, my husband approached me about our financial situation. It wasn’t good. I’d left my full-time teaching…

January 26, 2022 I From The Trenches I by Myrna Sislen

Life As A Woman In Music

What has it been like these last 20 years being a female owner of a music store in a male-dominated industry? Well, first let me set the stage: Since its…

What has it been like these last 20 years being a female owner of a music store in a male-dominated industry? Well, first let me set the stage: Since its…