News: Pandemic Stories
December 18, 2020
Springfield Music Owner Donovan Bankhead Optimistic for New Year
Donovan Bankhead has held many positions in his 18 years at Springfield, Missouri-based Springfield Music — road rep, general manager, vice president and…
December 18, 2020
Armadillo Reports 23% Sales Increase YoY for 2020
Tampa, Florida-based Armadillo Enterprises’s pandemic experience this year is a familiar one. Beginning in March, its brands, Dean, Luna and ddrum, saw an…
November 30, 2020
MI Industry Grapples with Product Shortages as Holiday Season Kicks Off
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Peter Dods, president of Easy Music Center in Honolulu, was nearly sold out of affordable 88-key keyboards. By mid-day on…
October 22, 2020
‘Crazy Week After Week’: Bob Taylor on the Guitar Boom
Taylor Guitars’ story of navigating the initial coronavirus quarantine is a familiar one. In mid-March, the company shut down its headquarters and…
September 14, 2020
GAMA Perseveres in Pandemic
As in all corners of MI, the coronavirus quarantine proved to be a major disruptor this year for the Guitar and Accessories Marketing Association. But,…
June 30, 2020
eBay Reports Major Sales Boom During COVID-19
eBay, the online sales platform which reaches 174 million active buyers worldwide, hosted the sale of a musical instrument or related product once every five…
April 13, 2020
Oxford House of Music Goes Virtual
Oxford House of Music, a lessons studio in Oxford, Mississippi, has closed its doors and switched to online music instruction to meet the Covid-19 social…
April 07, 2020
Thalia Capos Importing Masks, Manufacturing Boxes to Fight Coronavirus
Chris Bradley, CEO of Thalia Capos, located in Pleasant Hill, California, felt that he had to take action to help in the U.S. effort to fight coronavirus. So,…
