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And How to Fix It } PAGE 36 PAGE PAGE 50 PAGE { BY GREG BILLINGS What Went And How to Fix It to Fix How And ... Piano Industry Piano Wrong With With The Wrong MUSICINCMAG.COM I JUNE 2009 BLUES BUSTERS: SUMMER PROMOTIONS TO DRIVE TRAFFIC, SALES MI0906_01_Cover.qxd 5/8/09 1:42 PM Page 1 MUSIC INC. SCOTT'S MUSIC I PIANO INDUSTRY RECOVERY PLAN I SUMMER PROMOTIONS JUNE 2009 Project5 5/4/09 4:13 PM Page 1 Project4 5/8/09 1:36 PM Page 1 MI0906_04_Masthead.qxd 5/8/09 2:47 PM Page 4 JUNE 2009 I VOL. 20, NO. 5 PUBLISHER Frank Alkyer EDITOR Zach Phillips ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jenny Domine CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Jason Koransky, Aaron Cohen WEST COAST CORRESPONDENT Sara Farr ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER John Cahill WESTERN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Tom Burns CLASSIFIED AD SALES Sue Mahal ART DIRECTOR Andy Williams PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE Ara Tirado CIRCULATION Kelly Grosser BOOKKEEPING Margaret Stevens INTERN Katie Kailus PRESIDENT Kevin Maher OFFICES Ph (630) 941-2030 • Fax (630) 941-3210 e-mail: [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICE (800) 554-7470 Jack Maher, President 1970-2003 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $50 one year (11 issues). $90 two years (22 issues) to U.S.A. addresses. $75 one year (11 is- sues), $140 two years (22 issues) to Canada and other for- eign countries. Air mail delivery at cost. 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I JUNE 2009 Project5 5/8/09 2:51 PM Page 1 MI0906_06_Inside.qxd 5/8/09 3:20 PM Page 6 June 2009 36 I WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE PIANO INDUSTRY Plummeting unit sales and closing dealerships have become everyday news in the piano market. It took a long time to get into this mess. Greg Billings takes a hard look at what went wrong. 44 I THE PIANO INDUSTRY RECOVERY PLAN A 15-point plan to boost piano sales and piano edu- cation for the long-term. 36 50 I SUMMER BLUES BUSTERS Goodbye dog days, hello blue skies. Here are 10 proven promotional ideas to generate store traffic and sales during the slow summer months. 56 I SCHOOL Amro Music’s CJ and Heather MUSIC Averwater HOLDS STRONG The 2009 NASMD convention schooled dealers on how to stay profitable in the tough economy. In this report, Music Inc. passes on the wisdom. 61 I PIANOS & KEYBOARDS 12 I PROFILE 24 I ASK ALAN X 66 I GUITARS, AMPS & ACCESSORIES Scott’s Music consolidates for better traffic X Friedman explores the perils of bankruptcy 68 I AUDIO & RECORDING 14 I NEWS 26 I THE LESSON ROOM X GC opens music lessons studio X Gamber calls for a new way to teach piano 70 I DRUMS & PERCUSSION X Trent launches Drum Oasis 28 I THE INDEPENDENT RETAILER 72 I BAND & ORCHESTRA X Eschliman looks at innovative technologies 74 I PRINT & MULTIMEDIA 30 I THE CUSTOMER CONNECTION 76 I DJ & LIGHTING X 16 I PROFILE Ravi on personalizing the Web X 32 I MY TURN ASK THE Mackie celebrates two decades X Perry discusses music research as a sales tool RETAILER 17 I NEWS 82 I ASK THE RETAILER X Musikmesse attendance up slightly 34 I STREETWISE SELLING X Piano dealerships adapt to the recession X Hal Leonard debuts Order Referral Program X Smith on avoiding 10 common sales mistakes 6 I MUSIC INC. I JUNE 2009 Project1 5/11/09 10:00 AM Page 1 MI0906_08_Perspective.qxd 5/8/09 2:51 PM Page 8 PERSPECTIVE I BY ZACH PHILLIPS WHAT WENT WRONG WITH PIANOS? ou might have noticed that this issue of Music Inc.’s on the slim side. We’d prefer it to be thicker, but in a way, it’s Y fitting. This is our annual piano issue. And here, folks, is the state of the piano industry — as reflected in our modest page count. Over the past few years, we’ve watched many of our piano retail friends go from four stores to two, two stores to one, one store to none. We’ve seen great dealerships forced to slash half their staff just to stay in business. It’s easy to blame the recession and housing slump for these woes, except the piano market was in decline long before last September’s Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac debacle. Even during better times, we started hearing from dealers saying their steadfast piano promotions weren’t working any- more. Something fundamental had changed. Greg Billings, piano retail veteran and author of Music Inc.’s popular “The Customer Whisperer” series, may have answers. He has written this month’s cover story, “What Went Wrong With the Piano Industry,” and the follow-up, “The Piano Industry Recovery Plan.” (The story begins on page 36.) In the article, Billings suggests that the piano industry’s current prob- lems stem from deeper symptoms than the recession, chief among them being a lack of piano instruction in elementary schools. The article is bold, plain-spoken and guaranteed to set the stage for future debate. It’s one of the most important stories ever published in this magazine. You may not agree with Billings’ outlook 100 percent of the time, but you will be bowled over by the sheer scope of his assessment. He also delivers a convincing action plan that the industry can use right now. In other words, it’s exactly the shot in the arm that the piano industry needs. And despite the doom and gloom, I’m hopeful. In early May, I spoke with Skip Daynes, owner of Daynes Music in Midvale, Utah. He’d just come off the best day in his company’s 150-year history in piano retailing, bringing in $300,000 in sales. Not surprisingly, Daynes has been taking advantage of the ideas Billings poses in “The Piano Industry Recovery Plan” for years — getting pianos into schools, connecting with influential community leaders and promoting the piano as a fun activity. He’s cur- rently excited about the potential of QRS’s new PNOscan technology in showing students and consumers how easy it is to play piano. “We show people that they can play,” Daynes said. “Tomorrow, we are doing a promotion for the Utah Arts Council. We’re promoting PNOscan on a vertical piano. We will have a player come and play and make this piano sound like a whole orchestra [with PNOscan]. When people get through with dinner, they’re going to say, ‘You got all that sound from this piano?’ And we’re going to say, ‘Yes. Do you want to play it?’ It’s about creating the desire to buy something.” MI 8 I MUSIC INC. I JUNE 2009 Project3 9/22/08 4:19 PM Page 1 MI0906_10_Letters.qxd 5/7/09 5:44 PM Page 10 This investment in the PMC b THE FACTS ABOUT has touched every facet of the percussion industry through our programs. Creating CALLING SERVICES 100,000 new percussionists is a self-made benchmark we all work towards, which benefits To Call or Not to Call? the entire industry. Thank you ny chance you could further elaborate on how companies for providing your readers this Athat are using automated dialing services are dealing with insight about our goals and a state’s Do Not Call list (“Investing in Tomorrow,” March/ achievements. April 2009)? Thanks and keep up the great work. Your printed recognition of Cayle Yonce Instrumental Influence/i3 Audio Visual our Roots of Rhythm, Sedalia, Mo. Percussion in the Schools and PlayDrums Lesson Lab pro- PM Music Phones THE FTC’S LAST CALL grams and positioning for the • Because of limitations in the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission in the Answer and Federal Communications Commission, calls from or on behalf of future will help bring our mes- s I understand it, the political organizations, charities and telephone surveyors would still be sage to many audiences in the A no-call laws are for permitted, as would calls from companies with which you have an vast music products industry cold calls or purchased lists. existing business relationship. we have not been able to reach Companies doing business • By purchasing something from the company, you established a business rela- and inform in the past. with particular consumers tionship with the company. As a result, even if you put your number on the The Percussion Marketing National Do Not Call Registry, that company may call you for up to 18 months are not regulated against after your last purchase or delivery from it, or your last payment to it, unless Council looks forward to pro- calling their own cus- you ask the company to not call again. If that company subsequently calls viding your outstanding pub- tomers. We only use you again, it may be subject to a fine of up to $11,000.
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