new blog post

[Big Poppa]

Hey there is a new addition to my blog thanks

[Duarte]

I for one am about to check it out.

Right....NOW!

[Drmckool]

well said sir, well said

[Laredo]

.................I work in Corporate America, and also have dealers going through internet marketing issues. I deal with Motorsports products, and am well aware of competing for the consumer's discretionary income. We are also losing our youth to a virtual world, rather than an outside activity. The real world, is no longer reality (in a way).................Glad to hear things like Guitar Hero are turning out to help the Music Industry, rather than hurt it!

[MK Bass Weed]

Thanks BP...your Blogs post are required reading for my music Biz class!

After looking at your 'vintage' photo...I thought what would YOU tell the YOU of the past..if you could hop in that Delorean, hope up to 88 miles per hour...

Show him the Bongo?

Great Blog.

M

[bovinehost]

You always make me think in different ways, boss, and not a lot of people can do that. Thanks for taking the time. Know that it's appreciated.

Jack

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I admire what you guys at EBMM have done in the last couple of years. The economy is down and you guys are still moving things forward with new and innovative products (specifically the Big Al and 25th).

[Manfloozy]

That Sir was an excellent Blog post. I enjoyed thoroughly.

[Big Poppa]

thanks so much I get the feeling that I have to do these and I have an idea and start typing and about twenty minutes later it ends up nothing like I thought I was going to write...stream of conscious zen psyco babble...I have a friend that reads them and he thought that I spent days on them.....

[shakinbacon]

Hey there is a new addition to my blog thanks

Interesting read. I too have been pondering the state of the record company/music industry for the last several years. It definitely feels like the record companies have been fighting the inevitable: the fact that the distribution system for music dramatically changed with the internet and consumers no longer have to buy an album worth of filler tracks to get one song they want.

I often compare it to the typewriter industry - I can only imagine the marketing guys at Brother, Canon, etc scoffing at computers and word processing software in the early 80s. Sometimes technology comes along and changes the rules to the point where whole industries become irrelevant.

I don't think it is economic Darwinism... the bigger the company, the harder it is to change direction. Sony (as BP stated) is an excellent example. Somehow, as big as Apple is, they got it right.

[Musicman Nut]

Hey there is a new addition to my blog thanks

Very Cool and So True, Right on.

[Drmckool]

upon further thought Ernie Ball seems to have an advantage over the recording industry. Your products can't be downloaded off of the internet for free (if i'm wrong someone tell me how to download a stingray).

[phatduckk]

i love reading these blog posts.

My life is just full of .com and web people and hearing/reading information and ideas from a non web company leader is great!

love it pops.

[tommixx]

I posted this in the blog but I will post it here to...

WOW...As someone on the inside of the record business (as a recording engineer) I wish ALL of the record labels could have read this about 10 years ago. As you know the studio system has essentially disintegrated into a mush of half assed "producer studios" and assorted "Artist studios" and most of the most talented engineers who ever lived are either dead, dying, or bankrupt. I am appalled by the quality of recorded (in most cases but certainly not all) music that is being presented to the consumer today. There seems to be a prevailing "it is good enough" attitude out there that springs from the very problems you touch on here. I fight this nearly everyday and was just talking to an arranger over breakfast last night about it. I do not want to compromise my work ethic and endorse the attitude by allowing myself to "conform" to the norm....

THANK GOD you don't either! Thank you for that! Don't ever change, there are people out here who do get it and appreciate it!

Peace,

T

[MrChedda]

Great blog post, thanks for sharing. It particularly hits home from my perspective; I'm not ashamed to say it, but I started playing Bass last year because I had such a good time with Guitar Hero/Rock Band. I'm 33, have no musical background whatsoever and hadn't played a single musical instrument in my life prior to last year. A buddy of mine got me hooked on Guitar Hero; after awhile, he asked, since we're spending so much time on the game, why don't we just do it for real.....

The rest is history. I own a couple of Music Man's, another name brand bass, and more gear than I currently know what to do with. If you'd have asked me 18 months ago if I'd be playing in a band and actually doing it for real, I would have called you crazy.

I'm a bass player today primarily because I first got introduced to Guitar Hero. I'm a Music Man customer because the instruments are fan-friggin-tastic, the customer service is phenomenal and I can't think of another company I purchase products from where the chief executive posts on an open forum and actually interacts with customers. That's pretty damn cool. It's a huge distinction between purchasing a product from someone you can actually interact with as opposed to a faceless Fortune 500 company.

I know I'm a little off topic, but for what it's worth....thanks. The time, money and effort spent on actively maintaining a forum, hosting events like BPL, directly responding to customer inquiries/requests, and most importantly making the highest quality products is greatly appreciated. It's the primary reason I spend all of my time with the Music Man products when I walk into a dealer...

Which reminds me....I finally got to play a Bongo on Friday for the first time. Must have.....