Music Research

Gordon B. Peters

Gordon B. Peters has spent decades performing, teaching and composing for the percussive arts. He has worked to provide meaningful tools to students and teachers alike while...

George Petersen

George Petersen has a very interesting perspective on the music products industry.  As editor of MIX magazine, George has not only written about the changes in the industry, he has...

Bob Popyk

Bob Popyk knows enough about the music industry to write about it! Bob had several music retail stores before selling them in 1979 to form a sales and marketing strategies...

Peter Pulham

Peter Pulham has a distinct place in the history of the music products industry because-in part- he helped preserve it! As the editor and founder of MI Pro in the United Kingdom, Peter...

Mike Rosen

Mike Rosen is a professor of percussion at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. Over the years Mike has been very active with the Percussive Arts Society and has...

Peggy Sexton

Peggy Sexton and her husband, Bob, formed Tactus Press to publish books on early percussion. Peggy’s passion for research and the social history surrounding the development of...

Jim Slutz

Jim Slutz served as the Professor of Music Business at Indiana State University before his retirement in 2004. Former NAMM President Mr. F.D. "Bud" Streep from Orlando was the...

Leland Smith

Leland Smith is the renowned founder of computerized musical notation. He has come to symbolize the technological changes in print music beginning in the 1960s. His work as a professor...

George Sturm

George Sturm was asked by the Music Library Association (MLA) to author an essay regarding the music publishing industry in America for the association’s journal. To do so, Mr. Sturm used...

Maurice Summerfield

Maurice Summerfield wore many hats within the music industry as wholesaler, retailer, exporter, historian, author, publisher and mentor to a new generation of industry leaders....

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