Glenn Dodson

Glenn Dodson played bass for a band he started with his schoolmates called Purple Haze. The band was high class, right down to their purple shirts! It was a fun experience that provided an entry into the music industry as Glenn worked at Allan's Music store whenever he was not gigging. The store provided great training, which he put to good use when he began working for Rose Music, the Yamaha wholesaler in Australia at the time. He worked with Peter Hayward at the wholesaler Australis Music. Glenn worked with Ikutaro Kakehashi, the founder of Roland in 1991, for the company's first expansion outside of Japan; Roland Australia. He later worked on Mr. Kakehashi's last company, ATV. Glenn proudly continued the legacy of his longtime friend, who passed away in April 2017, by helping launch the ATV drum products in Australia later that year.