Sunday, 3 May 2015
Carole and I just returned from business in Las Vegas.
The Retail Print Music Dealers Association had their annual convention at the Tropicana Hote in Las Vegas, where we exhibited our sheet music all day Thursday and Friday. Every exhibitor there is a sheet music publisher. I was in total sheet music heaven. There were music editions on display of every sort, kind, and art. I am especially impressed by engraving and art quality from G. Henle Verlag from Munich, and the Wiener Urtext Edtion from Vienna.
I suppose however, that their extremely conservative style doesn't merchandise well in the United States.
This association is changing their name to the International Print Music Association. At least half of the exhibitors are from other than the United States, and are publishers— wholesale—not retail dealers.
The traffic in the exhibit hall was very quiet on both days. It seems that we are not the only music company effected by new technology and change in attitudes. Everyone at convention was concerned about diminishing sales and business.
Much lecture time given to digital downloads; how profitable they might be, and whether retail members need to increse it.
The general feeling is that even the digital sales are flat-lining.
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