Are you dreading the upcoming tax season? Are you staring at a shoebox box full of receipts, invoices, and statements and don’t know where to start? Don’t worry! Canadian Music Trade has you covered.

We’ve enlisted the help of Chartered Accountant Dino Micacchi, who has over 32 years providing accounting and tax services to a wide variety of businesses, to provide some tips on filing your store’s annual tax return. Micacchi offers several valuable pices of advice, from best practices you can implement throughout the year to ensure all your records are organized and complete to what to do if your store is audited.

Grab the upcoming February/March issue of CMT to check it out.

It’s been three days since the 2012 edition of the winter NAMM Show wrapped and I am still trying to synthesis and make sense of the four days.

At show close, NAMM reported 95,709 registered attendees, a six percent increase from last year and representing a new record for the 110-year-old show. This fact was noted on the show floor as attendees remarked how busy the show was this year compared to the most recent shows. A positive sign for the industry, no doubt. Read the rest of this entry »

This video has been spreading like wildfire this past week. Walk Off The Earth is from Burlington, ON, and actually, we hosted an interview with them when they first formed on our sister magazine, Canadian Musician‘s blog. Not only is it a great performance of a great tune, but the interesting approach to the instrument is probably the most drawing part. Something cool to show shoppers and music school students about what’s possible on almost ANY instrument when you think outside the box a bit.

Happy NAMM planning. Hit Craig or I with any requests for things you’d like to see/have investigated at the show if you’re not going to be there yourself.

Headed to NAMM? Stop by the Norris-Whitney Communications booth (# 4715) to say “Hi” and pick up your complimentary copies of the latest issues of Canadian Musician, Canadian Music Trade, Professional Sound, and Professional Lighting & Production magazines.

We’ll also have selections from Music Books Plus. Make sure to ask about NWC’s marketing services, including graphic design, website development and promotion, direct marketing, market research, live event management, promotion and publicity, and more.

It was at his first show when NAMM Resource Center/Librarian Dan Del Fiorentino strolled by a booth and saw a small photograph taped to the display case. It was a sales rep for the exhibiting company who had passed away that year. As Dan read the message under the photo, a man in the booth said, “The show is not the same without him.” The feeling is shared by many who have come to realize that the NAMM Show is not just about business and pleasure—for many it is a family gathering and when a member of the family is no longer with us we want to gather together to pay our respects.   Read the rest of this entry »

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