last day in our office before we close for a one week company vacation. 

nice, isn't it?

next week i'll fly to bangkok to discuss all new projects with our partners over there. i'm happy that the political situation has calmed down somewhat. no more riots in the streets... i also could have told them by skype and email, but sitting around one table with the prototypes in front of us is always the best way to get things done.

there are many promising projects we are currently working on. so let's see what we got in the end.

i wish you all a happy spring/summer time!
you'll hear from me... sooner or later ;-)

mario

hi people,

i'm back from a very inspiring and efficient tour across germany, where i've met with several inventors and product specialists.

first i went to regensburg to meet with mr. bauer who's very much into samba. i showed him our new prototypes and he totally fell in love with them. just some little details that need to be changed... but altogether, the perfect drums to complete our wide variety of samba instruments.

after that i went to frankfurt and visited mr. buchner (as recommended by meinl artist oliver rubow). mr. buchner is a home constructor. his whole house is a mixture of a recording studio and a museum of instruments and recording tools. crazy! he came up with some groundbreaking new ideas for percussion instruments... something i'm really looking forward to working on.

my next destination was hamburg in northern germany. there i met with  two music teachers: cherif floehr-khalil and my old friend arend schmidt-landmeier, with whom i've already developed some meinl instruments. arend is a cajon expert and cherif had some awesome shaker ideas in his pocket. it was nice to see those guys again - thanks for your time and good spirits!

during my trip i went to some drum stores in the cities mentioned above, in order to do some market analysis, interviewing the staff about current trends, and so on.

i also checked the instore situation of each shop to see if there's something to optimize, since we have a clear focuse on instore displays and POS solutions these days. please find enclosed some pics i took at just music in hamburg.

thanks to everybody for your help and input - this is very much appreciated! you inspired me again and WE'll do our best to realize YOUR ideas!

mario

ps. i just had a skype-conference with one of our producer from thailand while typing this blog. he showed me first prototypes of other new projects that are already in the pipeline - wow!

world... be prepared! ;-)

MEINL percussion is looking for a artist relations representative to work in the nashville, TN office.

here's what would be great to see...

a real percussion player, not just congas, but other percussion instruments too. fluency in spanish (spoken and written). an ability to travel when necessary. enjoy meeting and working with new people. must know the basics with a computer.

please send resumes to: cbrewer(at)meinlusa.com

thanks, mario