Saving the Day: Discount Music Center
Following is an account of how Discount Music Center saved the hides of a team of Mackoids, as told by Product Specialist Matt Redmon.
There were three of us.
It was time for breakfast, but we couldn’t think about that just now.
We had to get from the NSCA Expo in Orlando to Remix Hotel in Miami by the end of the day, and we’d just found out we needed a CDJ deck–-a “Compact Disc Jockey” scratch player, for those outside the vinyl loop. Really, what we’d just found out is that we needed a CDJ and that there were none left for rent-–at all–-in all of Miami, where we were headed to do said event to promote our DJ mixers and newfound partnership with Native Instruments, the makers of Traktor Scratch.
To pause for a second and give you an idea of our mindset: When you just wrap up a show the size and scale of NSCA and you have one day to get from there to a sister city that’s over 200 miles away (by way of Ft Lauderdale, eh hem), the last thing you are prepared to deal with is trying to get your hands on something that doesn't seem to be available anywhere.
We were still in Orlando at the time, and after exhausting our Miami options, we made a call to nearby Mackie dealer Discount Music Center. Thankfully, they proved to be our safety net.
Sales Manager Keith C was very accommodating in getting us hooked up with a rental CDJ. After that was done, we took a few minutes to get a tour of the store. Located at 3301 Gardenia Avenue, right off of I-94 in Orlando, Discount Music Center is an all-around, all-purpose, music and audio store.
The folks there are pleasant and easy to work with, and the sales people actually use and know the gear they're pitching. What a treat!
So, after a few minutes of chatting--and a major Mackie crisis averted--we hit the road again on the long haul to Miami, with CDJ in tow and spirits on the rise.
But we wanted to take a quick pause to say: Thanks again for the help, Keith and Crew! We’ll see you again soon!
-Matt Redmon, Product Specialist
