Reverb.com reports they will facilitate $280M in transactions in 2016, and current monthly website visits are 7 million. Its founder, David Kalt, founded an online brokerage company OptionsXpress in 2000 and owns the Chicago Music Exchange, a Lincoln Avenue music store full of beautiful, high end instruments. Interestingly, OptionsXpress went public in 2005 and was purchased by Charles Schwab in 2011 for $1 billion. "David's drive for creating market liquidity and pricing transparency combined with his passion for music and vintage guitars are the key ingredients in Reverb's foundation," offers Chrissy Hansen, Director of Marketing for Reverb.com.
by Clive Young Prince already had Madison Square Garden in the palm of his hand when he gave the crowd a sly grin and broke into "1999," a smash that many in attendance probably hadn't heard since at least that date. Back at the turn of the Millennium, it seemed the song had run its natural course, hitting an obvious expiration date when the years suddenly had the number 2 in front of them.
"I got to mix Prince twice, once at an American Idol finale and the second time at the Billboard Awards. Both times it was an absolutely exhilarating experience—one of those rare "wow" moments that remind you why you got into the business. At the Billboard Awards show [as] he played with Third Eye Girl, I remember thinking at the time that it would be the closest I could get to mixing Jimi Hendrix. " —FOH Engineer Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher