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"When it comes to buying drums and percussion,
there are so many choices and too much confusion. BTE is so helpful that it
doesn't seem to matter to them if you buy anything. This is an uncommonly
helpful resource."
GE Cleveland, OH
Positive feedback from ebay
100% positive feedback over seven years on ebay (user name Vermont Arts and Music),
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Item is a great value! Thank you so much. L.
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Excellent communication; honest sellers; buy here! T.
Excellent
product and a pleasure to do business with! Thank you!! K.
We offer great information, good prices and an excellent reputation.
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Brandon Trading Emporium
Buying Group
Drums, percussion gear, general music
accessories and more
Quality products
at good prices, and the information you need to make the right
spending decision.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS
No membership fee, no
long forms, never any obligation.
Just call us
at 802 345-1714 or
email us
and you'll receive our regular (but not too frequent)
emails. Feel free to place an order anytime.
BENEFITS
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Get valuable
buying information and advice on hundreds of drum and percussion products.
Use our information to
evaluate your item.
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Good prices (40-50%
off retail), especially on
on limited and one time offers, and periodic specials. We also specialize in finding hard to get items.
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Group buying saves on shipping and provides quantity discounts, too.
NO STORE, NO
CATALOG
We stock only special and hard-to-get items, and order the rest.
With no store and no
snail-mail catalogs to pay for, we spend our time
giving you clear information and offering you good prices.
Call or
email us
and we'll
give you the information you need, or
we'll email you the links that will take you directly to the
manufacturer's website.
QUICK RESPONSE, GREAT REPUTATION
We respond to questions clearly, honestly and knowledgably.
We won't pretend to know something if we don't. Instead we'll help
you find your answers elsewhere.
We also ship items out reliably and as quickly as
possible. In over 7 years on ebay, we have 100% positive feedback.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP...
Next time you have a question
about, or want
to know the availability and a price for a particular product,
email us
or give us a call
at 802 345-1714 (free call on the Verizon Wireless network).
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO BUY...
just email or phone in your
order. We take Paypal, Visa and Mastercard). It'll take 4-5 days for
items not in stock, sooner if we already have your item.
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Drum sets, hand drums and percussion
Taye (Spotlite, RockPro, ProX, TourPro and
Studio Maple)
OrbiTone (decent
quality entry level drum sets)
Anything from
LP (Latin Percussion) congas, bongos, timbales,
etc.
Toca
djembes & other
hand percussion
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Cymbals, small instruments,
hardware
and other percussion gear
Sabian cymbals (see
buying advice below)
Vic
Firth, ProMark, Regal Tip, Vater, Silver Fox sticks and brushes
Remo,
Evans, Aquarian
drum
heads
Gibraltar racks, pedals, seats and other drum hardware
Drum bags and cases
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Keyboard percussion and timpani
IN THE FUTURE: Premier Percussion
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Non-percussion products
All major brands microphones and stands,
cables, guitar strings and
accessories, tuners
and metronomes, reeds, wind instrument cleaning kits, music stands and
much more.
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Here's a typical example of buying advice
we give to our customers
BUYING ADVICE
Don't buy high end cymbals online
High end
(i.e. expensive) cymbals are very inconsistent in quality from
one cymbal to the next. Take two cymbals that are of the same brand
and model, each costing the same amount, and you can love one and hate
the other. As a result, it's impossible to predict that you will like
a cymbal without hearing it first in person.
To counter this obstacle and persuade you to buy their expensive
cymbals, some dealers provide sound clips of the exact cymbal you'd be
buying. Forget it. You can't convey the beauty and power of a great
cymbal through a pair of computer speakers. Listen to the cymbal in
person. Don't buy
high end cymbals online.
For experienced drummers cymbals are very a personal matter -- and
these days there are a lot of choices. We often tell beginning
students and their parents to buy entry level cymbals, such as B8 and
B8 Pro. This allows them time to play and listen until they develop an
ear for what they like in a cymbal. In fact, we tell them they will
probably upgrade their cymbals sooner than upgrade their drums. While
drum sound can be improved using better head choices and skilled
tuning, you can't do much to improve a bad sounding cymbal.
So to get started, entry level cymbals are a good and economical
compromise. They are consistent in the sense that they usually
sound ok, that is, they're seldom great, but rarely horrible. That
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Whenever you're about to buy anything related to drums or
percussion, it's worth it to call us for a price quote.
There’s a glut of
information out there, and a lot of it is useless. Here’s an
opportunity that will only take your time if and when you want
information or a price.
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We don't claim to
be the cheapest
We have low prices, but we can’t be
cheapest for everything. For some items we are, and in that case
order from us. We’ll get you what you want as quickly as possible.
But if we’re not cheapest, go ahead and order elsewhere.
There’s no obligation,
so why not give us a try?
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ARE YOU PART OF A MUSIC DEPARTMENT IN A SCHOOL OR COLLEGE?
We'll be glad to give you a
quote for your upcoming musical needs.
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Confidentiality is important. (see
our Privacy Policy)
We promise to never provide your email address or any
other information to third parties.
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Brandon Trading Emporium Buying Group
PO Box 103
Brandon, VT 05733
802 345-1714
(a
free call on the Verizon Wireless network)
Brandon Trading Emporium is a division of Whole Music Learning.
www.wholemusiclearning.com
If you have been receiving our emails and would like to be removed from
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PASSING IT FORWARD: WE'RE HELPING MAKE THE WORLD OF MUSIC MORE ACCESSIBLE
Free music industry and educational advice for teachers,
students and anyone else!
Here's a benefit having
little to do with buying drums and equipment. When you join the BTE
Buying Group, you also tap into a wealth of free advice on nearly anything
having to do with music and the music industry -- understanding music as a
participant, knowledge about how the music industry works, musical styles,
listening tips, how to form a musical group, advice on publicizing a band
and getting gigs, musical styles...the list goes on and on. If we can't
answer your questions, we'll certainly be able to point you in the right
direction or tell you who to talk with.
When you've been around as long as
we have, you get to know a lot about a few things, and a little about
everything. So, while you may feel awkward at the idea of actually calling
or emailing us, go ahead and
give it a try. It's our way of passing
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WHO ARE WE?
Although there are several of us working behind the
scenes, most of the time you’ll speak with me,
Rob Zollman. Primarily a
player and educator, my experience includes over 40 years of performing,
teaching, band leading, managing and producing. But along the way I’ve
paid close attention to what’s going on in the music industry, and made
lots of good connections with dealers, distributors and other industry
people. As a result I became able to purchase wholesale many of the items
you might find in nearly any drum and percussion products catalogue.
I also
wrote the book Whole Music
Drumming, a unique, comprehensive and musical approach to
learn drumming. As an educator, I’ve taught over a thousand students, many
of whom have gone on to successful careers in music. Several can be found
on jazz, classical and pop recordings.
I’ve
got some well-founded views about what’s going on in
percussion education and music education in general. If you’re interested,
check out my upcoming blog and my
Whole Music Learning
website. Give me a call at 802 345-1714 and I’ll be glad to chat with you.
Rob Zollman
Rob Zollman
President, Brandon Trading Emporium
Founder and Director of Whole Music Learning
Founder and Director of Music Learning Centers of PA
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PASSING IT FORWARD
WE'RE HELPING TO
MAKE THE WORLD OF MUSIC MORE ACCESSIBLE
Free music advice for teachers, students and anyone else!
Here's a benefit having
little to do with buying drums and equipment. When you join the BTE
Buying Group, you also tap into a wealth of free advice on nearly anything
having to do with music and the music industry -- understanding music as a
participant, knowledge about how the music industry works, musical styles,
listening tips, how to form a musical group, advice on publicizing a band
and getting gigs, musical styles...the list goes on and on. If we can't
answer your questions, we'll certainly be able to point you in the right
direction or tell you who to talk with.
When you've been around as
long as we have, you get to know a lot about a few things, and a little
about everything. So, while you may feel awkward at the idea of actually
calling or emailing us, go ahead and give it a try. It's our way of
passing forward some of the knowledge we've received all these years.
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