About Coast Music
In just over a decade, Coast Music, a division of Jam Industries, has established itself as Canada’s premier distributor of musical instruments and accessories. Facing many challenges in a fiercely competitive environment, Coast Music has distinguished itself by providing superior customer service and representing the integrity of its business partners, each a high profile leader in its respective market segment. Unprecedented professional service is combined with a formidable sales force. Each member of the team possesses a clear vision and understanding of their objectives.

Led by a Vice President, Coast Music employs the best in the business with over 30 associates, including product managers; an impressive outside sales force covering every region of Canada; an Inside sales team that provides customer service and a dedicated support team that includes marketing, purchasing and graphic design.

Coast Music Success:

• Vast resources to provide product lines with appropriate attention
• Economies of scale that our larger operation has to offer
  Coast Music has a history of quickly increasing brand loyalty, sales and support on all our exclusive lines.
• Focus, stability, strategic growth
  Striving for growth, we are careful in choosing a product line to represent. We focus on leaders in their product categories that are complimentary to our existing product lines.
• Our team, resources, marketing strength
  The Coast Music team is comprised of over 30 seasoned professionals. Our managers and salesmen were recruited from all sectors of the music industry. Together, they embody the most capable and experienced team working in Canada. Each one of our reps has an outstanding reputation amongst our dealers.
• Latest state of the art computer hardware and software.
  Managed by a team of MIS professionals enabling us to monitor business activity by the minute and produce vital analysis of sales and inventory movement.

About Jam Industries Ltd.
Founded in 1972, Jam Industries Ltd. began operating in Montreal under the trade name of Erikson Music. In the 1980s Jam Industries widened its scope with the formation of Korg Canada and Erikson Pro Audio allowing greater focus on important Marketing areas. In April 1986 Jam industries purchased Coast Wholesale Music Ltd. and proceeded to transform this Western Canadian company from a regional distributor into a full-fledged national marketing and sales force. Into the 1990s the company further expanded with Pro Audio entering the lighting market, distributing Martin Professional Lighting products into Canada; and into the consumer electronics field with the Erikson Consumer division.

Today, Jam Industries is made up of 6 divisions, each division led by a Vice-President, reporting directly to the Chairman and President. Each division acts as an individual profit centre and combined they distribute over one hundred leading brands in Canada. The most recent addition of American Music & Sound has enabled Jam industries to emulate their business strategies in the United States.

Coast Music	Musical instruments and accessories including renowned brands such as Jupiter, Sonor Drums, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth
Erikson Audio	Professional audio equipment including renowned brands such as Audio-Technica microphones, Fostex & Vestax D.J. Equipment and Stanton Electronics
Erikson Consumer	Consumer electronics including renowned brands such as Harmon/Kardon, JBL and Infinity
Erikson Music	Musical instruments including renowned brands such as Korg keyboards, Marshall amplifiers and Pearl Drums
Erikson Pro	Professional equipment including renowned brands such as Martin Professional Lighting, Allen & Heath and SLS
American Music & Sound	Professional audio equipment and musical instruments including renowned brands such as Allen & Heath, Walden Guitars and Mark Bass Amps

Jam now employees over 250 people at their state of the art offices and distribution centres in Montreal and Vancouver with 240,000 sq. ft of warehouse space. The key to Jam's success is its people. Open lines of communication inspire initiative and dedication.