People always ask us: "What does PLADD mean?" Here's the story:
The year was 1996 and Chris Mitchell (owner of Pladd Dot Music) and Brian Hendrix (lifelong friend) needed to develop a company name for the business endeavors of Wallace Green (the band in which they recorded and released two albums). Brian and Chris had been friends since they were 8 years old and had been creating music together since they were 14. Chris told Brian that he'd like to call the company "Plaid Dot Music" and have the company logo be an actual "plaid dot". Brian agreed and immediately suggested that the word "plaid" should be spelled "pladd" (because the actual spelling of the word just didn't seem right). In a moment of creativity, Chris agreed holistically and both of them agreed that "Pladd Dot Music" would handle all of Wallace Green's business needs. The rest is ANYTHING but history...
Since that conversation in 1996, Pladd Dot Music has grown from a simple idea to a business with a solid foundation in music education and and sales, providing first rate creative solutions in all of it's endeavors.
Our local retail establishment of Pladd Dot Music at 38 North Main Street, Statesboro is focused on music education by offering lessons in Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass, Voice, and Music Composition. Since creativity is the foundation of Pladd Dot Music, it's no coincidence that we take a very creative approach to educating our students. Pladd Dot Music currently teaches over 175 students a week on a one on one basis and is proud to be the largest independent music school in Statesboro. In January 2009, Pladd Dot Music published Lessons For Life; an instructional book for guitar. Our music instructors understand the importance of a performance-based learning environment. Our students learn; our students perform.
Our company is divided into several categories:
Pladd Dot Music: Handles local and online retail sales as well as our foundation in Music Education
Pladd Dot Distributing: Handles the wholesale division of Pladd Dot Music, distributing our brands to certified dealers.
Pladd Dot Publishing: Handles all print media and our music publications.
Pladd Dot Records: Handles our recording studio and recording projects.
Pladd Dot Pro Audio: Handles all of our commercial installation of professional audio.