{"id":3325,"date":"2017-07-09T23:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T03:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2019-11-05T13:53:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T18:53:22","slug":"menzie-pittman-virginias-contemporary-music-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/?p=3325","title":{"rendered":"Keeping MI Retail Contemporary: Menzie Pittman of Virginia&#8217;s Contemporary Music Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Menzie Pittman of Virginia&#8217;s Contemporary Music Center.<\/p>\n<p>Whether he knows it or not, Menzie Pittman has always been an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>Before his store Virginia&#8217;s Contemporary Music Center was even a thought, the drum teacher had 96 students, 20 students on a waiting list, and worked with a handful of school bands.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not even counting the bands that Pittman performed in.<\/p>\n<p>Still, at the end of the day, the Contemporary Music Center owner finds it hard to unwind when there\u2019s so much to juggle between the store\u2019s (very successful) two locations in <a href=\"\/rentals\/chantilly-rentals\/\">Chantilly<\/a> and <a href=\"\/rentals\/haymarket-rentals\/\">Haymarket<\/a>, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of knew in 1989 what to expect, as far as no \u2018off switch.\u2019 That\u2019s the one thing they don\u2019t tell you, when you go to open your own business, they don\u2019t tell you there\u2019s no off switch, they don\u2019t tell you that the thing never sleeps, you don\u2019t have an off switch, you\u2019re just on all the time,\u201d Pittman says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14738\" src=\"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/keeping-mi-retail-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/keeping-mi-retail-01.jpg 300w, https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/keeping-mi-retail-01-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>But if anyone was made to handle the stress and duress of managing 8,000 square feet of store, it\u2019s Pittman. With almost 30 years of business experience under his belt, and a lifetime of teaching and performing ingrained into his system, Pittman is the man you\u2019d want as the captain of any ship \u2013 and he has the success and history at Virginia&#8217;s Contemporary Music Center to prove it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittman Family Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pittman grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, surrounded by musical talent in one of the most pivotal periods of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll history. In the midst of the explosion of the British Invasion in the 60s, Pittman\u2019s siblings dabbled in rockabilly, James Brown, and Elvis. His father, who played professionally in a jazz band until his 30s, stayed in music his whole life, playing about three days a week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father was a professional saxophonist, so that was the catalyst to my exposure to music. I often joke and say my first gig was as a roadie,\u201d Pittman says.<\/p>\n<p>Between helping his father with his gear when going to shows, to seeing the frequent living room rehearsals of his dad\u2019s 7-piece band, Pittman\u2019s involvement with music grew rapidly by the time he was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the house, it really affected all of us, because there wasn\u2019t anyone who met my father who didn\u2019t immediately revere what he did, so that spoke to me growing up,\u201d Pittman adds. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t agree on everything in the house, but we always agreed that music was reverent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Pittman founded a band in high school, things never blew up for the young rockers, but every member of the group went pro at some point afterwards. While one member is now an actor, two are studio musicians, and one works in commercial music, Pittman went pro in an entirely different way.<\/p>\n<p>When Pittman was about to take over the business that would become Contemporary Music Center, he had 96 students (with a waiting list of 20 students), worked for three high school marching bands, and was in two different freelance bands. From that point on, Pittman realized that freelance performances would probably be the best fit with his new schedule and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>After performing in a total of fifteen-plus bands over the span of his career, Pittman doesn\u2019t play for a living anymore, but the idea of starting a new project is never off the table. \u201cI don\u2019t perform for income anymore. 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