Financing available through School music directors, click here to log in! Store Hours Monday - Friday:  9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday:  10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday:  CLOSED We will be CLOSED on Friday and Saturday, December 25th and 26th, and on Friday January 1st. Happy Holidays! Visit our YouTube channel to see our videos, including past clinics! We have done sound and light in the past for recording artist Michael Martin Murphey, and were pleased to hear of his Grammy award nomination!  The press release is below.  Congratulations Murph! December 7, 2009 Grammy Nomination for Michael Martin Murphey "Buckaroo Blue Grass" Nominated for Best Bluegrass Album Rural Rhythm Records is very proud to announce Michael Martin Murphey’sGRAMMY® nomination for BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM, “BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS” released last February.  "We are so happy for Murph on his Grammy® Album Nomination!  He has worked so hard to get his bluegrass album done right in a way that honors, respects and maintains the integrity of bluegrass music and at the same time presents his classic songs in a new and fresh Buckaroo Blue Grass style.  Certainly having some of today's top bluegrass artists performing on the album has helped accomplish Murph's vision for the Buckaroo Blue Grass album,” said Rural Rhythm Records President, Sam Passamano, Jr. This Billboard™ TOP 50 BLUEGRASS chart album (retail sales) album has received other impressive attention this year including holding the #1spot on the Roots Music Bluegrass Report (airplay) for three weeks in a row last month.  CMT.com recently posted a feature article “Michael Martin Murphey Embraced by Bluegrass”, plus named the album in theirTop 10 Independent Releases Worth Checking Out article earlier this year. “BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS” includes numerous fan favorites including, “Carolina in the Pines,” “Lone Cowboy,” and many more.  Anothertrack from the album, “Close to the Land (America’s Heartland),” is now in its fourth year as the theme song for the national hit television show America’s Heartland, and also includes a VIDEO RELEASE.  This music video includes images from Paul Mobley’s book, THE AMERICAN FARMER - a recent winner of the Book of the Year Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Murphey was extremely grateful for the nomination and said, “It’s wonderful to be mentioned as a Grammy® nominee in the company of people like Steve Martin who has done so much for the bluegrass genre this year.  I am so thankful to the Producer, my son, Ryan Murphey andPatt Flynn who organized the players (Sam Bush, Rob Ickes, Charlie Cushman, Andy Leftwich, Ronnie McCoury, Ryan Murphey, Craig Nelson, Pat Flynn, Tim Stidolph, Clay Riness, Matt Wilkes, David Davidson), Keith Compton (Engineer), and Rhonda Vincent who provided vocals and is also a Grammy® nominee in the same category.” “I’m very grateful to all of the bluegrass bands that have recorded my songs over the years. I’m so blessed to have the support of my realfamily including my wife Karen, plus my new adopted family, Rural Rhythm Records that includes all the Passamano family and Penni McDaniel. I’m thankful for my Agent, Mike Drudge who introduced me to the Rural Rhythm family. He keeps us very busy on the road and I appreciate the support from PLA Media as well," he continued. Murphey's performances were extremely well received during the recentInternational Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrassconvention held in Nashville.  Fans were thrilled when he appeared on stage with #1 bluegrass artist, Carrie Hassler, to perform a duet of “WILDFIRE,” and also “RUNNING GUN” with bluegrass veteran, Audie Blaylock & Redline.  Both of these new single releases will appear on “BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS II (Riding Song) set for a February 9, 2010 release. Many fans have been curious about the spelling of “BLUE GRASS” on the CD instead of “bluegrass” so record label President, Sam Passamano previously explained, "When Murph and I were developing the cover art for ‘BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS’, I mentioned that it would be cool if we used the old school alternative spelling for Blue Grass that can be found on many classic albums by our Bluegrass Legends and many of our Rural Rhythm titles released in the 60's that almost always used this ‘Blue Grass alternative spelling.  Murph thought that this would be a nice touch to connect something from the genres past to the present as he delivers his own Bluegrass style to many of the well known and loved, Michael Martin Murphey classic songs.” Welcome to SSE Music's website and online store!We have always put the customer first, and we will provide our online customers with the same high-quality service our in-store customers have enjoyed for over 20 years!  We guarantee fine products backed up by our own complete service and repair facilities.  Just follow the links to the left for more information about our products, services, and community involvement! We have played an integral role in developing retail and educational music in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. We support fundraising for area educators and are involved in many community events. We are a proud advocate of many fine music programs in schools throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota. We encourage your support of the various fundraisers those schools and organizations conduct in order to help sustain these programs which provide a quality and fun educational experience for their students. Of course, if you live outside of our area, we still encourage you to support your local music educational programs! We also actively support a variety of community organizations and events!  Check out our local events calendar for current and upcoming fun family activities in the local music world! We have an extensive library of print music, including:  single sheets, digital sheet music download services, artist collections, guitar and bass tablature, instrumental method books, piano and vocal repertoire, and WSMA contest music.  If you're looking for a specific piece of print music, feel free to come on in and browse, or contact us to see if we have it in stock.  If we don't, we can probably order it for you! The most popular instrumental method books, used by area school districts, are available for purchase in our online store and can be found here. We are proud to sponsor and support the following La Crosse area musical organizations!  Click on the links below to visit each organization's website: We have been fortunate enough to host some fantastic drum clinics in the past few years.  Click on the pictures below to view photos from the events! Jimmy Chamberlin, former drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins (clinic held 2009) Mike Mangini, "World's Fastest Drummer" (clinic held 2005) Todd Sucherman, drummer for STYX (clinic held 2007) Todd Sucherman redux! (clinic held 2008) Below is an extensive, although by no means complete, list of the products we carry.  Feel free to contact us or use the Search function of our online store to find out what we have in stock!  If we don't carry a particular item you're looking for, we'll be happy to look into special ordering it for you. Acoustic & Digital Pianos and Keyboards Pearl River Pianos Kawai Pianos Roland Digital Pianos and Keyboards Casio Keyboards Keyboard Amps, Stands, and Piano Lamps Peavey Keyboard Amps Roland Keyboard Amps Hercules Keyboard Stands Ultimate Support Keyboard Stands House of Troy Piano Lamps Brass & Woodwind Instruments Conn-Selmer Instruments (Including Bach, Selmer USA, Henri Selmer Paris, C. G. Conn, Leblanc, Holton, Armstrong, Emerson, and more) Andreas Eastman Winds Gemeinhardt Flutes and Piccolos Fox Orchestral Instruments (we keep violins, violas and cellos in stock; upright basses available via special order) Eastman Strings Glaesel Knilling Band and Orchestral Accessories Conn-Selmer Instrument Care Products CodaBow Carbon-Fiber Bows D'Addario Strings Shoulder Rests Rico Reeds Vandoren Reeds Tom Crown and Humes & Berg Mutes DEG Band Accessories Bach, Holton, Leblanc, Selmer, Selmer Paris, and Kelly Mouthpieces (and more!) Hercules Instrument Stands Music Stands Metronomes, Tuners, and Tuner/Metronome Combinations Acoustic, Electric, Acoustic/Electric, and Bass Guitars; Mandolins, Ukeleles, and Banjos Schecter Guitars and Basses Dean Guitars and Basses G & L Guitars and Basses Peavey Guitars and Basses Oscar Schmidt Guitars, Mandolins, and Ukeleles Washburn Guitars  Deering Banjos Guitar & Bass Amps, Pedals, Processors, Pickups, Strings, Stands, Straps, and Tuners Ampeg Amps Crate Amps Mesa/Boogie Amps Peavey Amps DigiTech Pedals and Processors Boss Pedals Seymour Duncan Pickups D'Addario Strings Elixir Strings Ernie Ball Strings ghs Strings Martin Strings SIT Strings Hercules Guitar Stands Levy's Straps Planet Waves Straps Hand-Held and Pedal Tuners Drums, Cymbals, Concert & Marching Percussion, and Hand & Ethnic Percussion Yamaha Acoustic and Electronic Drums Ludwig Drums Pearl Drums Roland Electronic Drums Paiste Cymbals Sabian Cymbals Zildjian Cymbals  Musser Percussion Latin Percussion (LP) Toca Percussion Drumheads, Drumsticks, Mallets, and Drum Hardware Aquarian Heads Evans Heads Remo Heads Ahead Sticks Promark Sticks Xcel Sticks Zildjian Sticks Vater Sticks Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets American Drum Mallets Gibraltar and Pearl Hardware Microphones, Stands, and Headphones AKG Audio Technica Audix Sennheiser Shure On Stage Mic Stands Mixers, Amps, Speakers, Recording, Sound Reinforcement, Karaoke Players, and Lighting Peavey Soundcraft Tapco TASCAM TEAC JBL Professional Speakers Lexicon Recording Interfaces Edirol Recorders and Interfaces Crown dbx QSC Stanton DJ Equipment VocoPro Karaoke Chauvet Lighting Instrument and Equipment Cases Eastman ProTec JBL Speaker Bags and Cases Gator Grundorf  TKL