Tuesday, August 26, 2014
HUBBARD
Mark Tirabassi’s roots with music are deep.
The owner of Hubbard Music, 51 N. Main St., sells big-name brand instruments, such as Fender and Washburn for guitars.
“We’re not just a mom-and-pop store,” Tirabassi said.
The store also does rentals that provide audio and lighting systems and instruments to local and national performing artists including Tony Bennett and Snoop Dog.
Its rental business expands as far as West Virginia and Kentucky.
“We’re selling the things we love and do,” said Rob McFarland, general manager of the store.
“I just like that family-owned style of business.”
Tirabassi’s business aspirations go back as far back as the 1980s when he was a sophomore in high school.
During that time, Tirabassi gave private drum lessons to other teens in his parents’ basement and even helped provide new instruments to them.
The constant noise never bothered his parents — especially his mother, Margie Tirabassi.
“I knew where my son was,” she said. The parents still volunteer at the store. “As a family we’re behind him 100 percent,” she added.
Read more about the Tirabassi and his operation in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.