Modern Music was opened on the 20th November 1982 by Andy Pascoe and Arthur Lloyd.

Andy had worked for two of the more general music shops in Truro and wanted to expand and specialise in the group gear side of the business.

His vision was of a shop that would one day build up to stock the elite of professional equipment. Despite advice from his previous employers that this idea was doomed from the start Andy formed a partnership with Arthur and the shop was opened.

Modern Music was started on a shoe-string budget of around £5000.00. It was a far cry then from the fully stocked shop of today.

1985 saw Andy buy Arthur out of the partnership and become a sole trader. Also about that time the Drum Department began to take off and run by Dave Owen showed encouraging signs of growth. Since then Modern Music has gone from strength to strength taking on board more and more agencies over the years.