NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond welcomes industry legends and old friends Vic Firth and Bob Zildjian to share stories about their early business beginnings and how they've led their companies, Vic Firth Inc. and Sabian through lean and prosperous years.
With many exciting new products at the show, it’s sometimes difficult to make sure you’ve seen all the important new items. Join Music Inc. publisher Frank Alkyer and a panel of retail buyers, media and gear heads as they scour the aisles and dig into the merchandise to find the best products, ideas and trends.
Presented by Peter Dods, Easy Music Center
Jen Tabor of Souldier Guitar Straps, USA, presents ways to give your retail store a facelift and turn your employees into assets. Unlock the hidden potential in your store with simple ideas and easy tips at little to no expense, including: creating specialists (i.e., young people who are being underutilized in the store and who need to have a further specialty); encouraging your staff - you do
Listen as Billy Cuthrell, owner of Progressive Music Center, explains how he increases efficiency in his store through delegation and one on one communication with his staff.
Joe Lamond interviews Tom Bedell, a savvy business owner whose passion for music making has fueled the buzz around and success of his guitar company, Two Old Hippies, Inc.
Yoko Ono Lennon, musical artist and wife of the late John Lennon, talks about the efforts of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, which gives teens the chance to make and record music of their own, and shares her personal views on how music making helps to “heal” the world.
Remo Belli of Remo, Inc., shares stories about his early musical beginnings, the inception of his business and his company’s efforts to promote the potential health benefits of music making.
Music industry legend Quincy Jones sits down with NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond to discuss his career, his passion for music and to accept the NAMM Music for Life Award, the industry’s highest honor acknowledging Quincy’s efforts to inspire people through music, as well has his lifelong support of music and music education.