NAMM President and CEO opens the fifth annual Breakfast of Champions session, a fascinating gathering of the industry’s best and brightest.

Joe Lamond, NAMM CEO & President, interviews Chris Martin, the sixth-generation CEO of Martin Guitars, founded by his family in 1833.

Listen to Donna Hall’s creative solution when one of her star teachers contemplates leaving to teach at another music school.

In this clip, Dom Famularo is asked an interesting question by an audience member in the Idea Center: What happens when your students start to play better than your teachers? He shares his perspective on the idea that sometimes you can't just hire better teachers—you have to make them.

The opportunity to better understand technology can help grow your business. You can build your Web presence, step-by-step, with some tips from our industry experts, Bobby Boyles, Jen Lowe and Kurt Witt.

NAMM President/CEO Joe Lamond kicked off 2009 Summer NAMM with the State of the Industry Address, where he discussed the changing economy, its impact on the industry and the challenges and opportunities as the music products community prepares for fall and holiday selling season.

George Hines, owner of George's Music Stores, Inc., provides valuable tips and insights through these sales training materials, videos and course.  Website: http://www.georgesmusic.com/  The course is structured to allow you to start and stop as needed, and to easily get back to the area of interest.

Mark Hiskey, President of ILIo, reveals the changes his company made to meet the challenges of the current financial climate. 

In addition to increasing foot traffic in your store, print music sales and consumables sales, Pete Gamber describes some of the many additional benefits to having music lessons in your store.

Finding qualified teachers is a major challenge that many stores face.  Pete Gamber reveals some of the resources he uses to find experienced teachers.