News Releases
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) honored Motown artist Smokey Robinson with the “Music for Life” award. Robinson is recognized for his five decades of enduring influence in the world of popular music, and his long standing as one of the founders of the Motown dynasty.
Following a precipitous drop in sales between 2008 and 2009, high-end, custom, and boutique acoustic guitars are making an encouraging comeback. Headed into the 2014 NAMM Show, sales of high-end, luthier-crafted and custom acoustic instruments are at a five-year high. Guitar craftsmen and dealers point to a strengthening economy and growing pool of accomplished players for the increase in people searching for (and purchasing) their fretted Holy Grail.
The “mad scientist of electronic music,” known simply as BT, will host the NAMM Foundation’s 29th Annual TEC Awards (Technical Excellence & Creativity), Friday, Jan. 24, in Anaheim, Calif., during the NAMM Show, the music product industry’s premier event.
As the global music products industry prepares for the biggest NAMM Show in five years, the industry looks forward to the all-encompassing live music experience and networking opportunities that are completely unique to NAMM.
Tim Lautzenheiser, VP of Education for Conn Selmer (left) and Richard Crain, President Board of Directors, Midwest Clinic (far right), flank Joe Lamond (center), president and CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). Lamond received the Midwest Clinic's Music Industry Award for his outstanding support of music education.
The personalities, products and emerging technology fueling today’s electronic dance music (EDM) fever play a central role as the NAMM Show returns to the Anaheim Convention Center January 23 – 26, 2014. More than 300 brands will debut the next generation of DJ-related gear at the 2014 NAMM Show making the event a must-attend for brands and buyers looking to predict and profit from EDM’s bright future.
The NAMM Foundation has announced 10 historic 20th-century musical and sound inventions ranging from 1915 through 1998 that will be inducted to its ninth TECnology Hall of Fame. Inventions that have greatly impacted the audio, sound and recording industries will be presented Saturday, January 25, 2014 as part of The NAMM Show’s H.O.T. Zone.
Continuing its commitment to advancing participation in music making, The NAMM Foundation is supporting a research project in collaboration with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and its Turnaround Arts program.
NAMM members will have access to the most essential menu of professional enrichment sessions in the NAMM Show’s history when the world’s leading trade event for the music-products industry returns January 23-26, 2014. The Anaheim Convention Center will light up with technological savvy, marketing innovations, and fresh business approaches at Retail Boot Camp, the NAMM Idea Center, the H.O.T. Zone, and iconic Breakfast Sessions.
