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Stephan Peus
- Oral History
Stephan Peus started out his career with the Georg Neumann GmbH in Berlin in 1974.
Douglas Woodfull-Harris
- Oral History
Douglas Woodfull-Harris started his career as a studio musician in San Francisco.
Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle
- Oral History
Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle is one of five children of Karl Vötterle who founded the Bärenreiter-Verlag in 1923.
Leonhard Scheuch
- Oral History
Leonhard Scheuch was born 1938 in Winterthur, Switzerland.
Renate Matthei
- Oral History
Renate Matthei is the founder of Furore, a music publishing house in Kassel, Germany founded 1986 exclusively dedicated to publishing women compo
Sabine Kemna
- Oral History
Sabine Kemna is sales director at Furore. The publishing house focuses exclusively on offering works by female composers.
Erik Gramkow
- Oral History
Erik Gramkow started his career in the music business with piano manufacturer Brødr Jørgensen.
Peter Kragh-Jacobsen
- Oral History
Peter Kragh-Jacobsen started out as a percussionist performing all over Denmark.
Knud Damgaard
- Oral History
Knud Damgaard loves guitars. Not surprisingly being regional sales manager for Fender in Scandinavia since 2000 is a dream come true for him.
Poul Marno Sørensen
- Oral History
Poul Marno Sørensen inherited Marno Sørensen Music store from his father located for many years in the heart of Copenhagen.
Martin Elneff
- Oral History
Martin Elneff is owner of i.K. Gottfried, a music store specializing in sales, production and repair of woodwind instruments since 1796.
Andy Talamantez
- Oral History
Andy Talamantez fronts The Andy T-Nick Nixon Band out of Nashville. Andy’s guitar playing style is heavily influenced by T-Bone Walker and B.B.
Nick Nixon
- Oral History
Nick Nixon and Andy Talamantez formed The Andy-T-Nick Nixon Band, which was based in Nashville.
Bill Rickard
- Oral History
Bill Rickard is the founder of Rickard Banjos – banjos featuring a classic design with modern innovations.
JD Crowe
- Oral History
JD Crowe recalled seeing Earl Scruggs perform in Lexington with Lester Flatt when he was a kid. The sound was so unique and different that all y
Tony Lovello
- Oral History
Tony Lovello began playing accordion when he was five years old, thanks to the fact that his father was a professional musician. Tony performed
Steven Ambrose
- Oral History
Steven Ambrose first started liking country music after hearing Johnny Cash through headphones during a recording session.
Boo Mitchell
- Oral History
Boo Mitchell was born in Memphis, TN to a very musical family. Hi father, Willie Mitchell, ran Royal Studios and was VP of Hi Records.
Matt Ross-Spang
- Oral History
Matt Ross-Spang is a Grammy award winning engineer, mixer, and producer.
Jim DeStafney
- Oral History
Jim DeStafney is the co-owner of Blues Angel Music in Pensacola, Florida.
Chuggy Carter
- Oral History
Chuggy Carter has performed drums and percussion for a number of top performers over his long and fascinating career. Equally noted to his music
Jerry Andreas
- Oral History
Jerry Andreas has ben leading the Pro Audio/Video division at SKB for more than 10 years.
Tony James
- Oral History
Tony James hosted the popular Disney Channel series “Out of the Box” for seven years.
Gil Griffith
- Oral History
Gil Griffith began his career in the music industry on a whim.
Lauren Haas Amanfoh
- Oral History
Lauren Haas Amanfoh started answering phones at age three and began writing rental contracts at age 10.
David Huff
- Oral History
David Huff formed Huff Recording Studios, where he has engineered sessions with a string of country, pop and rock artists. His career began when
Sonny Curtis
- Oral History
Sonny Curtis is thought to be the first person to have recorded a rock and roll song using the Fender Stratocaster. The recording date took plac
Vince Gill
- Oral History
Vince Gill attended his first NAMM Show when he was nineteen years old and living in Los Angeles, California, back in 1977. Over the years, Vinc
Emmylou Harris
- Oral History
Emmylou Harris is a 13-time Grammy award winning American singer-songwriter.
Jozef Nuyens
- Oral History
Jozef Nuyens founded The Castle recording studios in 1982. The Castle is one of the best known recording facilities in the world.