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Build Your Succession-Planning Team Now
- NAMM U Post
Creating a succession strategy takes time and outside help. In fact, most music retailers will require a team of professionals to help them design and...
Summer NAMM Provides Invaluable Opportunities, June 23-25
- Press Release
The inspiration begins here for the global music products industry as registration and housing open for Summer NAMM held June 23-25, 2016 at Nashville’s Music...
John Krivit
- Oral History
John Krivit was interviewed at the NAMM Show in Anaheim 2016 and covered his career in the audio industry as well as his work as President of the
Tony Brown
- Oral History
Tony Brown, the Nashville recording producer, started his career playing piano for Elvis Presley! Tony became a noted studio musician working wi
NAMM Foundation Boosts Music Education in High-Risk Schools
- Press Release
Music education opportunity is expanding in 19 of the nation’s most high-risk schools and districts thanks in part to ongoing Turnaround Arts support from the...
Don Randi
- Oral History
Don Randi is among the most noted studio musicians that came out of Los Angeles during the famous Wall of Sound era. Don was a member of the Wre
John Scofield
- Oral History
John Scofield remembers the music retail stores around his town growing up and proudly gives gratitude to the many retail stores involved with hi
How to Turn Student Concerts Into a Runaway Community Success
- NAMM U Post
In eight years, Noel Wentworth of Wentworth Music has grown his lesson program from 88 to 800-plus students. He credits his student concert events as a key...
NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards Celebrate the Best in Music Products Retailing
- Press Release
NAMM invites music product retailers worldwide to be recognized for their various contributions to the industry at the sixth annual
Essential Tips for a Successful YouTube Channel
- NAMM U Post
At 2015 Summer NAMM, Chrissy Hansen of Chicago Music Exchange and Reverb.com revealed why a successful YouTube channel is one of a music retailer’s most...
Ron Rowe
- Oral History
Ron Rowe served as President of JW Pepper following the tennor of his dear friend Dean Burtch.
Thinking Outside the Box in Manufacturer/Artist Relations
- NAMM U Post
Bobby "Guitar" Bennett
- Oral History
Bobby Guitar Bennett was among the pioneering musicians who proved that Fender Stratocaster was the perfect instrument for the blues. Mr.
Weird Al Yankovic
- Oral History
Weird Al Yankovic built his career upon creating parodies of hit songs, with a special focus on incorporating his beloved accordion. Al began re
Dan Weingarten
- Oral History
Dan Weingarten is a professor at CSU Northridge who also taught at Loyola Marymount University within the Theater Arts Department with a specialt
Bill Szymczyk
- Oral History
Bill Szymczyk built a small crystal radio set as a kid and soon discovered a world of music and sound that would forever change his life. As a recording...
Andy Vargas
- Oral History
Andy Vargas’ father was the leader of a mariachi band, which became a large influence on young Andy growing up. He witnessed what the power of m
Bobby Watson
- Oral History
Bobby Watson grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and remembers dreaming of buying a new saxophone at the local music store. An early gig with drummer Ar
Bob Rupp
- Oral History
Bob Rupp was on his way to Hollywood to make his name as a session player when his car broke down in Denver. The year was 1979 and Bob never lef
Steve Rucker
- Oral History
Steve Rucker is the Director of Drumset Studies at the University of Miami. His long and interesting career began in Charlotte, where his father
Jonathan Mover
- Oral History
Jonathan Mover began playing drums at age 13, being inspired by the music he heard on the radio. While his career included playing for well-known jingles,...
Scott MacDonald
- Oral History
Scott MacDonald grew up in a musical family, with his father having been a bagpiper. When Scott’s hands had developed enough to begin lessons on
Michael Lipe
- Oral History
Michael Lipe turned his passion for guitars into his own, successful business.
Steve Grindrod
- Oral History
Steve Grindrod is the guitar amplifier designer who has pioneered the master-volume models for Marshall with design work on the JCM800 and Silver
Larry Cragg
- Oral History
Larry Cragg is sometimes called the guitar repairman to the stars! He established a repair shop in Marin County, California, to offer an extensi
Gene Cornish
- Oral History
Gene Cornish began playing harmonica at an early age and soon added guitar to his list of instruments, the very two he would make a full career f
June Wang
- Oral History
June Wang is very proud of her company, Pearl River. She is an outstanding spokesperson for the China-based piano manufacturer. In fact, it was Ms. Wang who...
Tom Van Hoose
- Oral History
Tom Van Hoose has become an expert on the Gibson 400 Series guitars and in fact even wrote the book on the subject. As a collector, Tom found himself...
Frank Simes
- Oral History
Frank Simes was born in Tokyo, Japan and began studying guitar at the age of ten. During his fascinating career in music Frank has played guitar