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Music Lessons: Are You Prepared for Back to School?
- NAMM U Post
The back-to-school season is your single biggest make-or-break opportunity with music lessons. What you do to prepare during this period will ultimately affect...
How We Redesigned Our Lesson Program and Tripled Our Students
- NAMM U Post
When Beacock Music first opened in 1976, its lesson program operated traditionally and with fewer systems, explains company co-owner Gayle Beacock. At its peak...
NAMM Foundation Announces William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship Recipients
- Press Release
The NAMM Foundation announces the recipients of the William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year.
Cliff Lange
- Oral History
Cliff Lange has been a dedicated volunteer for the NAMM Foundation’s Museum of Making Music since his retirement from the Carlsbad Library. His
Wolf Marshall
- Oral History
Wolf Marshall has an awful lot of insight into the styles and gear of rock and blues guitarists. It helps that Wolf is an amazing player –and te
Edgar Winter
- Oral History
Edgar Winter grew up in a musical family, his older brother being the blues legend Johnny Winter. Edgar played in several of his brother’s bands
David Shearer
- Oral History
David Shearer is the youngest son of Andy and Rowena, the founders of the family business, Shearers Music. The first store opened in 1963 in dow
Andy Shearer
- Oral History
Andy Shearer along with this dear wife Rowena, opened Shearers Music store in Hamilton, New Zealand in 1963. The couple began with a modest inve
Tim Pratt
- Oral History
Tim Pratt is the president and one of the three owners of Dietz Music located in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1927, Mr.
Jeff Millar-Sax
- Oral History
Jeff Millar-Sax began his association with the music products industry as a consultant while developing a family of friends and companies he has
Lee Hargrove
- Oral History
Lee Hargrove grew up in a musical home, one that not only produced Lee and his life long career in music, but also his sister, Linda Hargrove, wh
Ted Eschliman
- Oral History
Ted Eschliman is the Director of Marketing and Forecast for Dietze Music located in Omaha, Nebraska. He was educated in college as a band direct
Bryan Eagle
- Oral History
Bryan Eagle developed a love for the blues at an early age, which ran as a thread throughout his life, first as a kid listening to early R&B
Peter Dods
- Oral History
Peter Dods was an investment banker on Wall Street on September 11, 2001, which in his words, “uprooted my life and caused me to rethink what I w
10 Easy Ways to Know If You're a Sales Professional
- NAMM U Post
There are salespeople and then there are business development specialists. Some salespeople think they're successful because they have a title, a customer list...
Jason D. Williams
- Oral History
Jason D Williams grew up with music all around him so it was no surprise that he devoted his life to playing. With a strong influence from boogi
Wendel Stoltz
- Oral History
Wendel Stoltz was only a year old when his father, a big band musician, opened a music store in Memphis. The year was 1949. Wendel’s father, Co
Jack Pearson
- Oral History
Jack Pearson grew up listening to the Allman Brothers not knowing that one day he would join the band and tour the world playing the songs he lov
Buzz Cason
- Oral History
Buzz Cason began his musical career as a singer in the late 1950s and early 60s. He formed The Casuals in Nashville and later sang with a group
Skip Buss
- Oral History
Skip Buss played trumpet for several big bands on the road and in local hotel ballrooms during the great Swing Era of the 1940s. He decided to l
Ron Bienstock
- Oral History
Ron Bienstock was playing gigs by night and the editor for the International Musicians & Recording World when he was hired by Hoshino to ser
Cliff Acred
- Oral History
Cliff Acred began playing music in junior high school and later majored in music in college. He played in the 3rd Army Band out of Atlanta while
NAMM Retail Summit (Summer NAMM 2013), Joe Lamond (Intro)
- NAMM U Post
Summer NAMM 2013 kicked off with the NAMM Retail Summit. The session looked at ways music retailers can supercharge their fourth quarter and holiday season....
The Fourth-Quarter Checklist
- NAMM U Post
At the end of the NAMM Retail Summit, Lamond reviewed several key takeaways from the session. An example (takeaway No.
NAMM Member New Sensor Corporation Prepares Compliance Guide for Manufacturers of Digital Products
- Article
The attached article has been prepared by NAMM Me
Fred Rast
- Oral History
Fred Rast is the founder of Fred Rast Mouthpieces and a music lesson instructor for Music Village. The store is located in San Jose, California
Don Kong
- Oral History
Don Kong is the manager of Music Village in San Jose, California. Don worked for a few other music companies before begging to be hired by the s
Anita DeBlasio
- Oral History
Anita DeBlasio manages the Union Ave. location of Music Village in San Jose, California. The store was established by Joe Teixeina in 1964 to serve the...
Craig Bosco
- Oral History
Craig Bosco is a musician and manager of Music Village, a retail store in San Jose, California.
Richard Abreau
- Oral History
Richard Abreau played music in school as a kid but got away from it during most of his professional career. Then in 2001, upon his retirement, R