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Donald Hodges
- Oral History
Donald Hodges is a music educator who has taken on the research role to map the brain's responses to music.
Calvin Grafton
- Oral History
Calvin Grafton was very interested in the radio business as a youngster.
Lynn Clapp
- Oral History
Lynn Clapp opened a small guitar shop in the back of a piano store in 1967. He later moved into his own building in Knoxville and called the pla
Fred Buch
- Oral History
Fred Buch has always been interested in combining electronic technology with pipe organs.
Mark Amentt
- Oral History
Mark Amentt was brought into the music products industry to help direct the then, newly established AIMM group, to better serve its members.
How to Host the Ultimate In-Store Sales Event for $250
- NAMM U Post
Does your store hit a low every summer, right before the back-to-school season begins? Raegan Michelle Medeiros found her business, John Michael's Music, in...
NAMM Members and Artists Advocate Together for Music Education on Capitol Hill
- Press Release
NAMM Members, accompanied by musical artists and arts education partners continue to work in support of music education as they return from an event-filled...
Forest Legality Alliance April Newsletter
- Article
Forest legality Alliance (FLA) Newsletter now available. Information on World Forests Summit, Asia Anti-deforestation pledge, case studies and news. The next...
Did You Miss the Wood Import Due Care Standards Webinar on March 29?
- Article
Please review the PPT from the Standard for Due Diligence in Pr
VH1 Save the Music Foundation, NAMM and NAfME Honor Music Education Advocacy Heroes
- Press Release
In a Capitol Hill ceremony attended by musical artists and other advocates for music education, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va), Senator Joe Manchin (D-W
NAMM Foundation Heralds 2013's Best Communities for Music Education
- Press Release
– Heralding the commitment to music education, the NAMM Foundation designated
The VH1 Save The Music Foundation, NAMM & NAfME Honor Senator Rockefeller, Senator Manchin & Randall Reid-Smith With The SupportMusic Award
- Press Release
On Wednesday, March 20th, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and the National Association for Music Education (...
Move Your Inventory by Choosing the Winners and Losing the Others
- NAMM U Post
One of the biggest problems most music retailers face is inventory. They have too many products that aren’t moving and not enough products that are. This can...
Kerry King
- Oral History
Kerry King has become a regular artist that NAMM member retailers could meet during the trade shows.
Mac Yasuda
- Oral History
Mac Yasuda played country music at an early age and fell in love with the style. He organized a band in Japan dedicated to country music. As hi
Tom White
- Oral History
Tom White is the President of the MIDI Manufacturing Association. The organization was created following the 1983 introduction of MIDI at the NA
Lars Wern
- Oral History
Lars Wern is the Vice President of Em Nordic AB in Stockholm, Sweden, working alongside the company’s founder, Benny Englund. In fact, during th
Thomas Weilbier
- Oral History
Thomas Weilbier is the President of No. 1 Guitar Center GmbH, which is located in the musical hub of Hamburg, Germany. Thomas related some of the strong rock...
Rob Wallis
- Oral History
Rob Wallis and Paul Siegel formed DCI Publishing based on videos they recorded at their Drummers Collective School in New York. DCI soon became
Robin Walenta
- Oral History
Robin Walenta attended the University of Northern Iowa and Middle Tennessee State University before joining West Music in 1982.
Clemens Von Arnim
- Oral History
Clemens Von Arnim is the CEO of Louis Renner & Co., producer of the Renner Action and Hammerheads for pianos, the company his great-grandfath
Siwei Zou
- Oral History
Siwei Zou is the founder and president of sE Electronics International Inc. He was born in Shanghai, China and began playing at an early age. S
Jerry Trestman
- Oral History
Jerry Trestman grew up in a musical home, in fact his older brother played saxophone for several of the big bands during the swing era.
Jim Tremayne
- Oral History
Jim Tremayne is the editor of DJ Times magazine, a gig he landed just over two years after the publication began.
Pete Surowski
- Oral History
Pete Surowski is the founder of Pete’s Music store in Anaheim, California. He often uses the tag line that his store is the closest music retail
Chuck Surack
- Oral History
Chuck Surack is the founder and president of Sweetwater Sound, one of the landmark companies within the music products industry. He formed the c
Paul Siegel
- Oral History
Paul Siegel grew up in New York and was fascinated by the impressive record collection of his father, who turned Paul on to music. Paul later be
Wayne Reinhardt
- Oral History
Wayne Reinhardt began his musical retail career in 1971, with the same company he was working for at the time of his 2013 interview, Schmitt Musi
Zuzana Petrofova
- Oral History
Zuzana Petrofova is the fifth generation in her family to operate the Petrof Piano Company, located in the Czech Republic. Her great- great gran
Quincy Yu
- Oral History
Quincy Yu is a Senior Vice President for Tycoon Music, which his father, Stephen, established in 1984. Quincy has played a vital part in the gro