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Brock Kaericher
- Oral History
Brock Kaericher is the President of REMO Inc. and over the last few decades he has worked closely with the company’s founder, Remo Belli.
Leslie Ann Jones
- Oral History
Leslie Ann Jones is the renowned recording engineer and pioneering producer and mixer who helped re-define the craft of engineering in the 1970s
Todd (TJ) Johnson
- Oral History
Todd (TJ) Johnson serves as a manager of the Groth Music Store in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Andy Hildebrand
- Oral History
Andy Hildebrand is the creator of Auto-Tune, which has had a big impact on music makers since it was first released in 1997.
Al Hager
- Oral History
Al Hager is the store manager for the Bloomington, Minnesota based Groth Music.
Jon Haber
- Oral History
Jon Haber is the president of Alto Music in Middletown, New York.
Peter Gotcher
- Oral History
Peter Gotcher played drums in a band with Evan Brooks and they both became interested in creating electronics to change sounds.
Alan Friedman
- Oral History
Alan Friedman opened an accounting firm and soon focused on the music industry.
Gary Francisco
- Oral History
Gary Francisco opened his own music store in Southern California in the mid 1960s.
Jerry Donegan
- Oral History
Jerry Donegan began his career in the music industry in October, 1966, when his brother arranged for him to get a job in the shipping department
William Dollarhide
- Oral History
William Dollarhide was the president and co-owner, along with his wife Margaret, of Dollarhide’s Music Center in Pensacola, Florida.
Spencer Davis
- Oral History
Spencer Davis hit it big with a string of rock songs during the heyday of the British Invasion of the 1960s.
Tony D'Andrea
- Oral History
Tony D’Andrea is the grandson of Luigi D’Andrea, the innovative founder of the famed pick company.
Rosemary D'Andrea
- Oral History
Rosemary D’Andrea has always been interested in art and in fact had a series of galleries in and around Long Island, New York.
Michael Ciravolo
- Oral History
Michael Ciravolo is the president of Schecter Guitar Research and the designer behind the company’s Diamond Series guitars.
Ed Cherney
- Oral History
Ed Cherney won a Grammy Award for his work as recording engineer for the 1989 Bonnie Raitt’s album “Nick of Time.” This was just one of his many
Joe Castronovo
- Oral History
Joe Castronovo began working for Unicord in the months before the company was sold and became KORG USA.
Lou Capece
- Oral History
Lou Capece began selling musical products in the 1960s and has since become one of the industry’s largest musical instrument wholesale distributo
Kim Breedlove
- Oral History
Kim Breedlove began building banjos in the 1960s, during the Folk Music movement and the popularity of such performers as Pete Seeger.
Joe Bergamini
- Oral History
Joe Bergamini is a Broadway and rock band drummer who began writing about the art of percussion for magazines before becoming the Senior Drum Edi
Gary Bennett
- Oral History
Gary Bennett entered the music products industry in 1964 working for Chesbro Music in Idaho.
Mike Bates
- Oral History
Mike Bates is the senior member of the Institutional Solutions Group in the Keyboard Division of Yamaha Corporation of America.
Gabby Barajas
- Oral History
Gabby Barajas joined Merlin 5 in the early 1990s to work with the company founder and designer, Bill Gerien.
Charles Avsharian
- Oral History
Charles Avsharian is the CEO of Shar Musical Products, which he established in 1962 along with his brother, Michael.
Vinny Appice
- Oral History
Vinny Appice began playing drums at a young age, just like his older brother Carmine.
Rebecca Apodaca
- Oral History
Rebecca Apodaca was the President of A & D Music Incorporated in Southern California.
Official Call for Entries: 2012 FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands
- Press Release
The most important deadline in corporate America today is the call for entries for the FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands.
NAMM's National Wanna Play Campaign to Showcase Public Service Announcements at Super Bowl XLVI
- Press Release
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) today announced that its popular Wanna Play?
Peter Sides
- Oral History
Peter Sides is the president and third generation of his family to operate the Robert M. Sides Music Center Pennsylvania.
Carol Sides
- Oral History
Carol Sides married into the Robert M.