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Michael Heuser
- Oral History
Michael Heuser recounted his early meetings with Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi, the founder of Roland Corporation during his NAMM interview.
Neil Hauser
- Oral History
Neil Hauser took over the Allen & Heath business in the late 1960s at a time when a group of young engineers had an idea for a new product.
Richard Harrison
- Oral History
Richard Harrison owns and operates several music retail stores in the United Kingdom including well-known stores on Denmark Street.
Gerold Hannabach
- Oral History
Gerold Hannabach was born in Schönbach, Czechoslovakia into a family with a long tradition in the building of music instruments.
Reiner Hammerl
- Oral History
Reiner Hammerl is the son of Josef Hammerl, who in 1938 opened a drugstore in Germany.
CK Gottschalk
- Oral History
CK Gottschalk is the president of the music store in Michigan that his parents established in 1936, the same year they married.
Philip Gamlin
- Oral History
Philip Gamlin took over the business his parents formed back in 1960.
Maureen Gamlin
- Oral History
Maureen Gamlin opened a music store with her husband in the coastal city of Cardiff in Wales.
Horace Gamlin
- Oral History
Horace Gamlin was born to a piano tuner who taught his son the trade with hopes he would follow in his footsteps.
Wally Evans
- Oral History
Wally Evans grew up in Wales with music all around him. He played piano and sang in church.
Linda Emmet
- Oral History
Linda Emmet enjoyed talking about the often over-looked business side of her father’s remarkable career in music publishing. Her father was Irving Berlin!
Richard Elkin
- Oral History
Richard Elkin ran the England-based music publishing company his grandfather formed.
Barry Draisen
- Oral History
Barry Draisen recalls the stories he was told about his grandfather who started a store that his uncle would later expand to include school band instrument
David Cox
- Oral History
David Cox was a software engineer who decided to create a computer solution for music retailers’ accounting and rental management.
Michael Compernass
- Oral History
Michael Compernass is the president of the Hoyer Guitar Company in Germany.
Graham Butterworth
- Oral History
Graham Butterworth has spent a few decades in the British music industry.
Jack Bullock
- Oral History
Jack Bullock has always enjoyed bringing music to young players.
Roger Bucknall
- Oral History
Roger Bucknall is an instrument maker who formed Fylde Guitars, which is located in Penrith, England, not so far from the Scottish border.
Theo Boylan
- Oral History
Theo Boylan grew up in a small town 80 miles from Chicago and has a musical performance background in both piano and oboe. As a small child, she
Graham Blyth
- Oral History
Graham Blyth began playing music at the age of 4 and studied electrical engineering in college, which led to his final paper on the topic of elec
Andy Bereza
- Oral History
Andy Bereza was on the team that created the now famous Portastudio products for TASCAM.
Mary Ellin Barrett
- Oral History
Mary Ellin Barrett was the oldest of Irving Berlin’s three daughters and the author of the 1994 book, Irving Berlin: A Daughters Memoir.
Don Banks
- Oral History
Don Banks was a band director who felt he could have more of an impact on music makers by providing them with quality instruments.
Rod Argent
- Oral History
Rod Argent had an idea for a new sound, a new band in a new era of music.
Grace Altieri
- Oral History
Grace Altieri has a background in law but was willing to put that career on hold when her husband decided to open a drum shop in Tampa.
AJ Altieri
- Oral History
AJ Altieri began working in the music retail business in the mid 1970s after a childhood filled with music.
Frank Alkyer
- Oral History
Frank Alkyer has asked a lot of questions. As a writer and editor of Music Inc. he has interviewed music retailers and suppliers alike.
NAMM Foundation Now Accepting Applications for 2012 President’s Innovation Award for Exemplary College Students
- Press Release
The NAMM Foundation announced today that it is accepting applications at www.nammfoundation.org for its 2012 Presiden
John Musselman
- Oral History
John Musselman has enjoyed a long and successful career in the music industry with Selmer, Leblanc and American.