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Richard Crain
- Oral History
Richard Crain has been at the forefront of music education for the better part of his life.
Margie Coyle
- Oral History
Margie Coyle joined several big bands as a singer in the golden age of the swing era.
Larry Coryell
- Oral History
Larry Coryell enjoyed a long career as a jazz guitarist. In addition to touring and recording on his own, Larry worked with some of the greatest names in jazz...
Craig Cornwall
- Oral History
Craig Cornwall’s father was one of the three founders of Kendor Music Inc, a music publisher located in Delevan, New York.
Gary Cooper
- Oral History
Gary Cooper enjoys a well-regarded career in journalism with a run in recording and popular music magazines before his work in the music products
Michael Cooney
- Oral History
Michael Cooney taught music in the public schools in Massachusetts for over 25 years.
Jim Connors
- Oral History
Jim Connors joined Norlin Corp. originally as the head of the Lowery Organ factories.
Bill Collings
- Oral History
Bill Collings' passion for guitars may have started on his father’s workbench when as a boy he tinkered with woods and making things.
Jim Coleman
- Oral History
Jim Coleman recalls watching his father, a true traveling music man, tune a piano when Jim was just a boy.
John Clayton
- Oral History
John Clayton loves music! Since the age of 16, the future Grammy winner enjoyed being able to express himself with his music.
Joseph Chen
- Oral History
Joseph Chen has put his vast knowledge of international trade along with his love of music together for a successful and respected career in the
Thomas Case
- Oral History
Thomas Case provided a tour of the Case Brothers Piano Company before our interview.
Chip Averwater
- Oral History
Chip Averwater took over the music retail business in Memphis, just as his father did and his son would one day, keeping the tradition in the fam
Will Alexander
- Oral History
Will Alexander worked for Oberheim in the heyday of the synthesizer boom of the 1970s.
U.S. Commercial Service
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The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion unit of the International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service trade specialists in 107 U.S.
SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business
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SCORE grows successful small businesses across America one business at a time
U.S. Small Business Administration
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The U.S. Small Business Administration has been helping businesses start and grow for over 55 years.
NAMM Announces Wanna Play Music Sunday at 2010 Summer NAMM
- Press Release
NAMM today announced a continuation of its recent efforts to broaden attendance at Summer NAMM by inviting and allowing its Members to invite more music...
Mirek Jaromir Strizka
- Oral History
Mirek Jaromir Strizka opened a musical wholesale business in the early 1960s and named it European Craft.
NAMM Foundation Provides Learning, Networking Opportunities for College Students at 2010 NAMM Show
- Press Release
As the industry was conducting big business at the 2010 NAMM Show, college students hoping to break into the music products business were at the event...
NAMM Seeks Market Development Director
- Press Release
NAMM today announced its search for a new staff director to manage market outreach and retailer promotion activities in order to increase active participation...
Chip Wise
- Oral History
Chip Wise served in the piano business for over fifty years and enjoyed the customers he met and the people of the music industry.
Scott Wedge
- Oral History
Scott Wedge and Dave Rossum attended college together and soon developed a few clever ways of combining their engineering training with their passion for m
Bart Wascom
- Oral History
Bart Wascom was the electrical engineer who sought to improve the pro-audio speakers by improving the distribution of sound.
Ted Veneman
- Oral History
Ted Veneman grew up in his father’s music store.
Koob Veneman
- Oral History
Koob Veneman’s father started the first Veneman’s Music Store in Holland, an idea copied by Koob in Maryland in
Manuel Velazquez
- Oral History
Manuel Velazquez was one of the greatest guitar luthiers of the last one hundred years.
Mark Vail
- Oral History
Mark Vail has preserved some of the music products industry’s greatest history as author and researcher of a series of publications.
Matt Umanov
- Oral History
Matt Umanov opened his first guitar shop in 1963, following his dream to have a life in music.