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Adrian Belew had the NAMM attendees on their feet when he joined the All Star Guitar Night in Nashville 2003. Perhaps the feelings were more than just an appreciation for his music as many NAMM members in the audience have become close to him as a product specialist over the years. Those members...
Honoring Madeleine Crouch for her invaluable service in assisting the NAMM Resource Center in obtaining fantastic interview contributions to the NAMM Oral History Program.
This video contains some of the highlight interviews that Madeleine helped us gather over the years. Thanks Madeleine!
Francois Kloc earned a degree in oboe and bassoon performance at the Beauvais Music Conservatory, which became a foundation for his deep and passionate exploration of these musical instruments. When he joined the Buffet Crampon Company in 1995 he was able to bring his knowledge to the process of...
Ryo Okumoto began his professional musical career as a keyboardist during the height of the electronic musical instrument boom of the 1970s. The synthesizer was growing nearly every month and new sounds were being created at nearly every NAMM Show, an opportunity Ryo-san took full advantage of as...
This video is of our annual NAMM Tribute, created in honor of our members and music industry friends who passed away in 2014 and early 2015. This Tribute was shown for the first time at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California in January 2015. All moving images within this video, except for Jerry...
Mark Sampson and his friend, Rick Perrotta, formed Matchless Amplifiers in Mark’s kitchen back in 1989. Two years later they pulled all of their resources to exhibit at the NAMM Show in Anaheim. They felt if ever they were going to make this company a success, it was at that moment: the 1991 NAMM...
Bill Putnam Jr essentially grew up in the music business. Bill’s father, Bill Putnam Sr., started Universal Audio in 1958 and was basically the inventor of the modern day recording console among many other fundamental recording technologies. Re-founded by Bill Jr. and his brother Jim in 1999,...
Daniel Puccio grew up in the music store his mom and dad ran in Corning, New York. As you might guess, the passion for music was passed along to Daniel at a young age. He played and later taught guitar in the store along with other instruments along the way. While earning his doctorate in music...
Peter Janis played in school orchestra and rock bands growing up as his mother played piano in the home and encouraged him to pursue music. His first job in the industry was working at Steve's Music store in Canada and he was hooked. Peter enjoyed the people in the industry and was fascinated by...
Sheldon Sazant began working for Steve's Music in Canada in 1978. What he recalls as his first impression of the store was the very tall, big, red-bearded owner, Steve. Steve was bigger than life and when Sheldon got to know him, he discovered Steve was a teddy bear. Sheldon, like so many...