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Rhythm! Discovery Center is one of 21 recipients selected to receive grant support from The NAMM Foundation. The funding will allow Rhythm! to continue to offer participatory music…
Through expanding its work in the schools and a new partnership with the YMCA, Guitars in the Classroom aims to bring music into the lives of even more…
The NAMM Foundation has announced the recipients of the William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year. Named for a former NAMM executive vice president, the…
NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia's 2014 edition will now be held September 18-21 and September 18-20, 2014 respectively and in a new, modern venue,…
The Tone Garage Series is comprised of five effects units that feature all-analog circuitry. The Flat 4 Boost, the V8 Distortion, and the Straight 6 Drive all feature…
VOX Amplification has added the Mini3 G2 to its Mini series of guitar amplifiers. The Mini3 G2 provides 11 wide-ranging amplifier models, starting with the VOX British tone…
Featuring extreme high gain tones and custom cosmetics, this series of tube amplifiers – based on the award-winning HT-1, HT-5 and Venue Series products – is specially voiced…
It’s very frustrating because we seem to be stuck in a time warp when it comes to guitars,” Hartley Peavey said to me, as we both stood in the brand-new…
Best Free StuffLook, it’s been included before, but that doesn’t diminish the relevance: as part of D’Addario’s annual pre-show bash, the company hosts a giveaway area that is generously stocked with accessories.…
At midnight, Gayle Beacock strolled into Renaissance Hotel bar and soaked in the eruption of spontaneous applause that greeted her. She smiled, waved, and hugged, acknowledging that just…
It’s been a few years since the first day of SNAMM started with such hype. We heard this year would be better. We heard new programming and educational…
The guitar market is notoriously old school in its preferences. Generations of musicians have strummed their way through songbooks and garage rehearsals using a relatively tiny variety of…
I’m talking to Hartley Peavey in the greenroom moments before SNAMM’s Industry Icon event. I reference the theme of the show — the need for change and new…
The NAMM Foundation is accepting applications at www.nammfoundation.org for its 2014 President’s Innovation Award to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in the music products industry.The cash award supports…
Griffin Technology, one of the world's foremost creators of accessories for home, mobile and personal technology, is increasing its presence in the music products industry with the introduction…
Sonaré Pro Brass is pleased to welcome Steve Allen as Brass Sales Director for the Sonaré and E.K. Blessing product lines. Allen brings over forty years of experience in the music…
Anthem Musical Instruments has appointed Frank Sarcia as director of sales. Sarcia has worked in the music products industry for over 25 years, holding sales management positions for…
“These are iconic heroes of mine, and to have all of them on stage here tonight is wonderful,” declared a genuinely giddy Joe Lamond, CEO/president of NAMM on…
George Gruhn welcomed Hartley Peavey to the brand-new Gruhn Guitars location on Eighth Avenue, near Wedgewood Avenue in Nashville.
Future Man, Don Gardner, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, and NAMM's Joe Lamond talk shop at the Music City Center on Thursday in Nashville...
Dana Bourgeois looks on as Vince Gill strums an Aged Tone Dreadnaught Bourgeois model at Summer NAMM...
