Breakfast of Champions, Ikutaro Kakehashi (NAMM Show 2011)
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Joe Lamond, CEO & President of NAMM, talks with industry legend and Founder and Chairman of the Roland Corporation, Ikutaro Kakehashi. For the first time, a Breakfast of Champions guest was streamed by live video feed, in real time. Mr. Kakehashi greeted the breakfast session audience from Japan, and talked about his continuing efforts to contribute to the development and popularization of electronic musical instruments and the growth of the industry. In 2002 Mr. Kakehashi published his biography in a book called "I Believe In Music" and was also featured as a biography in the book The Art of Digital Music.