Xianggui Wang is the president of Soundking, a leading pro audio manufacturing company based in China. Founded in 1988, Soundking initially specialized in audio connectors before expandin...
Amanda Palmer first came to our attention as one-half of the punk cabaret act Dresden Dolls, a band she formed with drummer Brian Viglione in 2000. The band recorded three albums and tour...
Gary Thielman is President of Harrison Audio, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company that has been an innovator in the audio industry since 1975. He joined Harrison right out of college i...
John Lehmkuhl started playing music at the age of four, beginning with piano lessons in the music store his parents had opened in 1977. By his teenage years, he owned a Minimoog and, in 1...
Samantha Fish has earned numerous accolades for her unique self-expression, which she channels through explosive riffs, visceral rhythms, and spine-tingling vocals. She was born and raise...
John Baccigaluppi is a skateboarder, recording engineer/producer, studio owner, and surfer. He studied with Dr. John Chowning at Stanford's CCRMA in 1983 and later developed the VDS edito...
Elton Bradman, a musician since the age of 7 and a writer at 15, has been fortunate to stay busy in both professions. Landing his dream job at Bass Player Magazine just in time for Y2K le...
Steven Rosen began his career as a rock journalist in the mid-1970s and has articles published in major music magazines and newspapers from all over the globe. His archive of stories, whi...
Sharon Bechor grew up in the music store her parents established in New York City back in 1975. Today she is the owner and CEO and enjoys sharing the passion her parents had for their cus...
Darryl Jones was born on the south side of Chicago into a musical family. His father taught him drums and xylophone when he was 7 years old. But when Jones saw his neighbor, Angus Thomas,...
Peter Nyboer’s journey through music has tracked a certain technological vein. Born in the same town as the Fender guitar he grew up with, he wandered into the experimental landscape of e...
James Terris, originally from Humboldt County, relocated to San Francisco in 1993. Fascinated by synthesizers and music production from a very young age, he started experimenting with and...
Segun Adegbite is the managing director of one of Nigeria’s top distributors and installers of music and pro audio gear, New Media Technologies LTD. The company began in 2002 with the mis...
Honoring Scott Mandeville for his invaluable contributions to the NAMM Resource Center, helping secure exceptional interviews for the NAMM Oral History Program. This video highlights the ...
Each year, we take a moment to honor the memory of those we have lost in the music industry since our last gathering. This tribute video was first presented as part of our annual program ...
NAMM's Museum of Making Music offers musical ensembles designed for adults seeking entry into playing instruments in a group setting. These programs are perfect for those new to music-mak...
Eric Rigler’s lifelong connection to the bagpipes began when he was just 18 months old, sitting on his mother’s lap at a parade. Mesmerized by the sound of the pipe and drum band passing ...
Kyshona grew up in South Carolina, immersed in the rich musical tapestry of gospel, rhythm & blues, and roots music. Her early passion for sound led her to the guitar and a formal stu...
Peter Schaaphok’s journey with drums began as a child in Hayward, California, where he quickly formed his first band, originally called Black Dawn, now known as Mystic Rage, which he stil...
Jimmy Risdal found himself in Grass Valley, California, where he crossed paths with Mary Ellen Sorci, the owner of Foggy Mountain Music. With a background in construction, Jimmy quickly n...
Mary Ellen Sorci was destined for a life filled with music, growing up in a household where her parents’ love for the craft set the tone. Her mother, a skilled violinist, and her father, ...
Mike Snyder grew up in Maryland, where his love for drums developed during his teenage years. Spending countless hours at Chuck Levin’s Washington Music, Mike developed a deep connection ...
Creed Maggiora fondly recalls the pivotal moment when his father, Skip, asked him to play drums for the inaugural performance of the Stairway to Stardom program in 1981. This annual event...
Doug Hake was one of countless kids whose life was forever changed after watching the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. From that moment, Doug knew he wanted to pl...
Dom Di Sisto made a humorous observation years after opening his music store, Holden Hills Music, near Adelaide, Australia: most of his instructors were the same bandmates he had rocked o...
Cary Nasatir grew up in Chicago, surrounded by rhythm and the beat of his father’s drums, often visiting the iconic Frank’s Drum Shop. It was inevitable that young Cary would develop a lo...
Dorothy Morrison loves sharing her musical journey, one deeply rooted in faith and family. Raised in Oakland, California, her father, a pastor, and her mother, a missionary, nurtured Doro...
Jeff Peterson was born on the Island of Maui. He grew up on a ranch on the slopes of the Haleakala volcano where he was introduced to the rich heritage of Hawaiian music and guitar by his...
