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NAMM June 16, 2015

NAMM Foundation gives out international grants

The NAMM Foundation has announced it will invest $600,000 in funding to 17 music-making programs this year, including four international grants. This year’s list of grant recipients includes community, national and…

MMR Staff
Jun 16, 2015
NAMM May 23, 2015

Summer NAMM Empowers Industry with 35 Educational Sessions


Summer NAMM provides the ultimate educational experience on what’s working right now in music retail—brick-and-mortar, online and multichannel—July 9-11 in Nashville. NAMM U has curated 35 sessions to help music…

MMR Staff
May 23, 2015
NAMM May 18, 2015

TEC Tracks Amplifies Pro Audio’s Presence at Summer NAMM

TEC Tracks, educational sessions designed to empower the growing audio, production and recording markets, will debut at Summer NAMM in Nashville on July 9-11, 2015. Stationed next to the NAMM…

MMR Staff
May 18, 2015
NAMM April 20, 2015

2015 NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia

Russia’s only international music-trade exhibition and its biggest international trade fair for event production technology expands product platforms and professional development opportunities as the show returns to Moscow’s Sokolniki Exhibition…

MMR Staff
Apr 20, 2015
NAMM April 13, 2015

2015 NASMD Convention – STEAM, not STEM

It's great to see so many familiar faces each year,” says outgoing NASMD president George Quinlan, Jr. “Almost like a family reunion for many of us! We also saw many…

MMR Staff
Apr 13, 2015
NAMM April 9, 2015

Why Trade Shows Matter

In the summer of 2013 the Music Industries Association of Canada (MIAC) canceled its scheduled September trade show and closed its doors. A forty-one year old fraternity of musical instrument…

MMR Staff
Apr 9, 2015
NAMM March 17, 2015

NAMM Standards: Setting the Standard – Literally!

Adopting, adapting to, and competing with online commerce has been one of the major hurdles facing traditional brick–and–mortar retailers since the ‘90s. The NAMM Standards committee is comprised of a…

MMR Staff
Mar 17, 2015
NAMM March 16, 2015

2015 NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards

NAMM invites music product retailers worldwide to stand up and take a bow as the fifth annual Top 100 Dealer Awards nominations open. Retailers can now enter in seven “Best…

MMR Staff
Mar 16, 2015
NAMM March 12, 2015

2015 NAMM Best & Worst of Show Awards

Best Intimate Musical GatheringTo say that MMR president/publisher Terry Lowe enjoyed Wednesday night’s D’Addario-hosted Jackson Browne performance at L.A.’s Swing House Studios might be an understatement: “Simply fantastic. To see…

MMR Staff
Mar 12, 2015
NAMM March 11, 2015

Eight new NAMM Board Members Elected

At its Annual Meeting of Members, held January 24 in Anaheim, NAMM named eight new music industry professionals to its board of directors. The NAMM Board provides leadership, counsel and…

MMR Staff
Mar 11, 2015
NAMM March 11, 2015

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak at NAMM Breakfast

Saturday morning at the Anaheim Hilton, Pacific Ballroom. The lights go out. A clip of The Big Bang Theory, Season 4, Episode 65, begins playing on every screen in the…

MMR Staff
Mar 11, 2015