Oral History

Andrew Barta was born in Hungary and came to the United States with a dream of working in the music industry. Having been in rock bands in Europe,...

Billy Cobham is the acclaimed drummer who was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society’s Hall of Fame in 2006. Billy was born in Panama but...

Wesley Schaum’s father wrote and arranged music with the hope of serving school band programs in a meaningful way. He wrote several important...

Murray Sunshine has become a legend in the New York music retailing business. As an employee of Manny’s Music, hired by Manny himself, Murray...

Dan Vedda grew up playing music. As an arranger and trumpeter he gained a respected reputation in the Westlake area of Ohio. After working for a...

Allan Ward has enjoyed nearly 40 years in the print music industry. He has become one of the leaders in promotion and education regarding sheet...

George Westjohn was hired by Lowell Samuels to oversee the expansion of Mr. Samuels’ interests in the wholesale music business. Mr. Samuels, a...

Yoshiharu Abe is known as the father of personal multi-track recording in the audio engineering field. He was one of the five founders of...

David L. Abell formed his piano retail store in Beverly Hills back in the late 1950s. Since that time he has established one of the...

Ken Achard played such an important part of the industry that he was asked to write a book. The book entitled “The Peavey...

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