Leigh Maples played her ukulele as her sister sang when the two were small and remains an important memory for Leigh. She later played guitar in high school and went on to study music business in college. In 2009, Leigh and Pamela Cole, who she met in college, opened a music store in Nashville. Their goal was to provide a space that is friendly and welcoming to everyone and...
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Jeremy McQueary proudly carries on the tradition of Paige’s Music in Indianapolis, Indiana, not only in serving their...
Orinta Budnikaitė is a Lithuanian musicologist and current general manager of Natų knygynas, the only one sheet music...
Marvin Maxwell opened Mom’s Music in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife Beverly in 1981. He also designed and developed...
Full Interviews
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Rupert Neve, which was captured on November 6, 2008. For his...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Dr. Ruth Lion, which was captured on October 20, 2003. For...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Bruce Stevens, which was captured on June 7, 2007. For his...
Vignettes
Long time music store owner and rights advocate, Fat Dog, was looking for a way to pay tribute to his all-time favorite...
Studio Engineers make the music come alive for the listener. As Brooks Arthur notes, engineers are like the extra band...
While there are many facets to the development and building of a guitar, acoustic guitars are able to take the raw wood...
About the Library & Resource Center
The NAMM Oral History program is unique, unlike any other collection in the world. The heart of the collection is the depth of its narrative that covers innovative creations, the evolution of musical instruments, the ever changing world of music retail, as well as our collective quest to improve music education around the globe. Oral History participants have come from 46 different countries, 49 U.S. states and were born between 1903 and 1988. This collection is our journal, our own way of chronicling ourselves and our community—the community we so eagerly embrace at the NAMM shows and so proudly celebrate throughout the year. This library of video interviews, now 3,000 strong and always growing, contains the story of our industry told by those who helped to shape it and have watched it expand and develop through the years.
We hope you find what you're looking for right here, but if you have any questions, please contact us at 760.438.8001 or via e-mail at dand@namm.org.