Gaz Williams is a well know podcaster and consultant for Sonicstate. He is also a passionate musician having played bass since he was 15 years old. At an early age, Gaz combined his bass with MIDI and was always looking for the latest gear that could enhance his playing by creating new sounds. Gaz joined up with Nick Batt of Sonicstate to help review the latest innovations in...
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Greg Niven was a gear-head at the perfect time - when technology was developing in the 1970s and the great synthesizer...
Ivor Taylor took part in one of the great developments of the music industry when he established a pro audio retail...
Kyoko Hara is proud to continue her family tradition of being involved in the music products industry. It all began in...
Full Interviews
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Mat Donaldson, which was captured on December 12, 2018. For...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Jeff Greenberg, which was captured on July 12, 2014. For his...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Jackie Mills, which was captured on December 10, 2009. For his...
Vignettes
Accordions make a sound when the bellows are expanded or compressed with air, while pressing keys causing the pallets...
Band Instrument Repair Technicians are always working behind the scenes to save the day when instruments come in...
Music Stores are the first glimpse into the music industry for many of us, and often ignite the passion to play. This...
About the Library & Resource Center
The NAMM Oral History Collection is unique, unlike any other collection in the world. The heart of the Collection is the depth of its narratives that cover 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 72 different countries, 49 U.S. states and were born between 1903 and 1997. 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 over 3,500 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.
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