Remembering a Friend

The NAMM community and musicians everywhere are mourning the loss of Hal Blaine, known as the world’s most recorded d...

By including the name of a musical instrument such as piano, banjo, and clarinet in his song titles, Irving Berlin be...

There are those we meet for which we feel an immediate connection. This was the case when I first met Grassella Oliph...

Trummy Young was the very first person I ever interviewed. His kindness and fascinating life captivated me and his in...

Arne Berg came into my life thanks to Yoshi Abe, the engineer behind the TEAC reel to reel recorder. When Abe-San was...

Specs was a drummer’s drummer! When I first sat down with Ed Shaughnessy (1929-2013) who played drums for The Tonigh...

Each time my wife and I take a walk in a new place, we take a moment to pick up a pebble to remember the experience. ...

A love of jazz first brought Eric and me together. We worked together for several years in the 1990s, but even after ...

Professor Fritz Sennheiser had a deep interest in audio, long before he designed a tube voltmeter and his first micro...

No one I have ever interviewed embodied the wide-eyed excitement of a child and teamed it with the creative engineeri...

The annual NAMM Tribute program is our industry’s chance to pause and remember those no longer with us. This special ...

Don Buchla was among the most influential engineers in the early development of electronic music. His Buchla 100 was ...