Pooja Talwar's family background is rooted in the musical instrument and accessory industry in India. Her father, Vijay Talwar, began working for her grandfather’s wood-selling business a...
Abhi Chakrabarti is married to Pooja Talwar, whose family-owned company, Talwar Brothers, is a leading India-based musical instrument and manufacturing company. Abhi is actively involved ...
Joseph Vezina grew up in his parents' music store in Barbados, where he also shadowed his dad's band, Sand Pebbles, learning the ropes of running sound and lights for their live gigs. Fro...
Amy Barrow is a native of Barbados and co-owner of A&B Music Supplies with her husband, Norman. With a lifelong passion for music, she began singing and playing the steel drums at a y...
Norman Barrow, a prominent musician from Guyana and residing in Barbados, has etched his mark on the global stage with seven albums alongside his band, Sand Pebbles. Together with his wif...
Marc Whitmore is an award-winning recording engineer, renowned for his mastery of both analog and digital sound. Nestled in the picturesque foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of ...
Antoinette Follett is an experienced communications professional in the music industry and founder of Method Marketing, Inc. With her expertise in communications, public relations, and m...
Armin Zertor was born in Germany and moved to the United States at a young age with his family. While living in Chicago in 1975, Armin landed his first job working for a trade show in the...
Kurt Kurasaki is an electronic music composer and synthesist based in Northern California. Although his preferred instruments are the Buchla Music Easel and Buchla 200/200e system, he is ...
Paul Wishart, a Scottish-born musician and innovator, was steeped in jazz from a young age, thanks to his father's passion for the genre and his mastery of multiple instruments. By his te...
Harry Steinway is the great-great-grandson and namesake of Steinway & Sons Piano Company’s founder, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg. Harry has a deep understanding of his ancestors’ contr...
John Kuzmich, Jr. is a pioneering figure in the marching band movement and has left an indelible mark on both high school and college-level bands. A proud alumnus of Michigan State Univer...
Tracy Hoeft is a seasoned music aficionado, ignited by an early fascination with rhythm and melody. During his formative years, Tracy immersed himself in the world of music, commencing hi...
Oscar Caraballo is a polymath with a background spanning physics, mathematics, computer science, acoustics, sound design and classical music composition. He began his educational journey ...
Michael Des Barres is a pioneering glam rock musician, best known for writing the 1980s New Wave hit "Obsession." In 1972, he formed the glam rock band Silverhead and has always stayed gr...
Sean Daniel, an influential content creator, embarked on his digital odyssey with an insatiable love for music and a knack for translating complex concepts into digestible videos. From gu...
Hunter Hayes, a musical prodigy born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, discovered his passion for music at a tender age. From mastering multiple instruments to crafting heartfelt lyrics, his j...
Pete Levin played French horn in high school and college and at the beginning of his professional career until the early 1970s when he discovered synthesizers. Pete switched to keyboards ...
Joe LaBarbera, jazz drummer and composer, is best known for his performances with pianist Bill Evans. His illustrious career includes performances with Chuck Mangione, Rosemary Clooney, T...
Pat LaBarbera grew up with music all around him. His parents formed a band with their three sons Joe (drums), John (trumpeter) and Pat (saxophone). Pat got an early start in his career wi...
Arthur Dark grew up in a musical household thanks to his parents. Arthur dabbled with the violin when he was 4 years old, but was quickly drawn to the piano around age 5 or 6. After a tim...
Mark Ronson accepted the Music for Life Award during the NAMM Show in January 2024. During the Industry Insights session with NAMM President/CEO John Mlynczak, Mark spoke of his musical i...
Honoring Jeri Palumbo and Erik Zobler for their invaluable service in assisting the NAMM Resource Center in obtaining fantastic interview contributions to the NAMM Oral His
We pause to remember those we have lost in our industry since our last gathering each year. Join us for performances by The LA Scots Pipe Band and Guitarist Doyle Dykes as we play a video...
Jennifer Weiss listened closely to the stories her aunt and mother would tell about working in the CF Martin Guitar factory as she grew up. She followed in their footsteps first in the st...
Julie Tan recalls seeing few women during her first NAMM show in 1989. As her fascinating career developed within the industry, so too has the number of women in high-level roles. Her lov...
Cassandra Sotos is the owner of AmpRx, which creates products, such as the BrownBox, to provide a safe range of optimized voltage reduction levels to improve sound and help protect ears a...
Shawna Shaner is the store manager and controller for Robert M. Sides Music stores in Pennsylvania and New York. With a fascinating background in medicine and law, Shawna grew up in a thi...
Jessica Palmer, as a passionate music maker throughout school and a music education major in college, was impressed by West Music's approach towards supporting band directors. As a young ...
