Mark Campbell is the Manager of the Guitar Center in Nashville. He began his music retail career in Knoxville and came to Nashville in 2005. Among the unique elements of his store are the...
Get inspired by educators and musicians as they share practical tips on teaching music. Band directors William Thomas, Nancy Golden, Cheryl Filipek, Glen Schneider, Dorothy Jacobi, compos...
Why music education is important: Hear from music advocates such as Quincy Jones, Brockett Parsons, Graham Nash, Christian McBride former Secretary of Education Richard Riley, head of mar...
The importance of music programs in schools: Sharing their views on this topic include musician Sivamani, Band Directors Glen Schneider and Anthony Camarda, and music educators David Eccl...
In 2023 Goldman’s Pawn Shop celebrated 125 years in business, serving the Evansville, Indiana, community. The store started as a collateral loan business and has expanded to feature a lar...
Terry Woodward is a founder of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Owensboro, Kentucky. He worked long and hard on the project, which resulted in the grand opening of a beautiful museum and con...
Hank Linderman sang in his family’s church at a very young age and has a most incredible story of being in the choir that sang Happy Birthday to Maestro Igor Stravinsky. Learning the guit...
Steve Chandler began playing music in the fifth grade and went on to enter talent contests, which led to forming a band with his schoolmate Gordy Wilcher. Steve joined The Mags, which tou...
Jerry Douglas fondly recalls his first guitar, a Sears Silvertone, which he replaced with a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe when he was 16 years old. When he was about 14 years old he began hangin...
Howard Burton was hired as a sales rep for Ken-Tron Manufacturing in 1999. The company has an interesting history, originally named Kentucky Electronics and it currently supplies wires an...
Rick Thompson worked in a metal stamping company before learning of the opening at Ken-Tron in Owensboro, Kentucky. The company has two divisions, the metal stamping side and the wire sid...
Braun Mischel grew up in Owensboro, Kentucky, and attended the University of Kentucky where he focused on business. His brother-in-law was working at Ken-Tron Manufacturing in town and to...
Cathy Pullin was hired by Ken-Tron Manufacturing in 1979 as a secretary. Her duties expanded to direct calls to the company’s customers for both the wire and metal stamping divisions. She...
Robert Hudson is the owner of Ken-Tron Manufacturing located in Owensboro, Kentucky. The name is short for Kentucky Electronics, which was the name of the company when he started working ...
David Jarrett was given his father's old Martin cornet when he took an interest in music as a 5th grader. This led to playing the trumpet in school and soon a deep passion for playing dev...
Jann Ulrich’s brother Kelly Patterson began working at H&H Music Services in 1987 as an intern. Jann was hired just three years later in the service department. She works closely with...
Kelly Patterson gets a smile on his face each time he assists a child in playing their first note on a musical instrument. He recalls that moment for himself, while in the 5th grade and p...
Rachael Goldman sat down for her NAMM Oral History interview in her family’s retail store, in a building the Goldmans have operated in for over 100 years. The store opened down the street...
Ken Lofton attended high school in Evansville, Indiana, in 1957 and recalls visiting his local music store during the school’s lunch hour. That retailer, Goldman’s Store, became Ken’s han...
Jon Goldman is the great-grandson of the founder of Goldman’s Store in Evansville, Indiana. He grew up listening to stories of how the store began and how it grew over the years. There wa...
Ron Pritchett began playing the guitar when he was young, with a focus on Jazz. He played in supper clubs and local events until he was drafted into the army in 1957, after which he conti...
Andy Timmons toured the world with the band Danger Danger, served as guitarist and musical director for Olivia Newton-John and performed with the likes of Paula Abdul and Steve Morse, the...
Marvin Daniels was just a kid when he first walked into Goldman’s in Evansville, Indiana, as a young customer. For the Christmas season in 1970, Marvin was hired as extra help and so his ...
Richard Meredith had a great admiration for Jack Goldman whose grandfather established the family retail and pawn business in Evansville, Indiana, in 1899. Richard is a local musician who...
Gloria Orange was approached by her friend, Brett Mulzer, to assist him in managing the music lessons of his music store, Moore Music. Brett had purchased the business, located in Evansvi...
Pat Moore is the founder of Moore Music in Evansville, Indiana, which he opened in 1976. His passion for music began when his mother rented a snare drum for him when he was 11 years old. ...
Rob Arnold is the general manager for Moore Guitars, a retail store in Evansville, Indiana, which began in 1976 as Moore Music. Rob grew up in a rock and roll household, his father being ...
Eric Dahl recalls his father playing bass guitar as a kid and the wide range of records in his home growing up, from jazz to the blues. As a small child, he was given a Casper the Friendl...
Rick DeJonge has always had a passion for music education and applied that focus to each place he has worked and for each new project. His mother was a band director for 34 years, which i...
Kevin Philbin is the Director of Sales & Marketing for KHS America, located in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. His musical journey began as a child growing up with a dad who played drums. When...
