NAMM Adds 38 Industry Interviews to Its Historical Archive During 2009 NAMM Show

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, recently announced that its resource center staff completed 38 interviews with industry dignitaries during the 2009 NAMM Show in Anaheim.

The filmed conversations lend valuable and historical insight into the music products industry and add to the growing collection of industry-related stories and dialogue documented by NAMM since June 2000.

The interviewees represented each of the major segments of the industry from instrument manufacturing, retailing and publishing, and provided historical perspectives of different countries over several decades. By the end of the trade show, the total number of interviews surpassed 1,100.

“The only remaining letter in the alphabet not represented by an interviewee’s last name—letter ‘I’—was covered by the stories of Gary Ingle and Gabe Ireland at this year’s NAMM Show nearly nine years after the first NAMM interview was completed,” said NAMM Historian Dan Del Fiorentino.

The industry representatives interviewed during the show were:

Gabe Ireland – Past President of Jupiter Band Instruments
Dave Campbell – Consultant for Pearl River -China
Rob Turner – Founder/President EMG Pickups
Chip Wise – Vice President of Schimmel Piano –North America
Andrew Barta – Founder/President of Tech 21 Inc.
Keith Mardak – Chairman/CEO of Hal Leonard Corp. (follow up to his 2003 interview)
Dick Bell – Sales Manager for Kaman and Roland-US
Robert Godin – Founder of Godin Guitars
Dennis Awe – Product Specialist, Artist for Lowrey Organs
Jim Dunlop Sr. – Founder of Dunlop Manufactures Inc.
Skip Daynes – President of Daynes Music (follow up to his 2002 interview)
Michael McDonald – President of European Sales and Marketing for Harman Industries
Agness Tsao – President of KHS Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.
Eilanne Schiedmayer – President of Schiedmayer Celesta GmbH
Fredy Shen – Executive Vice President for REMO, Inc.
Gary Ingle – Executive Director/CEO Music Teachers National Association
William F. Ludwig III – Grandson of Ludwig Drum Company founder
Brooke Ludwig-Crowden – Granddaughter of Ludwig Drum Company founder
Bill Crowden – Founder of Drums Ltd. (follow up to his 2002 interview)
Dominic Milano – Past Editor of Keyboard Magazine (follow up to his 2005 interview)
Bob Dove – President of Steinway & Sons Far East, LLC
Ron Raup – CEO of Make Music, Inc.
George Lemus Sr. – President of M Haus Lemus
Sammy Ash – COO of Sam Ash Music Stores
Mike Kropp – President of Kropp Sales, Inc.
Rudy Schlacher – CEO of US Music Corp.
Joey Lyons – Vice President Sale for Music Sales Corp.
Tom Getzen – President of Getzen Company, Inc.
Peter Tork – Musician, former member of the Monkees
Dave McCumiskey – Regional Sales Manager for Music Sales Corp.
George Massenburg – Founder of Massenburg Design Works
George Quilan Sr. Chairman of Quinlan & Fabish (follow up to his 2002 interview)
George Quilan Jr. – President of Quinlan & Fabish
Tom (TK) Keckler – Consultant to Saint Blues Guitar Workshop
Aidan McCullough – Director of Keynote Music Sales, Ltd.
Bob Broomberg – Former Vice President of Guild Guitars
Jimmy Cypher – Musician, product endorser
Carole Ozanian – President of Music Marketing

The interviews will be posted at www.namm.org within the next several months.