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The third day of the 2012 NAMM Show continued to offer attendees more industry insight and business tips to take home with them, starting with a Breakfast Session called “The Top Web Marketing Trends for 2012” presented by John Arnold, marketing author and columnist at Entrepreneur.com. The session demonstrated the best ways for companies to spend their time and money, and recognize the new technologies that are less likely to pay off. It also outlined how to start using tools such as social media, search marketing, mobile devices and marketing locally on the Internet.

The sound engineers, editors, producers and other audio professionals behind Robert Plant’s Band of Joy, Adele’s 21, Roger Water’s “The Wall Live” Tour, Inception and NBC’s Saturday Night Live were among the many winners at the 27th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. The gala, co-presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio and NAMM, was held Friday evening at the Hilton Anaheim as a special event of the 2012 NAMM Show.

The NAMM Foundation launched its annual effort to recognize and support schools across the United States that support music education as part of a complete and quality education for all children. The Best Communities for Music Education recognition program celebrates the positive impact of music education on schools, students and communities. As school districts face mounting financial pressure, arts and music programs are often the first to face cutbacks.

The second day of the 2012 NAMM Show kicked off with another lively Breakfast Session held at the Hilton Anaheim. The event started with the Milestone Awards presented by NAMM Historian Dan Del Fiorentino and NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond for companies in business 75, 100 and 125 years. Next, they recognized Keith Bardak, president of Hal Leonard, for his contributions to NAMM’s Oral History Program, which features interviews with industry laureates. Attendees also enjoyed music from the Vitamin String Quartet.

The NAMM Show, one of the largest music products trade shows in the world hosted by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), opened today at the Anaheim Convention Center, welcoming an expected crowd of 90,000 musical instrument manufacturers, retailers, associates and their invited guests from all over the world to the industry’s annual gathering. This year marks the 110th anniversary of the legendary trade show and is the meeting place for musical instrument retailers to view and purchase the latest musical innovations being shown by more than 1,400 manufacturers.

Themed “Make It Count,” the 2012 NAMM show kicked off on day one with its traditional Breakfast of Champions session, welcoming droves of attendees from all over the world to gain valuable insight about the music products industry and the innovation that is being used by successful businesses. The session started with musical performances from orchestral trio Sharon Hurvitz (piano), Avi Nagin (violin) and Natalie Helm (cello), and the cultural rhythms of Indian musician Prakash Sontakke on the slide guitar and Afghanistani musician Salar Nader on the Tabla.

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) yesterday hosted a Congressional briefing in partnership with the U.S. House Manufacturing Caucus in support of the RELIEF Act (H.R. 3210), legislation that would fix the unintended negative consequences resulting from the 2008 amendments to the Lacey Act.  

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) today announced its after-show entertainment schedule for the 2012 NAMM Show.   These events, in addition to the many exhibitor-sponsored concerts and parties, meet-ups and tweet-ups offer show attendees a wide variety of entertainment options once the show floor closes. For a complete listing of events, please visit namm.org/thenammshow/2012 or download the free 2012 NAMM Show app from iTunes or Android mobile stores http://m.core-apps.com/namm2012  

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) today announced that teen pop sensation, songwriter, vocalist and pianist Greyson Chance and singer/songwriter Shaun Barrowes will co-host and perform at the third annual SchoolJam USA finals event. The teen battle of the bands competition will take place on Jan. 21 in Downtown Disney as part of the world-famous NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA.

As Americans nationwide resolve to get fit, manage stress and save money this year, NAMM is urging them and President Obama to add playing a musical instrument to their list of New Year's resolutions through its "Pledge to Play" online initiative.

 The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) announced today that the Crane Institute for Music Business at SUNY Potsdam will be presenting an interactive roundtable forum during the 2012 NAMM Show exploring career opportunities in the music education and music products sectors. The open forum discussion called “How to Get a Job In the Industry” will be hosted from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 in the NAMM Foundation Learning Lounge located inside the Anaheim Hilton’s California Ballrooms A and B, and will be moderated by NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond.

NAMM and Messe Frankfurt announced today that dozens of manufacturers and distributors of major music product brands have already confirmed their exhibit space and attendance at the two new international music product trade shows being held in Moscow, Russia called NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia.