When I sat with Henry Januszkiewicz for his short interview, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys made their appearance at Gibson Guitar booth on January 27. But there is no better time for a busy CEO and I felt lucky to steal a few minutes of his time. Wilson started his concert with an acoustic [...]
January 2013 – In late 2012, Etymotic developed and released to market a new class of hearing protection. Using their knowledge of the ear and hearing from their decades of development and production of hearing aids, they have developed an active hearing protection device called the Music PRO. The overview of the technology is discussed [...]
You may have heard that Yamaha Corporation celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. During the NAMM trade show, we had a chance to talk to the president of Yamaha Corporation in America, Takuya “Tak” Nakata. Surprisingly, we found out that he plays a number of instruments. Yamaha America President Tak Nakata Q: We know traditionally [...]
January 23, 2013, NAMM, Anaheim, CA—The conference opened with a press preview of selected new products and some interesting performances from a wide range of music genres. This media preview day offers a glimpse of the upcoming show. Drum Workshop premiered their Collector series of snare drums made from a mixture of blue stones and [...]
January 23, 2013, NAMM, Anaheim, CA—Joe Lamond talked with Bernie Williams about life after baseball and music. Williams is a former NY Yankee and is currently a jazz guitarist and music education advocate. How did you change from sports to music? Williams responded that he always played music, but you can only focus on being [...]
Six years in a row, in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to recordings performed by members of “The Wrecking Crew”. This was a nickname coined by its drummer Hal Blaine, who is also a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Some of the [...]
For the audiences that appreciate the artists, this film opens their eyes about the music industry. For Denny Tedesco, this film was a personal project about his father. Denny Tedesco at AES 2012 Denny Tedesco always wanted to make a documentary in the ’80′s about his father, Tommy Tedesco. He actually made a documentary just [...]
In prepartion for the on-coming big conferences of CES and NAMM in January, we took some time to have a short 1:1 interview the Mr. Joe Lamond, President and CEO of NAMM, to get some quick insights on how the music business has been doing this year. In direct fashion, here are the points of the [...]
January 15, 2011 – Anaheim, CA – This years NAMM show had several positive changes. The show featrured over 200 new exhibitors, they had a software technology pavillion for portable apps, and they moved the TEC awards from the AES show to NAMM. The TEC awards are from the TEC foundation and recognize Technical Excellence [...]
January 19, 2011 – Las Angeles, CA – Multi-award winning recording artist and Jazz/Fusion icon Stanley Clarke took time from his schedule to talk to M&E Tech regarding what he is up to lately. His new band, The Stanley Clarke Band features three new young artists, Hiromi, Ruslan Sirota and Ronald Bruner, Jr. are continuing [...]
