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…
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…
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…
October 5, 2010, Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live, Moscone West, San Francisco—Dave Stewart is a producer, solo artist, and mobile music consultant and evangelist. In his keynote talk, he discussed the intersection of music and technology. Apps are an entry point for increased interaction, and will lead to significant changes in the industry. When Apple started…
October 5, 2010, Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live, Moscone West, San Francisco—in a morning panel, some executives from major labels, touring business, and management companies got together to talk about the new generation of the music business. Bill Werde, editorial director of Billboard moderated the panel. Speakers included Justin Little, day-to-day manager at Zeitgeist Artist Management,…