On October 12, the NAMM Foundation announced they will be inviting music educators and school administrators from across the United States to come to Anaheim, CA to experience NAMM’s fourth annual “Music Education Days,” being held on Saturday and… more »

by Frank Butler We ran into James Demeter at the NAMM Show. Interesting guy. He was the guitarist for “The Heaters” back in the 70’s. (That’s him in the center, in the photo at left.) Although he knows his way around a guitar… more »

The more I watch these, the more I wish I had turned a camera on and just left it on while walking around. As I think back over the sheer number of guitar players in the room I wish I had specifically collected riffs from the aisles. There were so many… more »

President and CEO Joe Lamond of the National Association of Music Merchants announced today that NAMM still plans to hold its Summer trade show in Nashville June 18 to 20. “We’ve had a long history with Nashville and we are delighted to be in a position… more »

BFMN EXCLUSIVE: In this video our own Dan Grigor is seen playing some amazing Martin Guitars. He was the only player at NAMM2010 to play the double-neck and the famous 110-thousand-dollar D-100 Deluxe. This is great! Part Four opens with me actually… more »

We spent a lot of time at the Martin booth at NAMM 2010. We got a great video tour with Chris Thomas; we interviewed Jorma Kaukonen and heard him play. The highlight of the day, though, was getting to play the coolest guitars in the building. Th… more »

by Dan Grigor By the third day of NAMM 2010 everyone is either hung over, exhausted, or so chipper way too early in the morning that you just want to smack them.  Suffice to say, I was not the chipper guy and I was seriously looking for a coffee fix… more »