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Montrose Music Remembered All-Star Jamm
What happens when you bring together Ronnie Montrose’s Iconic Music and the people who have played with the man and adored him throughout his career. You get the most talked about show at NAMM 2018, which took place on January 27th 2018 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. Let the party start! This celebration […]
Images from The NAMM 2018
Mark Wood Violins
How do you get an emmy award winning composer and violinist extraordinaire to give you a moment of his time for taped interview? You simply walk up to him and ask him! In a big fan girl moment, I was honored to spend a couple of minutes on camera with the famed electric violinist and former […]
Ultimate “NAMM” Night
RCF Pro Audio presents “ULTIMATE “NAMM” NIGHT” was a highlight of shows during the week and was a virtual who’s who of luminaries in the music industry. On any Tuesday night, at the infamous Whisky A Go-Go, in Hollywood, you can pop in for their “Ultimate Jam Night”, hosted by Paulie Z (Zablidowski). Paulie Z (Zablidowsky), from […]
Hall of Heavy Metal Awards
Although being snubbed by the Grammy’s hasn’t stopped the 2nd annual Hall Of Heavy Metal awards show from honoring the greats again. This year’s program was even better than last year’s awards show with some heavy weights. The iconic Bill Ward received his award for his long time drumming with “Black Sabbath” for his entire […]
Exhibitors: Sadowsky Guitars, Bergantino Audio Systems, Friedman Guitars & Fodera Guitars
SADOWSKY GUITARS Roger Sadowsky is one of the most highly respected instrument makers in the world. He gained early acclaim for outstanding repair and restoration work on guitars and basses. In the early 1980s, the heated vintage market increasingly pushed guitars and basses out of reach for working musicians. In response, Roger realized that it […]
Pfeifer Drum Company
BackStage360 took a moment to speak with first time NAMM exhibitor, Daren Pfeifer, of Pfeifer Drum Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was debuting his “September Series”, “Imperial Series” and “Generation Series” snare drums. Daren opened his fledgling percussion manufacturing company in 2016. In that short period of time, he has designed, modified, tested […]
The NAMM Show 2018
The 2018 winter, National Association of Music Merchants, kicked off on Tuesday, January 23nd, with the NAMM Foundations’ Day of Service, at the Anaheim Convention Center, in always sunny, southern California. It started to gather speed on Wednesday, with a small series of educational events, a tech summit, several live performances, a special event for […]
Gene Baker (b3 Guitars) – Jon Mulvey (3G Guitars) – Justin Emord (Fender)
On day three of NAMM, team photographer, Bill Towner and I had the joy of sitting down with San Francisco bay area based, professional musician and 3G Guitar designer and manufacturer, Jon Mulvey, to talk about his beautiful instruments and the technology behind them that makes them so unique. Jon’s “Performer” takes design, sound and performance […]