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NAMM 2012
110th NAMM Show Reaches New Record Number of Registrants;
Industry Primed for Growth in 2012
Photos by So You Photography (http://www.soyouphotography.com)
NAMM
THE WORLDS GREATEST MUSIC STORE
1,000 PICTURES of The NAMM 2012 Show, click (here).
If we photographed you or your display, you will have to view the entire file to see all your pictures, as we
had two photo journalists covering the show and images are mixed.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to see samples of what you will find in the 1,000 pictures posted in the
link above.
The National Association of Music Merchants, (NAMM), had it's 2012 trade show, the world's largest trade
show of it's kind, at the Anaheim Convention Center, located at 800 West Ketella Ave. in Anaheim, Ca. January
19th - 22nd, 2012
“Winter” NAMM Show is the greatest and most important event in the world, for people in the music business.
Unlike the GRAMMY's or other award shows, this show is a trade show for people who are in the business of
making and selling musical instruments and other related musical equipment.
The annual trade show is the place where music products retailers meet face-to-face with manufacturers to make
their biggest purchases and gain product knowledge for their stores in the year ahead. Throughout the four days
of business deals, educational sessions and live music performances, the mood of the show was energetic and
positive.
Many manufactures sponsor musicians, singers and other entertainers. Those lucky enough to have sponsors,
often support their sponsors at NAMM Shows by signing autographs and/or performing with their sponsors
products. Again this year, there were entertainers with all levels of fame, from all genres of the music industry
in attendance. Including some of the greatest internationally know stars.
Entertainers and business people alike benefit greatly by meeting new people and making important new
contacts as well as renewing old friendships at NAMM trade shows.
At show close, NAMM reported 95,709 registered attendees, a six percent increase from last year and
representing a new record for the 110-year-old show. What makes these number even more impressive, the
NAMM Show is always CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. International registration also experienced a 15 percent
increase from last year to 11,981.
This year the NAMM show had 1,441 exhibitors including 236 new exhibitors.
"Once again the NAMM Show served as the crossroads for musical instrument and live sound products
manufacturers, retailers and their guests from all over the world,” said NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond.
"We are extremely grateful to all of the NAMM Members, music educators, artists, partners and media who
made this 110th NAMM Show a resounding success for the industry and a great start to 2012." To watch a cool
video about this years show, click (here).
About NAMM
The National Association of Music Merchants, commonly called NAMM in reference to the organization's
popular NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profit association that unifies, leads and strengthens the $17 billion
global musical instruments and products industry. NAMM's activities and programs are designed to promote
music making to people of all ages. NAMM is comprised of more than 9,000 Member companies. To watch a
cool video about NAMM, click (here).
For more information about NAMM, interested parties can visit www.namm.org or call 800-767-NAMM
(6266).
by Jungle Jim
32 Samples from the 1,000 pictures found in link above:
Click (here) for the file with 1,000 pictures.