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In this episode of the Start Teaching Guitar podcast, I’ll tell you about my recent trip to the 2012 Winter NAMM Show and all the ways attending the show yourself will help your teaching business.
I go into MUCH greater detail about each item in the podcast, but here’s a rough outline for you:
2012 Winter NAMM Show Highlights For Guitar Teachers
1) Introduction to NAMM
- What is NAMM?
- The Winter NAMM Show
- The Summer NAMM Show
2) My trip to the NAMM Show
- I guess the biggest lesson I learned from my trip to the NAMM Show was that the music industry
is just like any other industry…some people work behind the scenes and some people get to
wear stretchy pants. :)
3) Benefits of attending the NAMM Show
- See the latest gear before anyone else does
- Meet celebrities, get autographs and photos
- Business contacts
- Training sessions
- Free stuff
- Amazing live performances
- Great vacation opportunity
4) How to get into NAMM
- Music Education Days
- Music-related business
- Know someone
- Open-to-Public Days
Photos from the 2012 Winter NAMM Show
Eric Johnson and me at the Fender booth
Alex Skolnick, Bruce Kulick, me, George Lynch and Cesar Rojas at the Seymour Duncan booth
Steve Morse, me and Dave LaRue at the Ernie Ball booth
Lita Ford, my wife, me, Seymour Duncan and Warren DiMartini at the Seymour Duncan booth
My guitar teacher, Leigh Williams, and me at the Dunlop booth
Items Mentioned In This Episode:
- The official NAMM website
- Article: NAMM 2012 – 6 Products Every Guitar Teacher Should Know About
- NAMM Music Education Days
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