Month: December 2016

  Day 23 we want to encourage you to Give the Gift of Music Education! Many of us have been influenced by the guidance and inspiration of a music teacher or a colleague in the music industry. The NAMM Foundation’s new donor program is an ideal way to thank or honor someone for their contributions to music or for their personal support of your ambitions for a life in music. Donations support the NAMM Foundation’s ongoing efforts to promote music education and advance support for its vital role in life and learning for every person. Visit www.nammfoundation.org/donate to learn more. Together, we keep music education strong! Since 2007, through the support of NAMM members the NAMM Foundation has contributed nearly $15 million to fund programs impacting people across a broad range of musical segments, genres and age demographics. While we have made great strides in helping people make more music, more often, we want to do more and with our new Believe in Music fund and your support we can. A message from the NAMM Executive Committee. “We are proud [Read More]

    Day 24 we invite you to check out Emily Faith as she performs on the NAMM Hilton Stage on Thursday, January 19th at 11:00 AM. At first glance, Emily Faith might seem like many other typical teen girls – growing up in a small town; spending her time attending school, playing basketball, cheerleading, and working with her church youth group.   But a closer look will reveal that she is anything but typical.  Blessed with an extraordinary voice and love for music she began entertaining at a very young age.  Unlike many teen artist who stick with one style of music – she began exploring and embracing many different musical genres at an early age; which led to the development of her own unique style – a mix of Pop, Country, and Americana.  Music professionals have pushed her to define her style into one genre.  She quickly and politely responds to them; “I am starting out my career as a cross over artist – I don’t want to be defined by one particular [Read More]

(Anaheim, CA) Guitar pyrotechnics are no longer rare in blues or rock these days.  Most lead guitarists can and do shred hot licks in the middle of blues and rock songs, giving audiences a bit of an electric thrill. But there is a difference between hot and heavy guitar shredding and chops that come from the heart and not just the fingers. One delivers electricity, the other delivers emotion along with the energy.  This is what David M’Ore does;  he delivers 6-string heart and lightening like no one else. His guitar playing and his corrugated voice encapsulate decades of blues, rock, R&B, acid, metal – everything about music that pierces the heart as well as the muscles.  You can dance to M’Ore’s blues, but you can also meditate to them.   Some call him a mystical guitar man from a bygone era. But this Argentine-born, world-raised virtuoso guitarist and singer/songwriter is in many ways on the cutting edge of the modern blues movement. He has created a blues style with his custom-made Fender Strats  that [Read More]