What's New: Summer NAMM 2008

10.11.08

Perennial JazzMando friend Sims Delaney-Potthoff announces the arrival of Harmonius Wail's latest CD, "Resist Temptation." Sims, the band's mandolinist/leader studied with the legendary jazz mandolinist
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10.09.08

From our JazzMando buddy Tom Morse, who very much like us, squandered way too much of his youth reading Mad Magazine. We return with some
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10.07.08

With the release of "Getting Into Jazz Mandolin" a week behind us, many of our readers have already weighed in with impressions. We thought it
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June 19, 2008 | Summer NAMM 2008

Bags are packed and we're ready to camp out in the luxurious Downtown Hampton Inn in Nashville, TN for the 2008 NAMM Trade Show, June 20-22. After a three-year hiatus from the Music City (two years in Austin, one in Indianapolis) the exhibits are back after what many would argue was a mistake in moving. Ah, hindsight...

It's more of a broad industry show and not the greatest acoustic environment for auditioning instruments, but it's always great to witness new trends and hook up with old industry friends. We'll look forward to reports from our roving reporters, as well as pictorial documentary from the Site Administrator, Ted Eschliman who doubles as a columnist for Music Inc Magazine.

More to come...

Enjoying a Draleon 'Royale' Gypsy Mandolin

Posted by Ted at June 19, 2008 08:33 AM

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