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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017 The Official Show Publication DAILY MORE1 MUSIC2 MAKERS3 The NAMM pre-show buzz? Make more music makers! In the lobbies, restaurants and meetings, insiders asked how we get more people playing and fewer quitting music. UpBeat Daily made some early rounds of the show floor and found a few exhibitors who wholeheartedly agree! 1. From left: Samson’s Robert Caputo, Sean Meagher, Lenny Postiglione and Ira Cary Blanco show off the Go Mic Mobile 4 wireless system. See page 40. 2. Supro guitars return to the market at NAMM. Preparing for the launch were, from left, U.S. Music’s Gil Soucy, KMC Music’s Roger Hart, KMC’s Joe Del- aney, Supro’s David Koltai and KMC’s Mark Terry and James Tsaptsinos. See page 8. 3. Yamaha focused on four major re- leases during a NAMM press preview last week in New York. On hand were, from left, Tom Sumner, Lisa MacDonald, Roger Eaton, Steve Fischer, Dennis Webster, Brian Peterson and Si- mon Oss. See page 8. 4. The St. Louis Music crew takes a break Wednesday to show off a few new products. From left, Adam MacBlane, Phil Baughman, Chris Meikle and Craig Den- ny. 5. From left, Korg USA’s Joe Castronovo, James Sajeva and Nick Kwas display the full-sized ARP Odyssey set to launch this week. See page 4. 6. Fishman’s Thomas Ostrander and Gary Le- 5 6 naire show off the SA Performance Audio System. See page 32. breakfast of champions Who will be at Breakfast of Champions this year? See NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond with some of the most exciting people in the industry this morning! Breakfast of Champions ATV’s aFrame SKB iSeries Cases Fly Schilke’s Trombone Options Blue Mic Essentials Page 118 Page 4 Page 34 Page 44 Page 48 4 UBD January 19, 2017 namm show news Martin Honors 2 Shure, Rock Legends Millionth Guitar Partner for Limited Martin Guitar will unveil its 2 mil- Edition SM58 Mics lionth guitar at The NAMM Show.
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