The 3 hour concert was headlined with a performance by Elton John.



Other performances...

Earth, Wind & Fire: Fantasy / Boogie Wonderland / September
USC Trojan Marching Band: Fight Song > Tusk > Exit music
David Foster: 1988 Winter Olympics Theme
Chaka Khan: Tell Me Something Good / I’m Every Woman
Lucy Schwartz: You Are / Darling I Do (with Landon Pigg)
Amy Grant: House of Love / Baby Baby / Big Yellow Taxi
Leogun: Let’s Be Friends / There’s Just No Way
Dave Grusin with Lee Ritenour: Grusin solo > Jazz jam
David Foster with Dave Koz: Love Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire
Toto: Rosanna / Africa / Hold the Line
Michael McDonald: Minute by Minute / What a Fool Believes / You’re All I Need to Get By
Sarah McLachlan: Adia / I Will Remember You / Angel
Elton John: Your Song / Tiny Dancer / Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word / I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues / Rocket Man

The show was hosted by Sinbad.

Show review here:
http://www.examiner.com/a...ts?cid=rss

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Great lineup!

Did you get a chance to sneak away from the post, and check out some stuff?

...

This is what I need to do....

Bring my tool belt out there put a pencil behind my ear and (I am carpentry inclined) pose as one of those workers, riding around on a cart. Uh, ma'am there's a guitar case on the back of this cart. I know! See, this is what I carry my tools in. I know genius, I scare myself sometimes.

Attended the TEC Awards on Friday night where Rose Mann-Cherney (wife of legendary producer/engineer Ed Cherney) became the first woman inducted into the TEC Hall of Fame and Pete Townshend was the Les Paul Award winner.



The show was hosted by John Sebastian.

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Man I sure miss those NAMM days......................

I wish I was there when Stevie and Bernie jammed on the new Moog.

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STEVIE WONDER AND BERNIE WORRELL! The Zeus and Thor of keyboards.

Speaking of the new Moog, Flying Lotus marketed it with a tune and a video:

And here's Joe Sample playing a delicious Wurlitzer composition on the new Casio board.

Sorry to spam but I have to post this. One of our generation's greatest organists, Cory Henry, at the Hammond booth.

arX said:

Sorry to spam but I have to post this. One of our generation's greatest organists, Cory Henry, at the Hammond booth.

Thanks for the post t/A, I was looking forward to it!

paligap said:

Did you get a chance to sneak away from the post, and check out some stuff?

...

Since i'm stuck in place most of the time (as you know), I send out scouts to check on things.

You know i'm still amazed at this device...

...Kemper Profiler

Details: http://kemper-amps.com/pa...fined.html

Alan Chaput stopped by to tell me about Eventide's new pedal...

...the H9

It made me feel better about procrastinating on the offer he made me last year on their Space pedal which I really like.

With the H9 you can load up the best presets from their Space, PitchFactor, ModFactor and TimeFactor pedals.

And the price is the same as the Space pedal alone!

Details: http://www.eventide.com/H...es/H9.aspx


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theAudience said:

Alan Chaput stopped by to tell me about Eventide's new pedal...

...the H9

Great piece of gear. Imogen Heap made such great use out of the Harmonizer on her Hide & Seek:

TD3 said:

This is what I need to do....

Bring my tool belt out there put a pencil behind my ear and (I am carpentry inclined) pose as one of those workers, riding around on a cart. Uh, ma'am there's a guitar case on the back of this cart. I know! See, this is what I carry my tools in. I know genius, I scare myself sometimes.

Knowing you, I could see you pulling that off!

Something for you later.

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arX said:

Sorry to spam but I have to post this. One of our generation's greatest organists, Cory Henry, at the Hammond booth.

You're not spamming, you're helping.

You would've gotten a big kick out of Friday night's Hammond Soul Summit in the Hilton lobby.

...Dr. Lonnie Smith & Chester Thompson

...The Jon Hammond Band

Guitarist Joe Berger is a friend I was introduced to by bassist Teruo Nakamura some years ago during an AES convention in NYC.

...The finale with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Rev. Jimmie Smith & Anthony Williams

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theAudience said:

arX said:

Sorry to spam but I have to post this. One of our generation's greatest organists, Cory Henry, at the Hammond booth.

You're not spamming, you're helping.

You would've gotten a big kick out of Friday night's Hammond Soul Summit in the Hilton lobby.

All gold. Thanks for posting those.

This one is primarily for Miss Trina who put me on assignment.
I almost forgot about this but one of my visitors appeared to have some knowledge of acoustic guitar manufacturing.
Asked him who he thought had a well made parlor guitar and he said to check out Santa Cruz guitars.

Got to the venue early Saturday morning and headed to Hall E (downstairs) where many of the smaller (and many times more interesting) vendors display their products.


As I got off the escalator I was right in front of the Santa Cruz booth:

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...1929 O Model


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...Custom FireFly



Since Breedlove was right across from them, I took some shots of their models:

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...LEOH-46-15



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...Sparrow


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...OHCH-26-SB


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...OH64-18-VT

Some expensive little devils!

That's all I had time for.
Sorry that the pix don't accurately represent the beauty of these instruments.
I've got higher res version of the shots if you want them.



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Thanks Neal really appreciate this.

Your pics are just fine, if I could only pull them through the screen. The Santa Cruz Firefly with the Indian Rosewood/Redwood top, are the woods I want for my custom. I like the OUCH -26 -SB looks very interesting and reasonable priced. This luthier better give me a call soon to tell me I'm up or I'm buying something off the rack. I bought a Cort parlor "beater" this fall to hold me over. I gotta look at the pics some more and drool.

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TD3 said:

Thanks Neal really appreciate this.

Your pics are just fine, if I could only pull them through the screen. The Santa Cruz Firefly with the Indian Rosewood/Redwood top, are the woods I want for my custom. I like the OUCH -26 -SB looks very interesting and reasonable priced. This luthier better give me a call soon to tell me I'm up or I'm buying something off the rack. I bought a Cort parlor "beater" this fall to hold me over. I gotta look at the pics some more and drool.

No problem. Nice Cort. Everybody needs a "beater guitar".
I guess your luthier doesn't know who he's messin' with!

Sing on Brother, drool on Sister

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If you noticed the young guitarist leaving the stage prior to the Jon Hammond Band performance above, that's 12 year old Ray Goren.

Here he is in a short clip with Eric Gales...



...at the Two-Rock amp booth.


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Graycap23 said:

Man I sure miss those NAMM days......................

I hear that!

Damn!! What day was Stevie and Bernie there??? I would NOT have missed that, if I had known!

BTW, I have a pic of Stevie watching my play drums at one of the Drum sections at NAMM in 2011!! He said, "You don't sound too bad" LOL!! I will post it if I can figure out how!

theAudience said:

If you noticed the young guitarist leaving the stage prior to the Jon Hammond Band performance above, that's 12 year old Ray Goren.

Here he is in a short clip with Eric Gales...



...at the Two-Rock amp booth.


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Damn, does this kid have a future or what?

Top 10 Trends at NAMM 2013

BY CRAIG ANDERTON

Four days of NAMM with virtually no sunshine. Really. So, it was up to the manufacturers to spread some light, and while with a few crucial exceptions, this show was not about revolutionary concepts, some trends came into sharp focus. Here are the top 10 trends I saw, and there were quite a few products to back them up.

Live performance takes center stage. From PreSonus's big splash with their StudioLive Active Integration series powered speakers, all the Mackie DLMs being used in various booths, Electro-Voice's ZLX active speakers, and new digital mixers for live performance from Soundcraft, Behringer, and PreSonus, live performance products were huge. Well, not so huge, actually; a lot of them were pretty compact. But you know what we mean. (And given all the subs, sometimes NAMM looked like a scene from The Hunt for Red October.)

Wireless everything. It's not just about iPads controlling things, but products like Alto Professional's Stealth system—a transmitter/receiver combo that can turn up to eight speakers into wireless extensions of your sound system. Furthermore, in the plethora of wireless mics and guitar boxes, Shure's GLX-D series stood out: the receiver for their guitar wireless fits right into your pedalboard, and even includes a tuner. About the only wired things were the showgoers pounding on the local Starbucks, Earthgrounds, and Java City “designer coffee” stands.

Smaller, lighter, kinder to your wallet. Yamaha's MX49 and MX61 keyboards exemplified this trend, by essentially offering a mini-Motif in a lightweight, highly portable package that also serves as a MIDI/audio interface and control surface. And talks to iOS devices. Also, M-Audio's Axiom AIR 25 controller, and Akai's MAX 25, put a ton of capabilities into compact enclosures that host 25 keys, pads, and other hands-on, touchy-feely goodies. While these smaller/lighter products don't roll up into a ball and fit in your pocket (yet), someone's probably working on that now.

Speakers are waking up. Traditionally, the most boring part of your studio is just there to move air in the hopes that it will sound somewhat like real music. But the times are changing; after the March of the Near-Field Monitors, JBL has introduced the full-size M2 speaker system. It sounds wonderful, and reminds us just how good big speakers can sound. The new Sceptre models from PreSonus are extremely cool too, Eve Audio continues to develop the ribbon tweeter, and ADAM is bringing their speakers to a new audience with a lower price point.

iPads continue to play pet brain. It seems just about everything either runs on an iPad, can be controlled by an iPad, or uses an iPad to expand existing capabilities. As to how companies are coping with having a bunch of 30-pin products in their warehouse after Apple said “it's not 30-pin anymore, it's Lightning” . . . well, let's not go there, okay?

Direct from manufacturer hits hardware. First it was software: “buy from our online shop,” neatly bypassing the issue of distributor and retailer markups, as well as fighting for shelf space. But now, it's starting to hit hardware, too. Monoprice is selling (mostly) Chinese gear direct at basically distributor cost, and the quality seems to be on a part with similar gear selling through stores. Sub-$100 guitars that are set up individually? Retailers, the issue isn't just Amazon any more.

Insanely low pricing. Case in point: Peavey's Vypyr VIP-2. This amp has separate modeling options for electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and bass, along with a ton of effects, a pricey user interface with a ton of LEDs, and kickass tone. When I asked the price, I was told “around $200.” That's a joke, right? So what's the real price? “Around $200. Well, maybe it will be $230.” Seriously. Anyone who doesn't think Peavey is a technology company hasn't made it past the 70s.

Cool controllers. It's not just about keyboards any more; Numark's Orbit was one of those “you have to see it to believe it” kind of products. While marketed to DJs, its MIDI-based universality, tiny size, build-in accelerometer, and light show-vibe switches not only make it a killer live performance controller but a great wireless remote for the studio. And let's not forget Ableton's Push, which crosses over the line from controller to a true (and enticing) musical instrument, or the continuing evolution of the YouRock MIDI guitar disguised as something that looks like a game controller. And touch screens? Look no further than Slate Pro Audio's MTI, or Cakewalk Sonar X2 running on Windows 8.

Analog guitar stompboxes rule. Multieffects haven't exactly gone away, and products like the Axe FX, Variax HD (sweet), and Kemper Profiling amp are proving that high-tech and guitars are forming an ever-closer relationship. But go to Hall E, or even the main halls, and whether you're checking out Boss boxes or Tech 21's version of reality, analog electronics remains king of the stompbox hill.

The flu. Either you got it before you went and didn't go, got it at the show, or ended up after the show tired, exhausted, ears ringing, and in pain—and it was even worse if you had the flu on top of it. Come to think of it, you should probably wash your hands after reading this article. Just sayin.'

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theAudience said:

After doing these type conventions for more than a decade, more than the gear (which is nice), the upside for me is reconnecting with old acquaintences or connecting with new ones.

Some of the folks I got to hang out with this year...

Foley - Miles Davis, solo, P-Funk

Web: http://www.smartalecmusic.com/

Web: http://www.reggiecalloway.com/

Nathan East - Barry White, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Fourplay, etc

Web: http://nathaneast.com/

Phil Upchurch - Guitar legend

Web: http://www.philupchurch.com/

Mark Howard - Producer

Web: http://www.worldsend.com/

Web: https://www.facebook.com/marva.king.90

Morris Hayes - Keyboards, Production

Web: http://www.learn2produce....php?id=715

Web: http://www.dannybedrosian...rdbio.html

Stokely - Mint Condition

Web: http://www.mintconditionmusic.com/bio

Dr. Lonnie Smith - Master of the Hammond Organ

Web: http://drlonniesmith.com/

Chester Thompson - Tower of Power, Santana

Web: http://www.sfgate.com/mov...243350.php

Joey DeFrancesco - Master of the Hammond Organ

Web: http://www.joeydefrancesco.com/

Ric'Key Pageot - Dessy Di Lauro, Madonna

Web: http://www.dessydilauro.com/

Brett Tuggle - Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks

Web: http://www.bretttuggle.com/

And then there's always the surprise vistor.
This year is was none other that Mr. Wonderful himself, Stevie Wonder!



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The People at NAMM Are Weirder Than Most of the Instruments

By Daniel Kohn Sat., Jan. 26 2013 at 11:32 AM

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The gentlemen of Blue Felix


Prior to parking my car on Day 2 of the NAMM convention (which incidentally was my first time ever), I'd already pumped myself up for a day full of musical exploration in this temporary gearhead paradise. But after scanning the parking lot on a rainy afternoon on my way into the Anaheim Convention Center, I realized that this trip would offer more than just a look into a world of crazy ass instruments and technology. It would be a look at the crazy ass people who are obsessed with it. The chance to see folk from all walks of life in an amplified state of music geekdom would prove to be far more interesting than then the convention itself.

Upon entry it seemed like all of the strange characters and miscreants who Hunter S. Thompson described in many of his books seemed to all convene at NAMM. Yes, it should be noticed that musicians, vendors and the like aren't exactly suit-wearing business types, but I don't think I was ready for the massive swarm of mullets, leather jackets and acid wash jeans that awaited me at the door. It was as if the hair metal era literally took a dump on the showroom floor. I had never seen so many Vince Neil/Stacee Jaxx look-alikes in my life, and if the dudes didn't look like him, they certainly looked stereotypically like they worked at the guitar store in Wayne's World.

I should have known better since a buddy of mine who owns a successful clothing company and had frequented the event as a vendor until this year warned me about the types of people who would be at the event. I shrugged his words off, figuring that he was just being cynical. Alas, per usual, his wisdom proved to be correct.

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Rummaging past instruments (mainly of the brass variety) that reminded me of the ghost of my geeky high school band days, I did manage to see a lot of cool shit. The endless rows of guitars all seemed rad along with the different models of string instruments like violins, cellos etc. Weaving in and out of each row, there seemed to be two types of vendors: ones who were swamped by curious musicians and the one who looked sad that he/she wasted thousands of dollars to not ring up any sales or at least drum up interest in their respective brand. I felt for these people and headed over to check out their products, especially the poor guy with the graffiti guitars and multi-colored flutes, even if I wasn't the least bit inclined to buy anything. But hey, at least I got to noodle around on some cool guitars, saxophones and keyboards!

Truthfully, though the crowd was pretty weird, the real freaks seemed to gravitate toward the autograph booths filled with musicians I'd never heard of. As a music writer, I'd like to think that I have knowledge in who musicians are, however, judging by the signing schedule, I think I heard of maybe six (Mike Inez of Alice In Chains, Fieldy from Korn, Scott Ian from Anthrax, Zakk Wylde, the drummer from Iron Maiden and Victor Wooten) of the hundreds of people who fans waited in line for. After seeing one dude signing who I'd never heard of before, I asked someone who just got an autograph who that person was. He looked at me dumbfounded and shrugged his shoulders and kept moving.

(Funny note: apparently said autograph signer was the guitarist of Whitesnake. About 20 minutes later, he and his entourage cut in front of me as I was about to enter the Gibson exhibit. A security guard recognizes the fella and said, "Hey man, I remember seeing Night Ranger not too long ago and you rocked!" to which he responded, "I'm in Whitesnake, sorry." Ouch!)

That leads us the highlight of the day: Playboy guitars. Hugh Hefner has been brilliant in branding Playboy, but to outsource his iconic logo to include guitars? Fucking genius! And of course, he's got the best spokes models in the business. After a full day of being almost entirely surrounded by dudes, an appearance from 2012 Playmate of the Year Jaclyn Swedberg was like finding a lake in the middle of the desert. With most (by most, I mean about 85 percent) of the women at the event being plus-sized, the pickings were slim when it came to eye candy. Men flocked to where she was signing, tongues waggling anxious to get a photo of the glowing goddess that they could use for the ol' spank bank.

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Jaclyn Swedeberg and lucky fan

Just for fun, I waited around for a bit and watched the line get as long as it did for any musician, but after a while I saw every horn dog take a photo with her (to her credit, she made small talk and took photos with every single one of the droolers, with a smile on her face), and by then, it was time to go.

By then, I think I'd seen it all. After all, where else can you go and see people who love music yet live in a time capsule while checking out amazing new gear and seeing people geek out about musicians who you never knew existed? As for tomorrow, with Nikki Sixx and Sheila E. scheduled to sign, I fully expect this freak show conga line to be even more entertaining.

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NAMM is the circus 4 musicians....and I LOVE it.

Graycap23 said:

NAMM is the circus 4 musicians....and I LOVE it.

A circus with multiple side shows!

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Larry Dunn, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stevie Wonder, Bernie Worrell

Stevie Wonder around NAMM...

...I guess the dude at the end of this last clip had gotten a little too close.

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