
By Jay Rocc & Valerie Maddox Milano
Anaheim, CA (The Hollywood Times) 1/17/25 – The long-standing musical instrument & gear tradeshow NAMM is back on its normal January schedule & stronger than ever! It doesn’t feel this a ‘New Year’ without the thousands of creators & manufacturers invading the Anaheim Convention Center & surrounding venues. The ‘Superbowl of Music & Gear’ kicks off January 21 with Events & Jan 23-25 for the World-Famous Exhibit Halls! A WELCOME RETURN was felt by exhibitors, musicians and attendees of all kinds! Hearing from artists, exhibitors, endorsees, media, and attendees, they ALL exclaimed that ‘NAMM is the Epicenter of Music Creation’. Seems like the tradition of kicking off near the beginning of the year, sets the stage for a full year ahead of events, tours, award shows and more in the right way. Countless ‘Rock Stars’, legendary producers-mixers, songwriters, artists, managers, promoters, agents, publicists, podcasters, TV-Radio pros & more make a pilgrimage to the ‘Disneyland’ area of California. WE are NAMM & NAMM is US!

Highly acclaimed 50 year industry veteran & master interviewer JAY ROCC will be speaking to many of the great NAMM exhibitors & as they love seeing Jay & having a great chat about what’s new with their products, among the many will include MINARIK Guitars, also the amazing Harmonicas with legendary LEE OSKAR Harmonicas, the iconic JOHN LENNON BUS, CERWIN VEGA Speakers, ASI Monitors, the 100 GROUP, ELLEFSON, NEFARIOUS GUITARS, RIOT STITCH Line & many more!
One of the premiere instrument manufacturers YAMAHA, showing off their YAMAHA ProAudio, YAMAHA Guitars & YAMAHA Keyboards, plus, special effects masters FROGGYS FOG machines & many more! Jay Rocc has been an institution at NAMM covering MEDIA for over 3 decades strong! Can’t wait for this year’s NAMM! Legendary coverage to come!