
By Jay Rocc & Valerie Milano
Anaheim, CA (The Hollywood Times) 1/29/25 – The 2025 edition of the NAMM SHOW was a resounding success, uniting attendees from over 123 Countries Worldwide with over 4000 Top Exhibitors on the Cutting Edge of Music Making, Recording, Composing & Marketing. Seeing Music Manufacturing Giants like GIBSON & FENDER back, set the pace for an exciting week at the Anaheim Convention Center. Endless booths, parties, jams, demonstrations, lights, cameras & action! Everything in the world of Keyboards, Guitars, Drums, Harmonicas, Horns, Basses, PA’s, lights, DJ gear & more were all around you! Caught the INDIEPOWER Session on ‘Being Your Own Label!’ & loved the knowledge and inspiration for the INDIEPOWER Team!

Went to the evening events, the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame with a great Red Carpet; the Metal Allegiance show at the House of Blues (with the best players David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Gary Holt, Mark Meghi, Alex Skolnick & guest appearance by Metallica’s Robert Trujillo!), & Ronnie Montrose Remembered with an All-Star line-up! Met up with the team of the soon-to-launch streaming video network ‘ROCK FOREVER WORLD!’ (the ‘Netflix of Music Docs & Programs’) and celebrating the ROCKTOBER 1st rollout of ‘the Only Streaming Video Network 100% Dedicated to Music Programs’! For those of us that LOVE music documentaries & stories from our Classic Artists, Network-Amazon-Hulu etc. give us ‘crumbs’, ROCK FOREVER WORLD will give us the full course of a steady stream of what serious music lovers CRAVE!

See interviews below with NAMM Exhibitors LEE OSKAR Harmonicas, MINARIK GUITARS, ILIO, MARSHALL, ORANGE & more!
Breakfast with MIA ASANO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
LEE OSKAR: https://youtu.be/yiZVHblcTWY;
https://youtu.be/IvU8Yjkn1iM; https://youtu.be/tbr8TAd2sB0
MARSHALL: https://youtu.be/F3TuI0vCkdQ
ORANGE: https://youtu.be/8WedkjXqbQ0
MINARIK: https://youtu.be/1l8XQxX3kTs
ILIO: https://youtu.be/e3JERkwNMu4; https://youtu.be/x6CPOXS5vCg; https://youtu.be/LTUS3redOB4; https://youtu.be/gJbjh-RoJxY
Pre-NAMM @Hollywoodtimes articles & interviews:
Keith St. John’s “Ronnie Montrose Remembered” Event at NAMM 2025 | Hollywood Times