The State University of New York College at Oneonta Music
Department is a NAMBI (Namm Affiliated Music Business Institution)
school. NAMBI is an organization branch of NAMM (National
Association for Music Merchandisers). The department each
year takes a relatively inexpensive trip to Anaheim, California
for the NAMM convention. At this convention, students meet
with major music equipment merchandisers, build contacts,
give out resumes, attend seminars and meet other music industry
majors from all across the country.
The
following information is a fact sheet produced by NAMM for
their press release located on their website at www.namm.com
National Association of Music Merchants
The International Music Products Association, commonly called
NAMM in reference to the organization’s popular NAMM
trade shows, is the not-for-profit association that unifies,
leads and strengthens the $16 billion global musical instruments
and products industry. NAMM’s activities and programs
are designed to promote music making to people of all ages.
NAMM is comprised of approximately 8,000 member companies.
For more information about NAMM, interested parties can visit
www.namm.com or call 800-767-NAMM
(6266).
ASSOCIATION MISSION: To unify, lead and strengthen
the global music products industry and to increase active
participation in music making. TRADE
SHOWS: Two of NAMM’s most important annual
events are the trade shows held in January in Southern California
and in July in Nashville. These two conventions, open only
to NAMM members and the music products industry, attract tens
of thousands of attendees who want to see new innovations
and developments in music making. NAMM shows are unique because
in addition to unifying the industry by bringing buyers and
sellers together from around the world, the excess revenues
from these popular events are funneled back into growing the
music products industry.
MARKET DEVELOPMENT: Over the past decade,
NAMM has reinvested more than $20 million dollars from its
trade shows into innovative, market-building programs and
partnerships such as Sesame Street Music Works, Smithsonian
Institution’s Piano 300, Weekend Warriors, New
Horizons Band, and Music Making and Wellness. NAMM’s
outreach also includes advocacy efforts with such organizations
and corporations as Disney, Miramax, Procter & Gamble,
Texaco, VH1 (Save The Music) and the GRAMMY Foundation. In
addition, NAMM has funded groundbreaking music/brain research
that has helped to shape world opinion about the intrinsic
value of music. The result: more active music makers and continued
growth for NAMM Members.
The
following information is a fact sheet produced by NAMM for
their press release located on their website at 
TRADE
SHOWS: Two of NAMM’s most important annual
events are the trade shows held in January in Southern California
and in July in Nashville. These two conventions, open only
to NAMM members and the music products industry, attract tens
of thousands of attendees who want to see new innovations
and developments in music making. NAMM shows are unique because
in addition to unifying the industry by bringing buyers and
sellers together from around the world, the excess revenues
from these popular events are funneled back into growing the
music products industry.
Horizons Band, and Music Making and Wellness. NAMM’s
outreach also includes advocacy efforts with such organizations
and corporations as Disney, Miramax, Procter & Gamble,
Texaco, VH1 (Save The Music) and the GRAMMY Foundation. In
addition, NAMM has funded groundbreaking music/brain research
that has helped to shape world opinion about the intrinsic
value of music. The result: more active music makers and continued
growth for NAMM Members.