Executive Turntable: Spotify, CD Baby Vets Bound for beatBread — Plus, BMI Hires Top People Person

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/lists/music-jobs-executive-moves-beatbread-sony-bmi-pipeline-namm/

RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/116062647026636033

BTW this isn't just about AI, but it does pertain particularly to "learning gadgets" in general - like the Lite Jam I just saw from #NAMM, another in a long row of music teaching machines which almost invariably bypass the internalization process of learning, in favor of rote.

I urge you to consider what, if anything, of value you ever learned - actually learned - by rote.

Also, if learning is that simple, then why is the reverse bicycle so hard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0

#learning #tech

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Korn’s Fieldy Seen with Ray Luzier at NAMM, Sparking Reunion Rumors

https://www.metalsucks.net/2026/02/11/korns-fieldy-seen-with-ray-luzier-at-namm-sparking-reunion-rumors/

#NAMM #Korn #FieldySeen #numetal #reunion #drummer #bassist #MetalSucks #metal #music

NAMM Jam All-Star Concert on January 23rd, 2026, by Don Adkins. #namm @namm

https://slrmagazine.com/2026/02/07/namm-jam-all-star-concert-on-january-23rd-2026-by-don-adkins/

NAMM 2026 CELEBRATES ITS 125 YEARS OF MUSIC, SHOWCASING VARIOUS PERFORMANCES OF MUSICIANS/ARTISTS, INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS, MUSIC BUSINESS, MUSIC EDUCATION, AND AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS & NETWORKING, BY DON MARCELO. #namm

https://slrmagazine.com/2026/02/07/namm-2026-celebrates-its-125-years-of-music-showcasing-various-performances-of-musicians-artists-innovative-products-music-business-music-education-and-authentic-connections-networking-by/

60 years of guitar design. No reissues. Just forward.

At #NAMM 2026, I had a chance to hang out with Andy Winston from Yamaha Corporation. We talked Chris Buck's signature #Revstar, the new #Pacifica SC, and we deep dived into the BB/7345 bass (the #BB734 it is on my wishlist, Andy!!! Jast saying... 😅 I do not have the patience for 5 strings! ) and most of all about why this amazing company keeps building more instrument than the price tag says.

Andy's words: "We don't do reissues. You're never gonna see us reissue a 1972." That's the philosophy. Draw from history. Build for tomorrow.

🎸 #ChrisBuck Signature #Revstar – Overwound P90s, stainless steel frets 🎸 #PacificaSC – Rupert Neve pickups, 5 sounds from 2 pickups 🎸 #MatteoMancuso Revstar – Coming Summer 2026 🎸 #BBBass – String-through body, active/passive, professional features at real prices

I own a Revstar. Bought my nephew a Pacifica. The BB734 is on my wishlist.

There's passion here. And value.

Part of our On Location Coverage at #NAMM2026.

Tons of content coming your way—I hope you like music ;)

#NAMM2026 #Yamaha #Revstar #Pacifica #ChrisBuck #MatteoMancuso #BBBass #GuitarLife Sean Martin, CISSP #guitars #bass #rock #musicians #art

https://youtu.be/i_z6UUQnLYY

2026 NAMM Show Day 2, January 22nd , 2026, by Don Adkins. #namm @namm

https://slrmagazine.com/2026/02/04/2026-namm-show-day-2-january-22nd-2026-by-don-adkins/

Some of the best conversations at #NAMM happen when you're not looking for them. I noticed a shirt that said "I Support #Musicians" and couldn't help but start talking to Michelle Wolff from the Guitar Center Music Foundation.

What followed was a conversation about #music programs being the first to get cut from school budgets. About 150 grant requests every quarter and only 30 getting fulfilled. About kids who might never discover they were meant to play an instrument. About veterans who could find healing through sound but won't get the chance. And about Michelle's own journey—an #opera major whose voice was taken from her by vocal nodules, who had to rebuild her identity, and who never stopped being a musician.

Give it a listen.

P.S. Sean Martin, CISSP and I recently met with Myka Miller, MM, MBA, Executive Director of the Guitar Center Music Foundation. We have some exciting plans to support their work. More soon.

The Guitar Center Company Studio C60 / ITSPmagazine Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-UhlD00yw8

#music #guitars #guitarcenter #namm2026

2026 NAMM Show Day 1, January 21st , 2026, by Don Adkins. #namm @namm

https://slrmagazine.com/2026/02/02/2026-namm-show-day-1-january-21st-2026-by-don-adkins/