Billy Sheehan

The 2012 NAMM Show got underway on Thursday, Jan. 19, in Anaheim, Calif. Read More

ANAHEIM, Calif. , Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The NAMM Show, one of the largest music products trade shows in the world hosted by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), opened today at the Anaheim Convention Center, welcoming an expected crowd of 90,000 musical instrument manufacturers, retailers, associates and their invited guests from all over the world to the industry's annual gathering. Read More

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. , Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Guitar Center ( www.guitarcenter.com ), the world's largest musical instrument retailer, continues its support of unsigned artists, announcing 21-year-old Jean-Pierre "JP" Didier Bouvet as the winner of the twenty third-annual Guitar Center's Drum-Off ( http://gc.guitarcenter.com/drum-off-2011/ ), the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered drummer.  JP beat out over 4,500 contestants to take the nearly $50,000 grand prize.  "I'm blown away by this win," says Bouvet. Read More