Namm is only for the big shots not the average Joe Shmoes like us....We only spend the money...haha...
Nice. It's not really a "big shot" show. BTW, I know you where teasing...
It's an industry only show. Meaning the manufacturers set up and the "visitors" are store owners, distributors, and buyers for like entire school districts and that sort of thing.
The celebrity musicians that come are invited as a draw to get the different buyers and distributors excited about what you do.
The show, which is 4 days long, is all about business. The Spector booth will have two tables and every hour on the hour a different distributor will meet with either Stuart or PJ to discuss how many basses/guitars they're going to buy for the year.
That's why the show is in January. Most manufacturers will leave that show knowing how many guitars or basses or tubas or violins or keyboards, etc... they have to make and when they have to deliver them.
Symphony directors will order dozens of hand crafted violas or violins or whatever they need. Recording studios order mics and you name it.
There are other shows that are for displaying your goods to the public. Which does drive demand of certain models, etc... but this show is all about setting up your business contracts for the year.
Some companies to try to use the show to attract high profile artists to join their ranks. Last year this very low key guy with a beard walked in with a backpack and I couldn't see his badge, but he politely asked if he could see the Coda-4. He played it, fell in love with it and signed on as an artist. Something that SPECTOR doesn't really try to use the show for. He is Abe Millett of Third Eye Blind. So you'll have that sort of thing happen.
But I can tell you by the end of each day Stuart and PJ are exhausted. Distributors from all over the world come to NAMM and it's all about business.
That's why it's not open to the public.
I know you were joking, but there's a lot of people who actually don't know what the NAMM Show is and why it's not open to the public. So I figured I'd take to opportunity to explain.
