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Growling Sax & Victory Musical Instruments Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 149
In this episode from the NAMM Show in June, Donna Schwartz spoke with musician and the founder of Victory Musical Instruments, parent company of The Growling Sax, Melvin Quinones. Melvin Quinones is a Hispanic American entrepreneur, engineer, musician and the founder...

Chateau Musical Instruments Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 148
I spoke with Robert Schuenemann, Representative, Endorsee and Artist for Chateau Musical Instruments. These saxophones were the talk of the show! You’ll want to check out the video for this episode, so you can see the beautiful hand-painted tenor and alto saxes. (See...

Beechler Mouthpieces Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 147
This week's episode from the NAMM Show features a personal friend of mine, Jim Scimonetti. Those of us that live near Los Angeles know how much of a monster player he is on all the woodwinds. He owned a music store and repair shop in Lancaster, CA for many years, and...

Mindi Abair and Theo Wanne Podcast at the NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 146
This was a super-fun interview with 2 people at the top of their game in music. Mindi Abair has performed with Aerosmith, the Boneshakers and was the saxophonist on American Idol a few years ago. You can read more of her Bio on her site below. Theo Wanne has been...

Mauro DiGioia of ReedGeek Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 145
Mauro Di Gioia is an entrepreneur, free-lance saxophonist/woodwind player, and the founder and President of ReedGeek, Inc. (which manufactures ReedGeek Products) based in Carson City, Nevada. For many years Mauro has dedicated his time to the betterment of reeds and...

Rovner Products Podcast at NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 144
Rovner Products started as primarily a ligature company, but over the years has expanded into mouthpieces and elegant saxophone stands. With the Rovner Deep-V Mouthpiece Collection, there are 2 offerings: the Avatar and the Aviva. Through extensive mouthpiece...

Jason Whitmore Podcast; Live from NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 143
Originally from Houston, Texas, Jason Whitmore has been a resident of San Diego since 1996. As a graduate from the University of Houston with a degree in Saxophone Performance, Jason holds a deep appreciation for live performance that spans across all genres of music....

Maxime Carron Podcast; Live from NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 142
Here's a little background on SYOS Mouthpieces... SYOS, which stands for Shape Your Own Sound, mouthpieces was founded by Pauline Eveno, a musician with a PhD in Acoustics. In 2015, she printed the first mouthpieces and some famous French saxophone players were using...

Matt Lee Podcast; Live from NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 141
This week, a podcast favorite stopped by the Legere Booth at the NAMM Show 2022. Donna spoke with saxophonist, Matt Lee, who now has a new single, Panama City Groove, which is streaming now. His prior single, One More Kiss, was #1 for 7 consecutive weeks in the Groove...

Danielle Walker Podcast; Live from NAMM Show 2022 – Ep 140
Danielle Walker has been playing saxophones since age 11. She performed in all ensembles offered at her school, an at age 16, was the youngest and only female member of the group, The Jekyll Island Big Band. In 1998, as a sophomore in Brevard College, she was featured...

Joel Pekin and Bob Sheppard from Retro Revival Podcast; Retro Revival’s New Tru Six Saxophone – Ep 139
In our 6th interview from the NAMM Show 2022, Donna interviewed Joel Pekin and Bob Sheppard, from Retro Revival. The Retro Revival company is known for their vintage replica mouthpieces, and are committed to making mouthpiece dreams come true by making exact Replicas...

Tim Price Podcast; Special Remembrance Episode
The saxophone and jazz communities suffered a HUGE loss on July 21, 2022. Tim Price, a phenomenal woodwind artist and educator, who has been featured many times on this Podcast in recent years, passed away on that date. He had been suffering from a brain tumor for...