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WINTER NAMM: DJ MARKET GETS CONTROLLER-CRAZY<br />
By Jim Tremayne<br />
Anaheim, Calif.—According<br />
to organizers, the Winter NAMM<br />
show—held this past Jan. 13-16 at the<br />
Anaheim Convention Center—set an<br />
attendance record with 90,114 regis-<br />
tered badgeholders. With over 1,400<br />
exhibitors showing <a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=1"> How DJ Expo Boosted My Business AMERICA’S FIRS</a>
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<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=3"> INDUSTRY EVENTS…NOTABLES…MILESTONES NEWS </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=4"> VOLUME 24 NUMBER 4 12 Front to Back After Thre</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=5"> NO MORE EXCUSES. </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=6"> FROM THE EDITOR The Crazy Season:</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=7"> DJ rESOLUTIONS FOr 2011 Americ</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=8"> SAMPLINGS REID SPEED S</a>
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<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=10"> IN THE STUDIO WITH… HANEEF RAISANI:TRUE BE</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=11"> Serious Gear. Serious Sound. Designed for the mos</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=12"> Front to Back APRIL 2011 DJ TIMES 12</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=13"> After Three Years of Singles Success, Wolfgang Ga</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=14"> APRIL 2011 DJ TIMES </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=15"> Winner of the 2011 Crystal Disc Award ...and ple</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=16"> types of music ranging from speed garage, disco-h</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=17"> ROCK THEIR WORLD. SIMPLIFY YOURS. Power and contr</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=18"> APRIL 2011 DJ TIMES Manufactured Superstars: (fr</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=19"> Rise By Jim Tremayne On The Beatport Buddies Te</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=20"> our choice for playing. DJ Times: As DJs, whi</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=21"> 2011 Dates Announced August 8-11 Trump Taj Mahal </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=22"> By Jeff Stiles What’s More Important to Your Bus</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=23"> </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=24"> MAKING TRACKS STUDIO…HARDWARE…SOFTWARE… </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=25"> www.novationmusic.com/dicer youtube: NovationTV </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=26"> SOUNDING OFF PLAYBACK…PRO AUDIO…PROCESSING </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=27"> www.allen-heath.com/xone/xonedb4 For more info</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=28"> MOBILE PROFILE CAREERS…INNOVATIONS…SUCCESS STOR</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=29"> Momma Said NOX You Out </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=30"> BUSINESS LINE SALES…MARKETING…SOLUTIONS… HO</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=31"> </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=32"> DJ TIMES APRIL 2011 GEARAUDIO…LIGHTING…STUFF </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=33"> </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=34"> DJ TIMES APRIL 2011 GEARAUDIO…LIGHTING…STUFF </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=35"> </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=36"> 36 GEARAUDIO…LIGHTING…STUFF Truss Issues Globa</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=37"> </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=38"> GROOVESTRACKS…MIXES…COMPILATIONS Adr</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=39"> GROOVESTRACKS…MIXES…COMPILATIONS </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=40"> Winter NAMM (continued from page 3) MIDI Ma</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=41"> National Crossover Pool Chart 1 David Guetta F/ </a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=42"> Gartner (continued from page 16) DJ Times: D</a>
<a title="DJ Times April 2011 Digital Edition page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/09ae2b67?page=43"> THE TOUGHEST, SMARTEST AND MOST IMPRESS</a>
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