My trip to NAMM day 1

Good People of the internet, greetings from Anaheim, CA! I'm writing this via a "borrowed" Wifi Connection at the hotel. Let me tell you why i'm here. Every year, the industry gathers for 3 major trade shows. One in January, here in Anaheim. One in March in Germany, and one during the summer in Indianapolis. This show, called the NAMM show is only open to music industry professionals such as buyers, artists and vendors. Its too bad more people can't see this. It's basically a music store so big, it fills up the entire convention center (which is huge) and stretches into another hotel. Every company that designs, manufactures or sells musical gear is represented. In addition, the halls are teeming with celeb players. Just tonight, I got to hang with Omar Hakim (he did plenty of time with madonna among others.), and Dave Pomeroy, a big name bass player out of nashville! To give you an idea of the magnitude of the show, check this out. When we got to the convention center today, we spent two hours walking around in the same room and didn't see everything. Housed in this particular hall are guitar/ bass companies and drum companies. We haven't seen keyboards, recording gear, pro audio, etc. It's all here and i plan to see a ton of it. I also brought the camera along to capture some moments. check out the pics. I'll Check in tomorrow after the first full day of trade showing.
-truth, kid in a candy store the size of two football fields.