In addition to speaking and panel participation, Jamie offers consulting services for guitar makers and music brands seeking strategic guidance.
Up Coming Speaking Events
The NAMM Show 2026
January 22, 2026
3:00 - 3:45 pm
The Unwritten Future of Guitar: Future Collectibles & Conscious Stewardship
A well-made instrument will last centuries. There are violins more than 400 years old still being played today.
What should this mean to the current owner? Are we obliged to consciously steward these instruments into the future, knowing they will one day belong to someone else? What else should we be considering? Documents, repair records, who owned them in the past? As many of the 20th-century guitars are being passed from one generation to the next for the first time, there is a multitude of discussions around authenticity, notable ownership and provenance. What do we wish we had done differently, and how can we become conscious of the right choices with new instruments being made now? An expert group of panellists discusses their experiences in the field of collectible instruments and what it might mean for the unwritten future of guitar.
Panellists
George Gruhn - Founder, Gruhn Guitars
Joe Glaser - Founder, Glaser Instruments
Dustin Miller - Dustin Miler
Joe Caruso Owner, The Music Emporium
Moderator: Jamie Gale
Anaheim Convention Center
800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States
Boutique Guitar Showcase Booth 4210
The NAMM Show 2026
January 23, 2026
3:00 - 3:45 pm
The Unwritten Future of Guitar: UI & UX Design in Guitars
UI (User Interface) design is the process of creating the visual layout, look, and functional elements of an interactive product, focusing on how users see and interact with shapes, buttons, icons, and menus to make the experience aesthetically pleasing, intuitive, and easy to use. It’s a crucial part of the overall user experience (UX), dealing with the specific touchpoints a user engages with, ensuring they are functional, accessible, and delightful.
Join our panel of industry-leading Guitar Designers & Innovators, as they discuss their approach to Guitar UI & UX, and what it may mean for the unwritten future of guitar.
Panellists
Bob Taylor - Founder, Taylor Guitars
Ola Strandberg - Founder, *Strandberg Guitars
Sheldon Dingwall - Founder, Dingwall Guitars
Moderator: Jamie Gale
Anaheim Convention Center
800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States
Boutique Guitar Showcase Booth 4210
The NAMM Show 2026
January 24, 2026
11:00 - 11:45 pm
Anaheim Convention Center
800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States
Boutique Guitar Showcase Booth 4210
The Unwritten Future of Guitar: Experience Filters: The Guitar Adjacent
The 20th & 21st century guitar does not stand alone, unlike the 19th century Spanish Guitar. It has picks, strings of various materials, electronic components and more. Each one affects the way the instrument responds, sounds and ultimately your entire experience is filtered through your choice of these accessories. Explore the impact of the many interchangeable parts of the guitar experience, both on-board & out-board. From Strings, pick-ups and picks, to pedals, amplification, modellers and more.
Join our panel of industry-leading Designers & Innovators as they discuss their contributions to the guitar experience and what it may mean for the unwritten future of guitar.
Panellists
Chris Griffiths, CSO, Director of Innovation - D’Addario
Eli Lester, CEO & Owner - Two-Rock & Divided by 13
Francisco Cresp, Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder Neural DSP
Larry Fishman, Founder - Fishman Transducers
Moderator: Jamie Gale
The NAMM Show 2026 | A3E
January 24th, 2026
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Hilton Anaheim; 4th Floor,
Hilton Huntington Room.
777 W Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802, USA
Data: From Ideation to Monetization - The Next Wave of Ethical AI Development
As lawsuits and regulations reshape the boundaries of AI training, the music and entertainment industries face urgent choices about how creative data is sourced, managed, and monetized. This session explores the path from conflict to collaboration, focusing on licensed datasets, model auditability, and consent-driven frameworks that enable innovation while protecting human creativity.
Panellists
Shari Reich | Manager, Developer Relations: Intelligent Content Creation, Audio and Music | NVIDIA
Shauna Krikorian | Executive Vice President | SongHub
Sourabh Pateriya | Founder & CEO | Soundverse Inc.
Pascal Pilon | CEO | LANDR
Jamie Gale | Founder | Jamie Gale Music & Boutique Guitar Showcase
Moderator: Linnea Sundberg | VP of Corporate Development & Head of Partnerships |UnitedMasters Inc.
The NAMM Show 2025 | A3E
Hilton Anaheim; 4th Floor,
Hilton Huntington Room.
777 W Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802, USA
January 24th 2025 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Artificial Creativity (AC): the Intersection of Content Creation with AI, Neuroscience, and Human-Centric Design & Creativity: Part 1
As artificial intelligence technology delves deeper into neuroscience, it opens up new possibilities through neuroscience-driven insights into brain activity and physiological data. Content creators (as well as “other parties”) now have the opportunity to harness this neurodata to craft personalized and adaptive experiences like never before. In parallel, AI will inevitably use this neurodata, and even create its own “synthetic” neurodata, and this is what A3E deems as Artificial Creativity (AC). This evolution is transforming music, video, gaming, film, and social media content. From AI-generated music that adapts to the listener’s mood, and video content that responds to real-time emotional cues, to social media algorithms designed to maximize engagement using neurodata, and immersive games that react to players’ brainwaves—AI and AC are revolutionizing the future of content creation. The opportunities for innovation are vast, especially possibilities when applied to health-focused content that adjusts based on real-time stress or mood.
However, these advancements also present significant challenges, including concerns over data sets/data ownership, intellectual property, data privacy risks, potential manipulation, the risk of formulaic content, commercialization of human expression, and the devaluation of human creativity in favor of data-driven design. The ethical dilemmas content creators must navigate are profound. Join this A3E discussion to explore these possibilities and challenges, leaving you with critical new insights and questions about the future of content creation and entertainment technology.
Fretboard Summit | Acoustic Cafe
Old Town School of Folk Music
4545 N Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
August 24th 2024
Jamie Gale: The Unwritten Future of Guitar;
Why Nobody Plays Their Daddy's Guitar
Join Jamie Gale, Curator of the NAMM Show's Boutique Guitar Showcase, for a discussion about the unwritten future of guitar. The most prolific instrument of the last 100 years, the guitar adapts and evolves like no other. Despite the multitude of irrefutable evidence, notice of its death has been proclaimed many, many times with the passing of each new movement.
What is this feeling of the guitar’s demise? Where does it come from? And why is it so wrong? And more importantly, how do we prepare for a future that people consistently predict incorrectly?