About Us

Chip Averwater is retired chairman of Amro Music Stores in Memphis, TN, one of the largest musical instrument retailers in the U.S. He is a third-generation retailer and has spent 38 years managing his own stores and assisting others.

He served for 14 years as a board member and officer of NAMM, the International Music Products Association, and served as its chairman from 2007-2009. The association represents over 9,000 music products businesses and produces the NAMM Show, one of the largest trade conventions in the U.S.

Chip has been a featured speaker at meetings and conventions in the U.S., Great Britain, Australia, Germany, and China. He is an avid traveler, experienced speaking through local interpreters, and gets by in both German and Spanish.

 He enjoys talking with fellow managers about common problems and brainstorming solutions. He can be contacted at chipaverwater (at) gmail.com.