NAMM 2026: 6 highlights from Day 1 at the annual music show in Anaheim

Percy Bady stood amid a throng of musicians and onlookers at a booth at the NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center on Thursday, Jan. 22.

As an R&B and gospel songwriter-producer, he’s responsible for cowriting such well-known tunes as R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly,” Yolanda Adams’ “Still I Rise,” the modern gospel standard “There Is No Way,” and BeBe and CeCe Winans’ “Hold Up the Light,” which featured Whitney Houston.

When the crowd around a booth spills into the walkways at NAMM...