Women in Vinyl

We met Emily through a gracious email she sent to us. The sense of community is more than we could have ever imagined, and today we’re happy to be able to introduce her, and her passion for what she does, to you.  Emily Ravita is the the assistant manager of the independent record store, Monster…

First post back in the new year and happy introduce Detroit based DJ, producer, live performer and graphic designer Rebecca Goldberg.  Coming from the birthplace of Techno she produces electronic music, releases records and travels the world as a DJ.   She also hosts a radio show called ‘D-SCOVERY‘ every month on the London-based station Aaja,…

What a pleasure to interview Cicely Balston, mastering engineer at AIR Studios who has been mastering for all formats and genres, both digital and analog since 2013.  She cuts lacquers using a Neumann VMS80 lathe, before they are sent off to be electroplated and then to plants for pressing vinyl.  Her experience ranges from the…

We love meeting people who’s passion for vinyl takes them into several facets of the industry. That is the case with Pacific Northwest native Beth Martin, aka DJ Kitty McKlaine behind the turntables, who is also the Project Manager at Cascade Record Pressing in Milwaukie, Oregon. A music history fan, a professional organizer, project manager…

Since 1999 Heela Naqshband has been bringing punk rock to your record collection. She is the co-owner of indie punk label GC Records, with her husband, Shahab based in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Geykido Comet Records, or GC Records for short, launched officially in January 1999 with the release of the Intro5pect debut 7-inch vinyl record,…

Danielle Mendicelli is the owner and operator of Goldies Record Company a product of her passion for music, people and connection in San Diego/Oceanside.  Their events connect artists, musicians, creators and entrepreneurs, and her goal is not only to share music and sell records but to create and be a part of a community that…

Meet Cass Beau, audio engineer, songwriter and producer, who works across many different genres and styles. Their favorite part of the process is getting to write songs, and then helping with the production and mix to get the song to its finished state. November is trans awareness month and we’re honored and inspired in sharing…

Meet Tara Wyatt, the owner of Tumbleweeds in Niantic CT, when we got in touch with her she was in the process of going through a collection of over 30,000 records!  The shop is a story of a daughter continuing her dad’s legacy. Tumbleweeds is family owned and operated, tag-lining themselves as a ‘blast from…

DJ, curator of sound, vinyl vixen and founder of Red Light Vinyl, that is Je’li Daniel a vinyl select(tress) and all the hats she wears. As the founder of Red Light Vinyl, an all female vinyl collective, Je’li is running the day to day operations, and curating music sets for online radio broadcasts worldwide in…