Women in Vinyl

I always love talking to women who own, or work in record stores. It’s something I personally have not done and the music exploration at your fingertips is enviable to anyone that loves records. Today, I’m sharing the story of Mary House, single mom, stage 3 breast cancer survivor and the sole owner and operator…

I was fortunate to get a few minutes to meet Elizabeth Varvaro during the virtual Making Vinyl conference this year. Elizabeth handles production for Bonsound an artist management company, record label, booking agency, concert promoter and a promotion & publicity agency founded in 2004 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. When she isn’t at work…

Meet Audrey a minimalist both in practice and words, with some strong similar interests to mine: coffee, cats and vinyl, c’mon. She is the co-owner and co-founder of Société des Loisirs (Leisure Society), a pressing plant, coffee and record store in downtown Quebec city. I’ve mentioned how important it is to continue to share this…

I love being able to start a new year introducing you to someone like Annelise Kopp. As marketing manager at Harvest Records by day, and an independent DJ for the past five years known as Lil Meow Meow by night, she is bringing vinyl to the masses in more ways than one. She’s talented, has…

The day after Black Friday Record Store Day seems like a perfect time to introduce you to a woman behind the scenes working to create some of those beautiful releases. Alaska, Press Operator and Production Supervisor at Clampdown Records in Vancouver BC Canada. She came a s recommendation through the wonderful, and talented Robyn of…

Meet Jennie Zakrzewski who starts by saying, “I won’t be pissed if you don’t even attempt to pronounce my last name” a sentiment I understand. Jennie wears a lot of hats as it relates to music and vinyl and someone to definitely keep an eye on. She runs Specific Recordings, a small vinyl-only label since…

I’m happy to be able to introduce you to Jessa Graves, founder of Illumin Records, a record label that’s goal is to lighting the path for women in music, using a disruptive roadmap, a defiant rejection of the status quo, while harnessing new technology with a great backstory. ‘This is not your mother’s record label,…

Meet Kaitlyn Brown, a 2019 graduate from James Madison University with a degree in Music Industry. She is one of four team members, as well as the only woman employee, at Blue Sprocket Pressing in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Her focus there is on QC and packaging as well as social media. Blue Sprocket is a team…

Meet Emily Nobumoto, the talented and passionate Director of Operations at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings; a niche record label in Brooklyn NY that has an exclusive focus on late cut vinyl releases.  The label holds Direct-To-Vinyl Live Sessions which are live performances at the studio, mixed & mastered on the fly, and cut directly to…