Women in Vinyl

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…

Today is the second of the 2020 Record Store Day drops, so no better day to highlight a small business owner, Amy the co-owner of Spoonful Records in Columbus Ohio. Brett and Amy met at the Columbus Museum of Art and opened the store in 2010. Amy’s role is as the used collections buyer &…

This weekend meet Beck Rustic, owner of Swelltune Records. Her focus is on roots music / rockabilly and midcentury rock ‘n’ roll on vinyl, with the occasional cd release. She also runs a music festival called The New England Shake-Up, which is three days of bands,  record hops, music seminars and more in Framingham, Massachusetts.  In her free…

A few months ago this bright fun logo started showing up in my Instagram suggested posts, tied to great photos and content. After clicking over I found out Red Zeppelin Records based in McKinney Texas is female run and owned, a definite ‘follow’. So, this weekend I’m looking forward to introducing you to Katie Scott,…

Meet DJ Honey, a DJ, radio host and promoter living in Singapore with experience DJing in Australia, the US, UK and in Asia. Honey hosted her first radio show ‘Cadillac Records’ back in 2010 on Australia’s 97.1FM.  In 2016 she began hosting Kiss! Kiss! Bang! Bang! on Brisbane’s 4ZZZ FM and now subsequently hosts Girls In The Groove…

If you missed it last weekend, Women in Vinyl partnered with SoundGirls for a webinar on ‘Career Paths in the Vinyl Industry’.  Our first but definitely not last foray into the webinar world.  If you aren’t familiar with SoundGirls they are a professional advocacy organization aiming to empower women working in audio and music production,…