Women in Vinyl

I’ve only been to Memphis once even though I lived in Nashville, and I loved it there!  So much history and the STAX museum was an experience I’ll never forget.  That said at the time I had no idea about what Memphis Record Pressing (MRP) was up to, and since then they’ve seemed to explode…

I’ve been looking forward to interviewing someone on the equipment side of the vinyl industry and thankfully Callie Stroby of VPI Industries in Cliffwood, NJ was up for it.  I absolutely love VPI.  Their products are beautiful, perform amazingly well, and the family story of the company makes them easy to love and want to…

Meet Kristen Anderson, the fun and creative yet camera elusive general manger of Forced Exposure, an independent music distributor in the Greater Boston area. Forced Exposure distributes records from thousands of labels and artists from around the world, representing most genres and especially the genres between the genres. As General Manager, I do “general things”,…

Meet Kate Siamro the ‘Chatty Canadian’ of Spinster Records in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas, Texas. I came across her fun posts on social media for the shop and knew I had to chat with her.  Her responses and energy come through in the interview as well. In her free time she loves playing…

Jocelynn is the Head of Marketing for AMPED Distribution.  I’d heard her speak on a panel at Making Vinyl, and wanted to learn more about her and her role there. AMPED stocks over 85,000 unique titles from over 25 countries and carries exclusive offerings from breakthrough artists.  They provide distribution services; both domestically and internationally.…

This week I’m excited to introduce you to Caren Kelleher, the founder and president of Gold Rush Vinyl in Austin, Texas. When I started Women in Vinyl she was one of the women I really wanted to speak to. Of the many things I respect about Caren her thoughtfulness through the process of starting her…

Meet Sabine who is the co-founder of Magnetic Fidelity and Agnew Analog Reference Instruments which are two companies closely linked.  Magnetic Fidelity started in 2014 as an analog mastering facility full of custom high end vacuum tube equipment which handled some direct-to-master recordings with bands from Greece and several other countries. Two Greek film makers…

Meet Elizabeth Pilar Ayala, she works at VNYL a record subscription company, and has her hands in a little bit of everything there from acting as inventory manager to keep track of incoming records, to warehouse manager overseeing outgoing orders and making sure the warehouse staff has what they need, and in addition to these…

This week meet Ashley Sarchia she is a production coordinator at United Record Pressing (URP) which was founded in 1949 in Nashville, TN.  The company was known for pressing one million records per month and for unique history. United also boasts a storied collection of pressing a variety of influential musical titles.  No matter what your relationship is…