Women in Vinyl

Meet Lenise Bent, a recording engineer, producer, Foley mixer/editor, foreign dubbing supervisor, archivist, audio repair and  preservationist, consultant, and educator.  Yeah, literally all of those things.  I was introduced to Lenise by Jett, and I’m honored to be able to use Women in Vinyl to share her story with you this week. The little free…

I’m excited to finally introduce Robyn Raymond of Red Spade Records to those of you who may not know her.  I say finally because she was actually one of the first women I’d been in touch to profile when I started the site, but things were sort of in flux for her.  Over time I’d…

Meet Natalie Martinez a musician, and the shop manager at Fort Lauderdale’s community record store staple Radio Active Records where she’s worked for over 10 years this month!  Most people know Natalie as Nat Smallish, her stage and nick name she’s carried with her throughout the years since high school.  She mainly plays bass but…

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…