Women in Vinyl

For the first post in the new year I’m happy to introduce you to Désirée label owner of Lay Bare Recordings based in the Netherlands.  I personally am a fan of her label and was glad she agreed to be a part of the site.  Like myself one of her ‘great passions’ is music and vinyl. …

Katherine had reached out to me through the site’s contact page to talk more about what I was working on with the blog and when I realized she had a ‘newish’ shop in Baltimore  we made sure to stop in on a recent trip.  Her shop Hare’s Breath Records is run by her and her husband, they…

I’m so glad to have Dana as a part of the blog, I’ve been lucky enough to work with her on a couple projects and immediately I knew we’d get along.  Like a couple others, including myself, she’s former art school kid who found her way into a vinyl workplace.  She’s got a love for…

I love that that Amy and Margaret wanted to do this together, even though both definitely deserve their own posts.  I have so much respect for these ladies,and what they do. Margaret:  I’m a Mastering Engineer at Chicago Mastering Service; we do mastering for digital formats as well as mastering for vinyl. On the side, I’m…

You can’t live in the DC Metro area and not know about Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe so I’m glad to be able to share it with more of you.  Between the live shows, and records to browse while you have coffee there’s something for everyone.  I was introduced to Alisha by her partner…

I met Anouk through my job at Furnace Record Pressing, and when I started this blog she immediately came to mind.  She wears many hats but her official title is the ‘sales manager’ at Record Industry in the Netherlands.  When she’s not answering emails, problem solving, or helping to set up a recording studio she loves…

I’m happy to highlight Sara Twinn today, she is the co-owner of Taxi Driver Records a label and online record store based in Italy.  Sara and her partner Massimo have been on my radar for awhile and we’ve been ‘instagram friends’ for some time. As a Mom she is constantly balancing her time with family, along…

Meet Portia Sabin, she’s a busy lady as president of the independent record label Kill Rock Stars and host of the music business podcast ‘The Future of What’. Kill Rock Stars (KRS) has a great inclusive mission to: “…put out exceptional records by important artists, and our tradition of being queer-positive, feminist, and artist-friendly…”  They are one…

Today we’re taking a look behind the curtain at an online shop that I’ve personally bought countless records from over the years, All That is Heavy.  Recently Casey and Taylor Kelch took over ownership and have been giving some new life to the store that’s  based in Texas and founded in 1997. It’s the first online…