Women in Vinyl

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…

This week meet Ilka Erren Pardiñas, publicist and founder of Fly PR which has a roster of clients working in music, art, film, literature, visual arts and business, architecture and design who she creates and implements campaigns for. The team also represents select business and entrepreneurial creatives. Ilka is definitely a force to be reckoned with…

Meet Blake, she’s the co-owner of Indy Record Shop an independent, mail-order record shop located in Tampa, Florida.  They sell both new sealed releases and represses as well as used vinyl.  To shop here, you should also love dogs, but then who doesn’t?!  Blake is a mom to a toddler whose name is Hendrix, as well as…

As I’m preparing to head to Making Vinyl tomorrow, it was perfectly fitting to introduce you to Yoli Mara, co-owner of Welcome to 1979 a multi-faceted recording studio, as well as lacquer cutting / plating facility in Nashville. Yoli and her husband have owned the 13,000 square foot facility housed in a former record pressing…

I was lucky to meet some of the women from This Could Go Boom! a local label focused on facilitating the musical careers of women, trans and non-binary people, through work with the band The OSYX. Today I’m introducing you to Ara and Robzie. Ara is the co-founder of This Could Go Boom! and a member…

Since I started Women in Vinyl I’ve been interested in talking to someone from Discogs where so many of us keep our collections cataloged, and this week I get to introduce you to Claire Pace who is the VP of People and Culture there. Claire has been with the company for over 4 years and…

This week I’m happy to introduce you to Hannah Edgerton a technician on the quality control team at Precision Record Pressing (PRP). I met one of Hannah’s coworkers at a conference a few months ago in NY and was thankful to have him connect me with her. I love when I get to share more…

This week we take a trip to another record store, this one run by Becca Peterson out of Alton, IL Score! Records.  At 21 years old she opened a successful shop which her “community has graciously accepted“.  When we connected on social media and I saw her story, I was happy to share more about what…