Live shows and tours are starting to come back, the need for merch is so important, and with pressing plants continuing to be booked out a company like Diggers Factory provides a great service for bands. Diggers Factory started in 2015 by two friends, Victor and Alexis, who met at the University in France and… Continue reading Mathilde Vanhassel| Label Relations, Diggers Factory
Take a moment before you keep reading to think; how many women are in your top ten artists of all time? How much of your record collection is made up by women artists and musicians? How many of those women are getting reissues of their record or getting highlighted with Record Store Day releases? These… Continue reading Lisa Power | Freelance A&R Consultant / Project Manager
We have our first double feature! A blog interview, and podcast release to follow (next week) with Ren Harcar, Quality Assurance (QA) at Gotta Groove Records in Cleveland, Ohio. From our first exchange I knew Ren was an immediate sister, she also had great insight to share after three years working in QA. She is… Continue reading Ren Harcar | Quality Assurance, Gotta Groove Records
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… Continue reading Brianna Orozco | Lead Press Operator, Memphis Record Pressing
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… Continue reading Callie Stroby | Lead Builder, VPI Industries
