We love seeing more women at the helm of pressing plants. This week we met Farah the owner of Violet Vinyl a small record pressing plant specializing in artistic color pressing and low minimums out of Daytona Beach, Florida. Violet Vinyl was created to make it easier for musicians and indie labels to create, record… Continue reading Farah Amir | Owner, Violet Vinyl
Meet Nicole Gonzalez who works in packaging and QC at Smashed Plastic. We had the pleasure to meet her and some of her wonderful colleagues at our 5 year Anniversary party this year in Chicago. Nicole is originally from SoCal but now calls Chicago home. Her job at Smashed Plastic includes QC'ing records off the… Continue reading Nicole Gonzalez | Packaging and QC, Smashed Plastic
We got a chance to visit the The Vinyl Lab when we went to Music Biz in Nashville this summer. Since then, they've finished off the space for live events, including hosting this year's Making Vinyl conference, and expanded adding a second press. Locally owned The Vinyl Lab is founded by musicians and artists who… Continue reading Heather Gray | Director of Business Operations, The Vinyl Lab
We love seeing people that love records so much they jump in all the way and in multiple ways. This week we introduce you to a woman who is just that, and that does it all, so much so it was hard to summarize her title(s) in the header. Valeria Rueda is Mexican DJ and… Continue reading Valeria Rueda | DJ , Label Owner, and Press Operator at Intakt
We have been wanting to feature someone from Pallas Group / Pallas GmbH Records, a pressing plant in Diepholz, Lower Saxony Germany, for some time. Pallas is valued worldwide for the high sound quality of its pressings and is an established name in the music industry since it was founded in 1948. It is also… Continue reading Janine Lettmann | Electroplating QC, Pallas
