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
As you may have noticed we kind of like Halloween here at Women in Vinyl, and Roni fits right in with her love of horror soundtracks, which is part of what propelled her into this industry. Meet Roni Hyde, Press Operator at Smashed Plastic Record Pressing in Chicago. She runs two semi-automatic record presses to… Continue reading Roni Hyde | Press Operator, Smashed Plastic
Michele is a West Coast native, whose love of vinyl has been engrained in her from a young age. Like a lot of us out there, the rebirth of vinyl allowed for a full circle moment as others began rediscovering their love for the medium, and we found our way into a career with it,… Continue reading Michele Motta | Assembly, Cascade Record Pressing and Vinyl DJ
This week we have the pleasure of introduction you to Alli Klein the Production Coordinator for Smashed Plastic a DIY independent vinyl record pressing plant. A fixture in Chicago’s indie music scene, many of their employees are members of local bands. Being in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago allows them a more frequent and deeper… Continue reading Alli Klein | Production Coordinator, Smashed Plastic
