These days the online vinyl community is so supportive and intertwined that it can feel like you actually know people you've never met. Part of what we all love about record stores is that sense of community, but in some cases opening a record store online can have the same affect, and a brick and… Continue reading Zoe Taylor | Co-Owner, Peppermintstore Records
As we see videos like Jack White's plea to the major labels, we should also turn our attention to plants like Press On Vinyl in Middlesbrough, UK opening their doors to facilitate an all in one solution for those bands, indie artists and small labels in need of vinyl to help them survive. Their aim… Continue reading Emily Skipper | Galvanics, Press On Vinyl
Yvonne Page grew up around music and vinyl, so it's no surprise that her love for it would bring her to career working with the medium. Parents hope showing their kids the things they love will make them take an interest in it too, and we love seeing that as well with women carrying on… Continue reading Yvonne Page | Manager, Dig Vinyl and Vinyl DJ
Meet Karen Emanuel, the CEO and founder of Key Production Group, a creative agency founded in 1990 that specializes in the design and manufacturing of bespoke products for the music and other industries, including vinyl. Starting with a few thousand pounds from a redundancy pay-out Karen has guided Key Production through thirty one years of… Continue reading Karen Emanuel | CEO and Founder, Key Production Group
What a pleasure to interview Cicely Balston, mastering engineer at AIR Studios who has been mastering for all formats and genres, both digital and analog since 2013. She cuts lacquers using a Neumann VMS80 lathe, before they are sent off to be electroplated and then to plants for pressing vinyl. Her experience ranges from the… Continue reading Cicely Balston | Mastering Engineer, AIR Studios
