Ryan Kerr
Ryan Kerr is currently Record Store Day Canada’s Director of Marketing and Strategy. He comes armed with years of practical experience in the entertainment industry that he brings to the table. He got his start at Virgin Records Canada, where he was the youngest sales rep the company had ever hired. He grew his position […]
Eric Astor
With three decades of experience running record labels, distribution companies, and as a touring musician, Eric Astor founded Furnace Record Pressing in 1996 with the mission of providing high quality, customer focused record pressing services to independent artists and labels. Furnace is currently busy building a brand new vinyl pressing plant in Virginia. Eric is […]
Sarah Robertson
Sarah Robertson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of A to Z Media, Inc., which is to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2019. The company maintains extensive relationships with many of A2IM’s leading labels and distributors and has become among the industry’s most trusted and valued independent client advocates by providing creative, cost-effective, vendor-agnostic […]
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis is president and co-founder of Kindercore Vinyl, a modern vinyl record pressing plant located in Athens, Georgia. He has been a touring musician since the mid-90s when he co-founded the Kindercore Records label. Ryan lives in Athens with his wife, six-year-old daughter, two dogs, a cat and too many comic books and records.
Mitch Anderson
Mitch Anderson is a radio disc jockey, vinyl record nut, vintage gear enthusiast, audio engineer, and someone who likes to play loud rock ‘n’ roll in his free time. He has been the voice behind the all-vinyl radio program, Black Circle Radio since 2009. Black Circle Radio is live on Monday nights on Muskegon 100.9 […]
Matt Block
MATT BLOCK is Director of Content Development at Warner Music Group and founder of Run Out Groove, a vinyl-only imprint under the WMG-umbrella that allows fans the opportunity to vote on the next modern day collectible. Run Out Groove releases limited, high quality recordings of new custom collections, unreleased masters from the vault and out […]
Kamran V
CyKiK founder KamranV builds bridges between technology and artistry; initially in the early 2000s creating Interscope’s mobile business and web platform, serving as producer for spatial DVD-Audio projects of Nine Inch Nails, Sting and Beck while simultaneously managing artists such as the Nervous return. In 2006, KamranV co-founded the on-demand, live concert album label Spaceland […]
Justin Crowther
Justin Crowther is the owner and founder of Burlington Record Plant, Inc., the northeast’s premier record pressing plant in Burlington, VT. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and the drummer for the band Blowtorch. He has toured the U.S. extensively with bands such as Chuch and Waylon Speed. Justin is an innovator, and a first-generation record plant […]
Dustin Blocker
Dustin Blocker, a former musician and singer for 15 years, founded North Texas-based artist-centric record label Hand Drawn Records in April of 2011. In December 2014, he started Hand Drawn Pressing as the vinyl record manufacturing arm for the company. Dustin is Chief Creative Officer of Hand Drawn Records and Hand Drawn Pressing.
David Gorman
Equally comfortable working with artists and algorithms, David Gorman has made a career of cooking up new ways to connect folks to things they’ll love. Whether that means rolling up his sleeves to create Grammy-winning packages and click-worthy posts himself or commanding an army of creators and curators to put a human stamp on code-based […]
