Sabine-Lydia Schmidt
Founded in 2011 by Sabine-Lydia Schmidt, designer, cultural entrepreneur and DJ, »unbreakmyheart« is an independent record label that accommodates Frankfurt- and Berlin-based artists. »unbreakmyheart« releases vinyl to stem the increasing tide of digitalization in music, reclaiming the ethics of DIY and pushing back to the tangible physical experience of sound and live performances. The label hosts several […]
Dan Yashiv
Dan is a seasoned music and media industry professional with over 15 years of professional experience as a recording engineer and producer. Credits include Britney Spears, George Michael, Natalie Imbruglia, Pet Shop Boys, De La Soul, George Benson, Arto Lindsay, DJ Spooky, more. Prior roles include managing partner of a top mobile music app company (Musicsoft […]
Donny Eastland
Donny Eastland is currently the go-to person for many of the record pressing factories when technical assistance is needed. Clients include Memphis Record Pressing (MRP), Sunpress Vinyl, Brooklyn Vinyl Works, Josey Records, and Gotta Groove Records. His expertise is the results of an Engineering degree, 45 years of experience as an Industrial Engineer, 20 of […]
Craig Braun
Craig Braun has been a professional actor since taking early retirement from the Warner Music Group in 2001, where he was a Creative and Marketing Director. Craig is a music packaging legend in his own right, who executed such iconic album covers as the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, the Velvet Underground & Nico, and Alice […]
Michael Bunnell
Michael Bunnell is Executive Director and a founding member of the Coalition of Independent Record Stores (CIMS). He began his career in the music business over 40 years ago when he opened The Record Exchange in Boise, Idaho. As a founding member of CIMS, Bunnell had a significant role in the creation of the organization, helping develop […]
Chris Muratore
Chris Muratore is Chief Business Development Officer and Co-Founder of Border City Media, the company that developed the innovative music measurement and analytics service BuzzAngle Music. BuzzAngle Music is a state of the art platform and the only industry service that analyzes daily music consumption for sales, audio & video streaming activity, airplay and Shazam […]
Chris Mara
Chris Mara is a recording engineer, owner of Nashville’s Welcome To 1979 recording studio, and owner of Mara Machines; the largest analog tape machine restoration company in the world. Mara’s passion for recording led to founding the analog-centric Welcome To 1979; which has clients such as Pete Townshend, Eric Burdon and Third Man Records. Welcome […]
Alex Rosson
Eric Boulanger
Founder of The Bakery, as well as an accomplished professional studio violinist, Eric Boulanger is the rare professional whose exceptional skill set regularly takes him from the studio to the stage. A classically trained violinist since the age of three, with over two decades of professional experience, Eric has trained at such renowned institutions as […]
Gary Salstrom
Gary Salstrom is general manager of Quality Record Pressings in Salina, KS where he oversees the plating, quality control and pressing departments. His first gig in 1979 was as a stamper finisher at Wakefield Manufacturing in Phoenix, where in 10 years he rose to plant manager. After that plant closed in 1989, RTI hired Salstrom […]
