Joseph Abajian (DJ Jab)
Joseph Abajian (DJ Jab) founded Fat Beats in 1994 with nothing more than a shoestring budget and an earnest obsession with the music, the culture, and the brotherhood of New York’s burgeoning Hip Hop scene. What began as a simple vinyl shop in Manhattan’s Lower East Side quickly became an integral hub for artists, both […]
Ashby Baum
Ashby is currently the product manager for the Vinyl Records – North America business at Westlake Chemical in Houston, TX. He has been working for the Vinyl Compounds business at Westlake for over 5 years with previous jobs ranging from distribution, marketing, sales, and project management. He has been involved in vinyl records and sustainability […]
Lucas MacFadden aka DJ Cut Chemist
As well as being one of the ablest solo turntablists on the globe, American DJ and producer Cut Chemist (born Lucas MacFadden) was also a member of two highly rated crews: underground rap kings Jurassic 5 and the Los Angeles Latin funk band Ozomatli. His tracks have also appeared on two seminal turntablist compilations, Return […]
Justin Kristal
Justin Kristal, president of Copycats Media in Minneapolis, has been passionate about music his entire life. His background in music spans from a degree in music business, managing a record store, concert venue promotions, major label marketing rep, and eventually finding his way to Copycats Media. Justin has spent his career at Copycats building a […]
Lindsay Schapiro
Lindsay Schapiro is a Sr. Director of Digital Marketing/Streaming at Mom + Pop Music. Lindsay came to Mom + Pop at the top of 2016. In her nearly four years at the label, she has been a part of the team bringing albums to life from groundbreaking artists including: Courtney Barnett, Flume, Jai Wolf, Tycho, […]
Roxanne Rosello
Roxanne Rosello is a consultant for UPS within their Global Customer Solutions division. Through a consultative approach, Roxanne strives to understand a company’s strategy and business processes to best align valued solutions. She is able to positively impact their bottom line by leveraging a customized portfolio of offerings within engineering, supply chain optimization, technology, and […]
Felicia Risolo
Felicia Risolo is a Director of Marketing at independent label Epitaph & Anti- Records – home to artists such as Bad Religion, Neko Case, The Interrupters, Tom Waits, Mavis Staples, Andy Shauf & more. Since starting with the label in 2007, Felicia has watched the evolution of vinyl being sold from mostly indie record stores […]
Rand Foster
Rand Foster I owner of Fingerprints Music in Long Beach CA, Rand has over 30 years experience in record retailing, is a founding partner in the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.
Zach Sciacca aka Z-Trip
Few DJs have had as big an impact on music and culture as Z-Trip. He is an award-winning global DJ and Producer, and is often referred to as the pioneer of the mashup movement. Z-Trip’s roots are in Hip-Hop but there’s no style of music he doesn’t touch. This allows him to collaborate with just […]
Jenn D’ Eugenio
Jenn D’Eugenio is the sales and marketing administrator at Furnace Record Pressing, and vinyl enthusiast for over 18 years. She is the founder and curator of ‘Women In Vinyl’; and is dedicated to the art and creation of vinyl. Her background spans that of designing textiles for Fortune 500 fashion companies to career advising for […]
