MAKING VINYL EUROPE
September 1-2, 2022
Everything You Wanted To Know About Lacquer (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Michael Papas, XL Productuctions
CDs Are Also On the Upswing
Thorsten Megow • Sven Deutschmann • Danny Talmi • Michael Hosp
Now It’s Manufactured, What Happens? A Fulfillment Primer
David Hool, Woodland Entertainment UK
A Postcard That Plays Music?
Kenneth Winkler, Timeless Media
Modern Day Quality Control Issues
Gil Tamazyan, Capsule Labs
SimuLathe – Virtual Master Cut
Helmut Erler, Tokyo Dawn
If You Build It, They Will Come: Why We Took the Pressing Plunge
Chris Roorda • Dominique Harvey • Albert Avramovic • Sigve Håland • Ondrej Slivka
Pulse on the Youth Market
Marlein Parlevliet, SF Distribution BV
They’re Fueling the Pipeline
Larry Jaffee • Chris Marksberry • Manon Debattista
Vinyl By the Numbers
Alexandre Jornod, Futuresource
Don’t Make Assumptions About Gender & Vinyl
Karlyn King, Freelance Music Consultant
Sustainability Will Sustain Vinyl’s Future
Kyle Devine • Karen Emanuel • Marc Carey • Lupu Pitkänen • Craig Evans
Soundit Demonstration
Danny Talmi • Asaf Fried
Meeting Consumer Demand for Vinyl When the Industry Is At Capacity
Andreas Kohl • Leonidas Chantzaras • Sven Deutschmann • Peter Runge • Martin Frings • Onno-Pieter Sonnega
Sorry, All With Vinyl Is Not Rosy (3 Contrarian Viewpoints)
Bryan Ekus • Ton Vermeulen • Harm Theunisse • Chris Goss
How Record Store Day Expanded into Europe
Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl • Marlein Parlevliet, SF Distributions BV • David Godevais, Disquaire Day
MAKING VINYL NASHVILLE, USA
June 23-24, 2022
The Vinyl Revolution: What the Research Shows
Portia Sabin, MusicBiz
What’s Going In At Retail
Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl • Doyle Davis, Grimey’s
Panel discussion: Meeting Demand When the Industry Is At Capacity
Michael Fremer • Mark Michaels • Brandon Seavers • Ben Blackwell • Piper Payne
How Not To Screw Up A Good Thing: The Three Things We Need To Do To Keep Vinyl Going
Billy Fields, WMX
Vinyl’s Next Frontier: NFTs
Bryan Ekus, Making Vinyl • Gar Ragland, VinylKey
NAPCO: Vinyl’s Best Kept Packaging Secret
Jerry Pearce
Why the Time Was Right to Launch a New Pressing Plant
Karlyn King, University of Birmingham • Connie Comeau, The ADS Group
Vinyl’s Recent Growth: It’s No Fluke
Alexandre Jornod, Futuresource
Vinyl Me, Please: Why We’re Building Our Own Plant
Cameron Schaefer • Gary Salstrom
Why You Should Join The VRMA
Yoli Mara, Welcome to 1979 • Dustin Blocker, Hand Drawn Pressing
Record Store Day the Book? The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century
Larry Jaffee
Time Waits For No One: Tales from the Vinyl Pipeline
Moderated by Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle • Jay Millar, Sundazed Music• Micki Windham, Thirty Tigers
Counterfeit Vinyl- Enforcement in the eCommerce Age
Marcus Cohen, RIAA
Vinyl Saved Physical Media: View From a Label
Speaker: Donna Ross, Concord
Cutting from Tape: Stax Case Studies
Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl • Jeff Powell, Take Out Vinyl
Press Operators Talk Shop
Mike Elliott • Brie-Anne Andrews • Doc Holoweski • Michael “Oz” Osborn • Vince Slusarz
Electroplating explained for a new generation of platers and pressers
Speaker: Ron Greenspan, Digital Matrix
New Pressing Machines on the Way from Pheenix Alpha
Speaker, Scott Lamb, Pheenix Alpha
MAKING VINYL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
December 8-9, 2020
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Bryan Ekus & Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl
NOTHING CAN STOP THE VINYL RESURGENCE
Speaker: Michael Fremer, Analog Planet
QUARANTINE = NEW VINYL SALES
Speaker: Duncan Stewart, Deloitte Global
MAKING TURNAROUND TIMES MORE PREDICTABLE
Moderator: Matt Earley, Gotta Groove
Panelists: Micki Windham, Thirty Tigers; Greg Reierson, Rareform Mastering; Terry Cole, Coleman Records
RECORD STORE DAY 2020 REPORT
Speaker: Carrie Colliton, Record Store Day
QUALITY STANDARDS WILL HELP US ALL
Moderator: Alex Cushing, Hand Drawn Records
Panelists: Dustin Blocker, Hand Drawn Pressing; Rob Mashund, Stoughton Printing; Mike Elliott, Independent Record Pressing
CUSTOMER SERVICE: HOW DOES IT FEEL, TO TREAT ME LIKE YOU DO
Moderator: Stacy Karp, AtoZ Media
Panelists: Mona Dehghan, Mute Records; Josh Madell, Secretly Group; Dan Kuster, Gold Shop
WHAT LACQUER SHORTAGE & OTHER CUTTING ISSUES?
Panelists: Adam Gonsalves, Telegraph Audio; J.J. Golden, Golden Mastering; and Clint Holley, Well Made Music
ANATOMY OF A DELUXE BOXED SET
Moderator: Susanne Savage, Rhino
Panelists: Jason Jones, Rory Wilson, Kristin Attaway
GREEN VINYL RECORDS
Speaker: Phillip Pounders, Green Vinyl Records
APPLYING LEAN PRINCIPLES TO RECORD PRESSING
Speaker: Mark Reiter, Furnace Record Pressing
THE ECONOMICS OF TOURING WITH VINYL
Speaker: Jeffrey Lewis
WHO’S BUYING VINYL
Speaker: Russ Crupnick, MusicWatch Inc.
HOW ONE MAJOR DECIDES WHAT CATALOG ALBUM GETS THE VINYL TREATMENT
Interviewer: Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl
Speaker: Harry Weinger, UMe VP of A&R
WHAT GOES INTO MAKING THE BEST SOUNDING VINYL RECORD POSSIBLE
Speakers: Scott Hull, Masterdisk; Kevin Gray, Cohearant
IT’S NOT WHERE WE’VE BEEN; IT’S WHERE WE’RE GOING
Speaker: Billy Fields, WMG
SURVIVING AS A CD MANUFACTURER IN A VINYL WORLD
Speaker: Justin Kristal, President, CopyCats Media
VINYL PRODUCTION PROCESS FROM THE CLIENT TO THE CONSUMER
Moderator: Sean Rutkowski, Independent Record Pressing
Speakers: Riley Manion, Secretly Group; Katy Clove, Merge Records; Rhonda Jessee Epitaph
EUROPEAN-STYLE VINYL QUALITY ASSURANCE
Speaker: Thorsten Megow, Optimal Media
KEEPING CUSTOMERS HAPPY WITH CREATIVITY
Speaker: Dustin Blocker, Hand Drawn Pressing
A CUTTING CAREER LAUNCHED
Speaker: Robyn Raymond, Lacquer Channel Mastering
VINYL EXCLUSIVES: SO MANY FLAVORS
Moderator: Jocelynn Pryor, AMPED Distribution
Panelists: Becky Wilson, Urban Outfitters; Carl Mello, Newbury Comics; and Jamie Beck, Merge Records
DEEPENING THE EXPERIENCE: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CREATING FAN-FOCUSED PACKAGING
Speaker: David Gorman, 1021 Creative
PRODUCTION UPDATE: THE ‘PHONOCUT’ LATHE
Speaker: KamranV, PHONOCUT
CONFERENCE WRAP UP
Speaker: Bryan Ekus
