Making Vinyl Nashville 2024

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Making Vinyl Nashville 2024

9:00am CDT

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Lyric Ballroom

9:10am CDT

ALWAYS ON MY MIND: THE STATE OF THE PRESSING INDUSTRY 2024 Lyric BallroomLarry Jaffee • Connie Comeau • Brandon Seavers • Mark Michaels • Ton Vermeulen • Ali Miller • Rufus Kalex

9:55am CDT

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: HOW TO KEEP YOUR CUSTOMER HAPPY Lyric BallroomDustin Blocker • Liz Dunster • Edward Gillis • Scott Lemasters • Sarah Robertson • Jenn D'Eugenio • Ric Sherman

10:40am CDT

MY BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT: WHY WE NEED ACCURATE VINYL SALES NUMBERS Lyric BallroomBilly Fields

11:30am CDT

WHAT LUMINATE IS DOING TO FIX THE NUMBERS PROBLEM Lyric BallroomChris Muratore

11:45am CDT

WORKING 9 [AM] TO MIDNIGHT: CAN THE LITTLE GUY STILL WIN? Lyric BallroomKevin Da Costa • Sara Pette • Edward Hashimoto • Cash Carter • Simone Serretta • William Shin

12:40pm CDT

BUSTED: THE LATEST CRACKDOWN ON BOOTLEGS & COUNTERFEITS Lyric BallroomMarcus Cohen

2:00pm CDT

WHAT'S THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A VINYL RECORD & WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW THAT? Lyric BallroomRyan Weitzel

2:20pm CDT

EARLY FINDINGS FROM THE GLOBAL PRESSING REPORT Lyric BallroomJames Duvall

2:40pm CDT

PLASTCHEM PRESENTATION: BIO-VINYL AVAILABLE IN THE USA Lyric BallroomOnno-Pieter Sonnega

2:50pm CDT

SIXTEEN TONS OF VINYL ON ITS WAY: LABELS, DISTRO PERSPECTIVES Lyric BallroomLarry Jaffee • Rachel Nordmark • Lucy Bartozzi • Benson Curb • Leslie Fowler • Collin Fidler

4:00pm CDT

SPIN THROUGH TIME: THE EVOLUTION OF RECORD PLAYERS AND TURNTABLES IN THE VINYL RENAISSANCE Lyric Ballroom

9:05am CDT

(I NEVER PROMISED YOU A) ROSE GARDEN: SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE Lyric BallroomAndreas Kohl • Sven Deutschmann • Kevin Da Costa • John Town • Onno-Pieter Sonnega • Madeleine Smith

9:50am CDT

MORNING KEYNOTE: THE RECORD COLLECTOR'S JOURNEY IN A DIGITAL AGE Lyric BallroomKevin Lewandowski

10:10am CDT

ARTISTS INVOLVED IN THEIR VINYL PRODUCTION Lyric BallroomDan Daley • Raul Midón • Cam Sarrett • Sean Cunningham • Arum Rae

10:40am CDT

THE PRESSING PLANTS' GLOBAL PRESSING NUMBERS PROJECT Lyric BallroomDustin Blocker

11:20am CDT

WE CAN WORK IT OUT: UPDATE ON THE VINYL RESIN INDUSTRY’S EFFORT TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION Lyric BallroomDomenic Decaria

11:40am CDT

I'VE GOT MY OWN ALBUM TO PUT OUT Lyric BallroomMichael Fremer • Patrick Leonard

12:10pm CDT

I SAW THE LIGHT: RESTORING HANK WILLIAMS RECORDINGS FOR VINYL (CLOSING PANEL) Lyric BallroomCheryl Pawelski • Jeff Powell • Greg Allen • Michael Graves • Jett Williams • Kelly Zumwalt

12:55pm CDT

CLOSING REMARKS Lyric BallroomBryan Ekus