MAKING VINYL GOES VIRTUAL DEC. 8-9

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Registration at https://makingvinyl.com/

Our first virtual conference promises to demonstrate how the vinyl format remained resilient – and even grew – during this most turbulent of years. Hope to see you virtually there!

Preliminary topics to be covered in our solo and panel discussions include:

• Smoothing demand and making turnaround predictable
• The logistics involved in producing and selling vinyl exclusives
• Applying lean efficiency principles to record pressing operations
• Is the lacquer shortage real and are new suppliers on the horizon?
• How Record Store Day retailers fared with the 3 “drops” and Black Friday
• The need to establish Quality Control standards that the industry will adopt
• Pinpointing where problems start in the process from mastering to pressing
• Helping your customer succeed even with their unreasonable expectations
• Creative decisions that makes the project cool but also can be profitable
• Mastering/cutting engineers on the tricks of the trade and facing challenges
• An artist’s analysis of touring with vinyl vs. CDs
• Attention-grabbing LP packaging
• Live plating session from a leading supplier
• Demonstration and factory tour from PVC alternative
• Update on availability of the new 10-inch crowd-funded cutting machine