AKING M 7 1 D 0 E 2 T R O I T november 6-7 2017 | the westin book cadillac | #makingvinyl #makingvinyl2017 #makingvinyldetroit 3 Contents 04 WELCOME FROM BRYAN AND LARRY 07 SPECIAL THANKS TO… 08 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 10 - 15 KEYNOTERS: JACK WHITE, DARRYL (“DMC”) McDANIELS, MICHAEL KURTZ 16 FACTS & FIGURES 18 THINGS TO DO IN DETROIT 20 SPEAKER BIOS 33 THE ALEX AWARDS FINALISTS 34 ABOUT ALEX STEINWEISS & THE ALEX AWARDS 37 PERFORMER ARUM RAE 38 FEATURE: ANATOMY OF A DELUXE REISSUE — MURRAY HEAD’S NIGEL LIVED SERVING INDEPENDENT MUSICIANS 40 FEATURE: SUNPRESS VINYL CONTINUES REGGAE PRESSING LEGACY and RECORD LABELS since 1996 43 NOTABLE BOOK: ‘VINYL . ALBUM . COVER . ART’ CD/ DVD/ VINYL MANUFACTURING 44 GLOSSARY OF VINYL TERMS www.COPYCATSMEDIA.com a division of The ADS Group 4 5 WELCOME TO MAKING VINYL By Bryan Ekus, President & Executive Producer and Larry Jaffee Conference Director MAKING VINYL DETROIT 2017 You can’t make this stuff up. manufacturers to the plater/stamper makers and Produced by lathe cutters to the labels and indie retailers – Home entertainment format gets quickly replaced Colonial Purchasing Co-Op LLC who perhaps didn’t have the opportunity to meet by supposed advanced technologies in fast each other in person previously. Bryan Ekus succession (i.e., Compact Disc, digital downloads, President & Executive Producer of and streaming), only to re-emerge as a deluxe We’ve gathered in this great music city of Detroit – ‘Making Vinyl’ product that consumers are willing today to pay the culture that produced MOTOWN and its stellar twice as much for a newly pressed vinyl record artist roster in the 1960s, as well as everyone Larry Jaffee than they did for a CD!?! from John Lee Hooker, Bob Seger and Iggy & Conference Director The Stooges to Madonna, Eminem and The White Yes, that sums up vinyl’s comeback, although it Stripes – to celebrate the rebirth of the global Aaron Eaddy Bryan Ekus, President & Executive Producer doesn’t acknowledge that it never really went record manufacturing. Webmaster away, thanks to old-school DJs spinning dance Steve Sheldon, Michael Kurtz records, purists with their thousand-dollar-plus We especially thank Day 2 Keynoter Darryl stereos catered to by a handful of audiophile (“DMC”) McDaniels and Karl Groeger’s help Conference Advisors labels, and flea-market crate diggers looking in securing the rap legend, as well as Fellow Anna DePagter for collectibles. One person’s trash is another’s Keynoter/Detroit Favorite Son Jack White for Conference Design treasure, indeed. opening up his spanking new Third Man Pressing to all Making Vinyl delegates, and especially Nor does all the commercial activity surrounding Bryan Ekus, Lucy Wykes TMP’s Ben Blackwell and Roe Peterhans for vinyl – a $1 billion global business, estimates Sponsorship Sales helping us figure out the logistics, and making Deloitte – give enough credit to the dozen or available other TMP staff for the panel sessions. Larry Jaffee so pressing plants around the world that never You guys are the best! Program Guide Editor quite gave up manufacturing records with their antiquated equipment. It takes a village to mount a first-time event like Darren Stacey this one (see thank you’s on page 38), but we’d be But Vinyl 2.0 is not your father’s record business. Program Guide Designer remiss not to acknowledge Rainbo Records and New machinery and materials suppliers have Colonial Purchasing Co-op board member Steve Anna DePagter, David Hill perfected nearly century-old processes with Sheldon for his guidance and encouragement Social Media higher yields, sustainability and better-sounding in getting the ball rolling, as well as Opening records! Keynoter Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton for It’s no wonder that for the past two months since coming up with Record Store Day. Without RSD, the conference began taking registrations, a week you probably wouldn’t be reading this Making didn’t go by that we learned of a new pressing Vinyl program guide. plant already operational or soon to be online. We’re already planning future editions of this Making Vinyl is bringing together the great event. We have no doubt this fascinating industry minds all along the vinyl value chain – from the is only getting started. Larry Jaffee, Conference Director pressing plants to the mastering facilities and PVC 6 cdbb-making-vinyl-ad-2017-half-page-FINAL.pdf 1 10/20/17 1:04 PM 7 SPECIAL THANKS… The inaugural Making Vinyl would not have been possible without the help from… Steve Sheldon Jack White Ben Blackwell C Roe Peterhans M Darryl “DMC” McDaniels Y Produced By Conference Partner Hometown Sponsor Connie Comeau CM Anna Depater MY Brandon Chrzanowski CY Michael Kurtz CMY Carrie Colliton K Karl Groeger Michael Hosp Diamond Sponsor Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor Gold Sponsor Frank Hartwig Pat Reagan William (Tony) Van Veen Sylvia Doolittle David Hill Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsor Lucy Wykes Lyndsey Nice Darren Stacey Aaron Eaddy Doug Coombe Bronze Sponsor Bronze Sponsor Bronze Sponsor Bronze Sponsor FREE FOR IPHONE AND ANDROID Adam Stanfel Patrick Ferrell FULFILLMENT SERVICES On the fly or Stefan Bucher Arum Rae Association Partner Association Partner before you fly. Craig Braun Nicole Pereira 100,000 users have found 3,500 record Spencer Drate stores in 45 countries with The Vinyl District Sean Mosher Smith Record Store Locator app—the planet’s Judith Salavetz Media Partner Media Partner Media Partner Media Partner largest database of existing record shops Gail Marowitz right in your pocket. Sylvia Reed [Rodrigo] Salomon Arts Gallery Diego Ponce Additional Sponsors Bill Kelly Cindy Ekus thevinyldistrict.com The City of Detroit The Westin Book Cadillac The MEDIA-TECH Association Members of Colonial Purchasing All of our sponsors & speakers 8 9 MAKING VINYL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAKING VINYL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS DAY 1 – MORNING SESSION DAY 1 – AFTERNOON SESSION DAY 2 – ALL SESSIONS 8:00 am 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm 8:30 am - 8:50 am 11:00 am - 11:45 am Registration opens LUNCH BREAK Morning Keynote: Darryl “DMC” McDaniels Panel: Big & Small Labels Talk Vinyl Co-founder of the legendary 1980s rap group RUN- The resurgence of vinyl records caught major labels by 9:00 am - 9:10 am 1:45 pm -2:45 pm DMC explains how important vinyl has been to his surprise, but now they’re behind it fully with releasing Welcome: Bryan Ekus & Larry Jaffee, Program Chair Presentations: New Machinery and Materials career. newly recorded albums on LP, as well as sprucing Suppliers 9:10 am - 9:30 am up back catalogs. Indie labels fueled the growth. No longer must vinyl manufacturers comb eBay for 8:50 am - 9:35 am Opening Keynote Moderator: Karl Groeger, Brookvale Records / Billy Fields, scrap parts to get antiquated lines operating, thanks Panel: The Fine Art of Mastering & Lathe Cutting Speaker: Michael Kurtz, Record Store Day Co-Founder WEA / Andrew Rossiter, Org Music / Bob Irwin, Sundazed new suppliers of state-of-the-art, more efficient Learn why a great-sounding vinyl record “sounds on 10 Years of Double-Digit Growth Music / Sabine-Lydia Schmidt,Unbreakmyheart / Ben equipment. warmer” from the skilled artisans, who know how to cut What started as a lark ended up being one of the most Blackwell,Third Man Records Moderator: Brandon Chrzanowski,Third Man Pressing / a master plate with a lathe. fascinating rebirths in the history of business. Speakers: Chad Brown, Viryl Technologies / Pierre-Henri Moderator: Eric Bloulanger, The Bakery / Speakers: Matt 11:45 am - 12:15 pm 9:30 am - 9:50 am Constant, RESINOPLAST / Per-Olof Ragnerius, Pheenix Earley, Gotta Groove Records / Ryan Smith, Sterling Presentations: Vinyl 2.0 Innovations The LP’s Return Is Real: By the Numbers Alpha AB / Alex Greenspan. Digital Matrix Systems Sound / Adam Gonsalves,Telegraph Mastering / Michael The fundamental processes of making records Dixon, Mobile Vinyl Recorders / Chris Mara, Welcome to Vinyl’s resurgence is much greater than what the 2:45pm - 3:45 pm hasn’t changed that much since the 1950s, but 1979 Studios new technologies such as more environment- mainstream media reports. Panel: The Audiophile Vinyl Workflow Market analyses by Chris Muratore, BuzzAngle/Border Audiophiles never abandoned vinyl. Trace the 9:35 am - 10:20 am friendly materials to press discs usher in digital age considerations. City Media and Chad Dahlstrom, Discogs.com production cycle of a state-of-the-art release from Panel: What’s Happening at Retail Moderators: David Hill, Tapematic / Qrates, Taishi the perspectives of a label, analog tape archivist, With the collapse of the brick-and-mortar CD market, 9:50 am - 10:50 am Fukuyama / PT&S/Symcon, Harm Theunisse / Rebeat mastering engineer, and a pressing plant that independent record stores are more important than Panel: Why We Never Gave Up on Vinyl Digital, Günter Loibl Leading global vinyl manufacturers explain they specializes in audiophile cutting. ever. Hear from them how vinyl has saved their never gave up hope on making records, and how the Moderator: Michael Fremer, Analog Planet / Speakers: businesses. 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Greg Parkin, Iron Mountain / Mark Piro, Analog Planet business has changed compared to the old days. Moderator: Michael Bunnell, Coalition of Independent Closing Panel: Where Do We Go from Here / Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound / Don MacInnis, Record Moderator: Randy Cholewa,Third Man Pressing / Music Stores / Speakers: Karl Groeger, Looney Tunes Summing up the conference, this session features a Technology Inc. Speakers: Don MacInnis, Record Technology Inc. / Steve / Andrea Paschal, ThinkIndie Distribution / Lisa Foster, cross-section of industry leaders who will discuss the Guestroom Records, / Carrie Colliton, Record Store Day / Sheldon, Rainbo Records / Peter Runge, Optimal Media / 3:45 pm - 4:05 pm market’s future.