Meet the Board

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    Dustin Blocker

    VRMA President
    Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Hand Drawn Records, Dallas, TX

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    Yoli Mara

    VRMA Vice President
    Co-founder, Welcome to 1979, Nashville, TN

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    Michael Grieg Thomas

    VRMA Treasurer
    President, Echo Base, Athens, GA

  • Cam Sarrett

    VRMA Secretary
    Director of Sales & Marketing, United Record Pressing, Nashville, TN

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    Casey Gibson

    VRMA Board Member
    President, Neotech Vinyl, Downey, CA

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    Vince Slusarz, Jr.

    VRMA Board Member
    Vice President, Gotta Groove Record Pressing, Cleveland, Ohio

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    Alex Cushing

    VRMA Board Member
    Co-Founder, President, Hand Drawn Pressing, Dallas, TX

The VRMA Vision

The Vinyl Record Manufacturers Association…

is a professional trade association of independent businesses committed to the craft of vinyl record manufacturing through collaboration, advocacy, standardization, and education.

We serve to advocate and promote the vinyl record manufacturing industry while providing the latest and most accurate information to the industry at large.

VRMA offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions and provide external communications concerning various issues and opportunities related to other new technologies that may emerge.

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CAF SRL
Copycat Media
Furnace Record Pressing
Gotta Groove Records
Hand Drawn Pressing
Memphis Record Pressing
Neotech
Record Technology Incorporated
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Taylor Printing
Third Man Pressing
Welcome to 1979
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