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  • Event poster for a workshop on making vinyl in Europe, held in Haarlem, Netherlands, on September 24-26, 2025. The poster features a blue line drawing of hands holding a vinyl record with radiating lines.

    MAKING VINYL EUROPE

    SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2025

    PHIL HARMONIE HAARLEM
    Lange Begijnestraat 11, 2011 HH Haarlem, Netherlands

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  • Group of people standing by a swimming pool with colorful umbrellas, with modern buildings and animated plant structures behind them, under a clear blue sky with wispy clouds.

    VRMA YEAR-END MEMBERS MEETING

    VRMA YEAR-END MEMBERS MEETING

    December 10, 2024
    Orlando, Florida

    Wave Hotel

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  • A large conference room filled with people seated at round tables, attending a presentation, with a speaker at the front near a screen displaying a slide titled 'Carbon Footprint Committee Update'.

    VRMA MEMBERS MEETING

    Sept. 30, 2024
    VRMA Welcome Session: Connect & Collaborate at Making Vinyl

    2 pm
    Van Beinum Zaal @ PHIL Haarlem

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  • Close-up of a row of black tags with white text, one of which reads 'MAKING VINYL EUROPE' and 'HAARLEM, NL,' on a plastic display rack.

    HAARLEM VINYL FESTIVAL - HAARLEM NETHERLANDS

    Sept. 27 - 29, 204

    Haarlem, Netherlands

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  • Three people standing in front of a large screen at the VRMA American Fest Music Conference on September 18, 2024. The man on the left is wearing a black t-shirt and gray pants, the man in the middle is wearing a black blazer and black shirt, and the woman on the right is wearing a striped dress.

    AMERICANAFEST - NASHVILLE, TN

    Sept. 18, 2024

    Behind the Curtain of the Vinyl Business
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    The Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville

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  • Four people standing in front of a white backdrop with event and sponsor logos at Indie Week, June 10-13, 2024.

    INDIE WEEK A2IM - NYC

    June 10-13, 2024
    Real Talk Vinyl: Insights into Timelines, Players, and Production

    The InterContinental, Times Square

    Speakers: Scott Hughes, Classic City Vinyl Works; Michael Greig Thomas, Echo Base; Matt Slifkin, Independent Record Pressing; Stacy Karp, A to Z Media

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  • A group of men and women posing for a photo at a conference or event, some wearing badges and lanyards, standing in front of a large blank white screen.

    MAKING VINYL - NASHVILLE, TN

    June 04-5, 2024

    Hutton Hotel

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  • Two men are smiling at a table, one is signing documents while the other stands next to him. A woman is sitting at the table in the background. The room has a modern design with a chandelier and a beige brick wall, with a poster on the wall.

    VRMA MEMBERS MEETING - NASHVILLE

    Monday, June 3rd - 1:00 PM - 5 PM CDT

    Hutton Hotel, Edison I & II Meeting Rooms

    Group Lunch at noon.

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  • Four people sitting on a stage at a conference or panel discussion, with a woman standing at a podium speaking into a microphone. The background features a repeated 'Music Business Association' logo.

    MUSIC BIZ - NASHVILLE, TN

    Monday, May 13th - 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM CDT

    Sustainability — Longevity or Environmentally Friendly? BOTH!

    Moderator: Sarah Robertson, AtoZ Media; Patrick Amory, President, Matador Records; Dustin Blocker, Hand Drawn Pressing & President, Vinyl Records Manufacturing Association; Brandon Seavers, Memphis Record Pressing

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  • A man standing in front of a large presentation screen displaying the event title "NPE 2024 The Plastics Show | Made For You" and information about a speaker named Dustin Blocker, who is the president of a vinyl record manufacturing association. The man is smiling, wearing glasses, a black shirt, light-colored pants, and sneakers, holding a soda cup in his right hand, and wearing a lanyard with a badge.

    NPE ORLANDO, FL

    Tuesday, May 7th

    The State of the Vinyl Record Business

    Speaker: Dustin Blocker

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  • Four people standing in front of a yellow backdrop with multiple logos, including SXSW, The Austin Chronicle, and Itaú. They are wearing badges and lanyards, and appear to be at a conference or event.

    SXSW - AUSTIN, TX

    Mar 13, 202411:30am – 12:30 pm CT

    The State of the Vinyl Business

    Dustin Blocker, Hand Drawn Pressing; Bobbi Giel, Welcome To 1979 Studio; Patrick McCarthy, A to Z Media; Michael Thomas, Echo Base

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  • A group of six people standing in front of a large audience at an indoor event, with a high ceiling, stage, and lighting. The background shows many attendees mingling and chatting.

    MAKING VINYL EUROPE - HAARLEM NETHERLANDS

    Sept. 30 - Oct 2, 2024
    Phil Harmonie - Harlem Netherlands

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  • Save the date for VRMA member meeting with a beige background, large bold black text, and three stylized arrows pointing right.

    VRMA MEMBERS MEETING

    VRMA MEMBERS MEETING
    Monday, June 2, 2025
    1 PM - 3 PM CST

    Renasant Convention Center
    255 N Main St, Memphis, TN 38103Description goes here

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  • Poster featuring VRMA members participating in a panel about making vinyl in Memphis in 2025. The poster includes headshots and names of the panelists, such as Dustin Blocker, Connie Comeau, Andreas Kohl, Mark Michaels, Ali Miller, Dave Rawlings, Gary Salstrom, Greg Schoener, Brandon Seavers, Ryan Weitzel, Rick Gasparini, and John Town. The background shows a person working with a vinyl record and a website link for more info.

    VRMA PANELISTS @ MAKING VINYL MEMPHIS

    VRMA @ MAKING VINYL

    Monday-Wednesday, June 2-4, 2025

    Renasant Convention Center

    255 N Main St, Memphis, TN 38103

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