Making Vinyl Memphis

Making Vinyl Memphis

Heath Gmucs

Gotta Groove Records / Wax Mage Records

Production Manager

Cleveland

https://gottagrooverecords.com/

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About me

I've been with Gotta Groove Records since August of 2010 as a press operator. I've been the production manager for the last 4 years.
I also design and press custom hand laid variants and am the owner of Wax Mage Records est.2015.

1:00pm CDT

VRMA MEMBER MEETING Meeting Room 201 & 203, Level 2

7:00pm CDT

MEET & GREET Central Station Hotel

9:00am CDT

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Ballroom C, Level 2Cash Carter • Kevin Sulivan

9:10am CDT

MEMPHIS’ RICH MUSIC SCENE: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE Ballroom C, Level 2Robert Gordon • Jeff Powell • Jim Thompson • Zac Ives • Al Kapeezy "a.k.a" Al Kapone • Pat Mitchell Worley

9:50am CDT

NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY: HOW U.S. PRESSING PLANTS ARE COPING Ballroom C, Level 2Tony van Veen • Mark Michaels • Chad Kassem • Connie Comeau • Brandon Seavers • Ali Miller

10:35am CDT

NETWORKING BREAK Ballroom A, Level 2

11:05am CDT

VINYL INNOVATIONS FUELED BY SMALL TO MEDIUM PRESSING PLANTS Ballroom C, Level 2Kevin Da Costa • Yosef Becher • Tom Norwood • Dustin Blocker

2:20pm CDT

HOW RECORD STORES BECAME COMMUNITY CENTERS Ballroom C, Level 2Michael Palm • Clifton Muhammad & Connie Anderson • John Miller • Eric Friedl

2:50pm CDT

GEN Z'S PASSION FOR VINYL Ballroom C, Level 2Ryan Mitrovich

3:05pm CDT

BY THE NUMBERS: VINYL MARKET UPDATE Ballroom C, Level 2James Duvall

4:20pm CDT

INTRODUCING 'THERMAL BEETS RECORDS', ICELAND'S FIRST FACTORY SINCE 1982 Ballroom C, Level 2Larry S Jaffee

9:00am CDT

HOW SUSTAINABILITY FIGURES IN GZ'S OVERALL STATEGY Ballroom C, Level 2Vladimir Visek

9:15am CDT

EVOVINYL UPDATE ON THE 100% FOSSIL-FUEL FREE ALTERNATIVE Ballroom C, Level 2Marc Carey

9:30am CDT

THE LATEST IN SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING Ballroom C, Level 2Ruben Planting • Jack Stoughton • Mackenzie Crigger • Rick Gasparini • Gary Gonzales

10:15am CDT

NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE SECOND REPORT OF THE VRMA CARBON FOOTPRINTING GROUP Ballroom C, Level 2Ryan Weitzel

11:00am CDT

PROTECTING VINYL FOR ARTISTS, LABELS & CONSUMERS Ballroom C, Level 2Eric Paul • John Town • Greg Schoener • Gary Gonzales • Heath Laird

11:30am CDT

CUTTING, MASTERING & QC MATTERS Ballroom C, Level 2Andreas Kohl • Piper Payne • Dave Rawlings • Jeff Powell • John Town