strong>panel discussion [
clear filter]
arrow_back View All Dates
9:30am CEST
PANEL: Changing Ground - State Of The Industry
Tuesday October 1, 2024 9:30am - 10:10am CEST
Moderators
Chief Creative Officer, Hand Drawn Pressing // VRMA
After spending 17 years as the lead singer the rock band, Exit 380, Dustin Blocker co-founded Texas-based independent record label Hand Drawn Records in April 2011. Spending several years building the community of artists through live events and regional record releases, Blocker and...
Read More →
Speakers
International Sales Director, MPO INTERNATIONAL
Head of Mastering Services, Abbey Road
Founder & CEO, Record Industry
Ton Vermeulen is the proud owner of Record Industry, a vinyl pressing plant in the Netherlands, together with his wife, Mieke. Record Industry, which roots go back to the fifties and started as Artone, is known for pressing high-quality vinyl and is one of the most automated vinyl...
Read More →
Sales Director / KAM for foreign markets, TAKT Poland
Passionate about music, striving to challange things and outside the box thinker. Vinyl industry? Let's make things great together!
Sales Director, Schallplattenfabrik Pallas
Hi, I’m Christoph Hilkemeier, Sales Director at Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH, where I’ve been shaping the world of vinyl since 2016.With a deep passion for vinyl and expertise in high-profile releases, I thrive on taking on challenging projects.I believe the key to success...
Read More →
10:45am CEST
PANEL: Even The Bad Times Are Good – working together in an ever changing market
Tuesday October 1, 2024 10:45am - 11:25am CEST
Moderators
Conference Director/ European Operations Manager, Making Vinyl/ Key Production
Growing up behind the Iron Curtain but in a household with a deep admiration for rock ’n’ roll, my earliest memories date back to my father turning up the volume of a Gene Vincent tape after my mom claimed the boy was listening to too much music. The effect might have lead to...
Read More →
Speakers
Managing Director, intakt!
Max Goessler is the founder and managing director of the pressing plant intakt!, located in Berlin. He has a deep passion for music, DJing, collecting records, synthesizers and music production, which, combined with his background in economics, eventually led to the establishment...
Read More →
Board Member / Creative Industries Consultant, Creative Industries Consultant
Ronny Krieger’s passion and curiosity for art and creativity have driven his endeavors for over 30 years, making him a prominent figure in the music, tech, and creative industries.Ronny serves on the board of the VUT (the German Independent Music Association) and is a member of...
Read More →
Chief Operating Officer, Key Production
I started at Rockin’ Horse Records in the mid 80’s which signed Lisa Stansfield and was later bought by Arista Records. I found myself booking recording studios for great artists and then went on to get artists and bands on radio and TV as Arista Records promotions manager. Disillusioned...
Read More →
Co-Founder, OBJECTS Manufacturing
11:30am CEST
PANEL: New Horizons, New Markets, New Makers - the rise of manufacturing in emerging territories.
Tuesday October 1, 2024 11:30am - 12:10pm CEST
Moderators
Vinyl Manufacturing Consultant & Technical Director, Evolution Music, Evolution Music
I'm a vinyl record manufacturing pressing & production consultant, specialising in supporting companies to develop and grow their record manufacturing businesses: from inception, through design & development of the factory, value proposition & business planning, supply chain development...
Read More →
Speakers
founder CEO, M.E.N.A-Press
A dreamer with a plan researching the vinyl industry for collaborations with the aim to establish the first press plant in the Middle East.
Founder, RAKAMAKAFON
Working on the only pressing plant in the Balkans (currently) due to launch autumn this year.Exploring the unique plethora of sound and styles in the region.The difficulties that a factory with an ecological mindset faces.Reintroducing vinyl as a media to the region.
Owner, Seabass Vinyl
I am the co-owner / founder of Seabass Vinyl with Dominique. We are based in Scotland and opened in November 2023.We have 2 AD12 presses with capacity for 2 more (and all infrastructure designed and sized to support that). We have a customer built factory designed from greenfield.We...
Read More →
Founder and Managing Director, Samanvii Digimedia Art and Solutions
Saji Pillai, Ex - Business head of Sony DADC Manufacturing India is a Seasoned disc manufacturing business leader specialized in CD , DVD, Blu ray with vast industry knowledge and experience, sound relation with labels and studios in India and across globe like Warner Brothers, Oxford...
Read More →
1:30pm CEST
PANEL: Tough All Over – how consumer demand translates into A&R
Tuesday October 1, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm CEST
Moderators
VP, Retail/Commercial Services & Vinyl Strategist, Warner Music Group
Billy Fields is VP Retail/Commercial Services & Vinyl Strategist for the Global Commercial Services Team at WMG. He is also a Board Advisor and WMG’s representative with the Vinyl Alliance, the leading industry group committed to the future of the vinyl record business.
Speakers
Head Of Catalogue, Cooking Vinyl
Senior Label and Project Manager, Century Media Records
My life literally changed when a dear friend of mine introduced me to the self-titled Rage Against The Machine record back in the 90’s. While diggin’ deeper into that style of music, I started to collect records (back in those days it was those shiny silver 12cm discs that captured...
Read More →
Manufacturing Services Manager, Cargo Records Germany
Music Journalist & Label Head, Rucksack Records
Danny Veekens navigates between wax and words.As a freelance music journalist, he writes for Wax Poetics, Bandcamp, Tracklib, We Jazz Magazine, KEF's Sound of Life, and the Dutch music magazine OOR, among others. On top of that, he was the editor-in-chief for several print magazines...
Read More →
2:15pm CEST
PANEL: All We Ever Wanted – how artistic visions translate onto vinyl
Tuesday October 1, 2024 2:15pm - 2:55pm CEST
Moderators
Conference Director/ European Operations Manager, Making Vinyl/ Key Production
Growing up behind the Iron Curtain but in a household with a deep admiration for rock ’n’ roll, my earliest memories date back to my father turning up the volume of a Gene Vincent tape after my mom claimed the boy was listening to too much music. The effect might have lead to...
Read More →
Speakers
Head of Production & Design, Snapper Music
Production and design specialist in the music industry since 1992. Love physical product of all shapes and sizes, but the big stuff is most fun. Let's talk music (50s/60s Blue Note if you want to be bored), AI (really, opinions welcome) and road cycling for insomniacs needing hel...
Read More →
Global Head Of Production, Domino Recording Company
I began my career in the music industry (as many people do) by working in a record shop in the mid to late 1990s. A couple of years later, I put my copywriting skills to work, and joined an early internet startup company with a music retail portal (Streetonline), running their classical...
Read More →
A&R and Head of Catalog, Nuclear Blast Records
Born 1967 in Dortmund, Germany. Grew up in the local punk scene, playing in bands and publishing fanzines. Formed a hiphop live band in 1994 and started a PR agency with my wife, working for Earache Records, Sony / BMG, Alpha Comic Verlag (U-Comix, Heavy Metal) and more.In 1996 I...
Read More →
Product Manager EU, SharpTone Records
I've been involved in the music industry for over 10 years now, with a particular focus on product and vinyl for the last five years. My passion is in taking an idea, concept or story and translating it into product that stands out, is unique and offers new perspectives in what can...
Read More →
Artists
Songwriter and fine artist, Conny Ochs
I am a songwriter and composer originating from Halle/Saale, Germany. Since 2009, I have been closely attached to the German record label Exile On Mainstream Records, with whom I have released ten full-length albums with various projects, including the latest solo album, which will...
Read More →
3:30pm CEST
PANEL: High Lonesome Sound – the art of cutting records and innovations in periphery
Tuesday October 1, 2024 3:30pm - 4:10pm CEST
Moderators
Owner, Schnittstelle Mastering and Vinyl Cutting
Already as a young child, Andreas was making music and experimenting with electronic circuits. As trained radio and television engineer, he started to work with entertainment electronics and later with high-end mixing desks until he finally followed his passion and started to master...
Read More →
Speakers
Mastering & Vinyl Cutting Engineer, EBS Productions / Emil Berliner Studios
Sidney joined Berlin based Emil Berliner Studios in 2017 and has since then refused to leave. She has been cutting mostly Classical and Jazz records from analog and digital sources since. Apart from cutting, her daily tasks include maintenance, QC and tape preservation. An EBS specialty...
Read More →
Founder & CEO, kompetenz.io
Andreas Wagner holds a master's degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Media Technology with a specialization in audio-visual electronic media. With a decade of experience as a room acoustics consultant for international cultural venues, Andreas transitioned in 2015 to a second career as an audio-focused...
Read More →
owner, FLoKaSon
I started cutting on homemade lathes as a teenager. In the early 1990s, I worked for Neumann Head Service in Berlin, and in 1993, I founded Vinylium Switzerland. Soon after, equipped with a Tolex 1201 and a VMS 70, Switzerland regained some vinyl production capabilities. Later, together...
Read More →
3:50pm CEST
PANEL: To Beat The Devil – social practices in the music industry, diversity and inclusion
Tuesday October 1, 2024 3:50pm - 4:40pm CEST
Moderators
Founder / CEO, Key Production Group
Karen started off her music and entrepreneurial journey as Events Sec at Leeds University, DJ-ing and booking Indie bands.Her love of music led her to a short career at Rough Trade Distribution where she started as a receptionist and ended up as Head of Production.Karen started Key...
Read More →
Speakers
Founder & CEO, Gold Rush Vinyl
Caren Kelleher is the founder and CEO of Gold Rush Vinyl, the record pressing plant of Austin, Texas, named one of the "Most Innovative Companies of 2020" by Fast Company. She saw the opportunity to start Gold Rush while working as a band manager and learned how difficult it was for...
Read More →
Managing Director, Vinyl Press UK
Lucy is the co-founder and managing director of Vinyl Press UK Ltd. She has been surrounded by music and records for as long as she can remember; collecting, DJing, working in record shops as well as recording, performing and promoting. Lucy works on the presses as well as managing...
Read More →
Co-owner, Seabass Vinyl Limited
I’m a French citizen based near Edinburgh in Scotland, running a vinyl pressing plant with my husband, Dave Harvey. I come from a management consulting background, working at Andersen Consulting and then Accenture for many years, until we started operating at Seabass Vinyl in November...
Read More →
COO, !K7 Music
Tom Nieuweboer is Chief Operating Officer at !K7 Music since 2011. He is responsible for the day to day operations oft he company across the three offices in Berlin, New York and London. !K7 provides global marketing, sales and distribution services to a like-minded group of labels...
Read More →
4:15pm CEST
PANEL: Last Of My Kind – The fading craft of quality assurance
Tuesday October 1, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm CEST
Moderators
Conference Director/ European Operations Manager, Making Vinyl/ Key Production
Growing up behind the Iron Curtain but in a household with a deep admiration for rock ’n’ roll, my earliest memories date back to my father turning up the volume of a Gene Vincent tape after my mom claimed the boy was listening to too much music. The effect might have lead to...
Read More →
Speakers
Executive Director, Emil Berliner Studios
Rainer Maillard is a producer, an engineer and general manager of Emil Berliner Studios. As a recording engineer, he has won four GRAMMY Awards. He works with well-known artists, such as Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and Lang Lang. The Emil Berliner Studios are taking an almost...
Read More →
Mastering & vinyl cutting engineer, Abbey Road Studios. London
Mastering for vinyl as well as for other formats, vinyl cutting and getting the very best possible quality to the consumer.
Owner / senior mastering engineer, Loop-O Mastering
Andreas [LUPO] Lubich signs his cuts as "Loop-O" since he started mastering at the renowned Dubplates & Mastering in 1999. After a decade of being co-owner of D&M, he moved on to be Senior Mastering Engineer at Calyx Mastering. With more than 20 years of experience in the ever-changing...
Read More →
Quality Manager, optimal media GmbH
I have been with optimal since 1991 and it's never been boring. Having made my way through all the optical disc formats, their replication, pre-mastering, glassmastering, authoring, patent licensing, etc.. I'm now proud to contribute to optimal's vinyl efforts. In the past almost...
Read More →