Psychedelic Stooge, Third Man Records
Beginning his career in the vinyl business at age 17 running mail order distribution for Detroit-based Italy Records, Ben Blackwell would take what he learned from that concern and start his own Cass Records imprint out of his childhood bedroom at age 20. Five years later, Blackwell...
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Owner, Schoolkids Records
Stephen Judge began his career in 1990 as a part-time clerk at Raleigh, NC’s Schoolkids Records, his childhood record store, quickly working his way up to full-time status and becoming a buyer for several of the store’s locations. He went on to manage three of its locations and...
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President, Record Technology Inc - RTI
In 1983, a temp agency sent Don MacInnis to Record Technology Inc. (RTI) on a three-day assignment and he never left. He and his wife purchased the company from founder Bill Bauer in March of 1992. RTI has grown into an around-the-clock operation producing over four million units...
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Director, Product Development, Crosley Brands
Ty Mattheu is the Director of Product Development for Crosley Brands in Louisville KY. Crosley Brands is a consumer products company best known for its Crosley Radio brand, which is one of the largest producers of turntables in the world. With a customer base in over 30 countries...
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General Manager, Sundazed Music
Jay Millar is a music industry veteran and vinyl veteran as well. Currently working with Sundazed Music and the newly minted Modern Harmonic label, Millar got his start in the industry in 1995 with PolyGram’s Detroit office. He spent eight years in New York split between BMG, Sony-BMG...
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