For modern music fans, the choice of how to play your audio has come down to either Ipod and/or record player. Sadly, your high school boom box that played CDs and tapes is obsolete. We all know this and accept it, but few know the finer details of making all the new double Orange 180gm records in gatefold jackets that are filling up their collections.

Who really cares about the finer details of an MP3? Not me! This is because my job is to make vinyl records at Vinyl Record Guru. The process of making a high quality record involves a large number of companies all over the continent, and it is quite a task to keep them all on track and on time. With a lot of fine tuning, we have got this down to a science so we can stand by our products. Since we are a Vancouver Island based record company, you might be surprised to see some of the records that are handled from the nerve center in my boss’s basement. We sit in a small room all day  listening to records(strictly vinyl) with his cats, coordinating the finer details of vinyl records by likes of Willie Nelson, Metric, and the Bad Brains.  I have managed to land this  job out of complete luck (and maybe a little charm); I was his bartender.

With 25+ years experience in the music business, my boss has some great stories of touring with the small-time early metal bands. He also has a first-hand account of the dying days of vinyl, the “resurgence”, and the evolution of records. One of my favourite stories  is of when he lost the lathe (a machine that cuts audio into a blank record) at his plant in New York and it was sold to the Church of Scientology. They bought it so they could cut all of L. Ron Hubbards speeches into copper disks, so as to withstand nuclear blasts… !? But I digress.

So if you have ever dreamt of putting out a record and have questions about the process, understanding pricing, or can’t seem to find what you want, drop us a line. We love what we do, and we always have time to answer a few questions.

Thanks Brent!

Heres a song from Brents band Los Tycoons, who will hopefully be preforming somewhere close to you in the new year.

Los Tycoons – Streamlining