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🔉 Top Tips for Prepping Your Audio for VinylYour music deserves to sound its best on wax. We’ve broken down our Vinyl Au...
10/14/2025

🔉 Top Tips for Prepping Your Audio for Vinyl

Your music deserves to sound its best on wax. We’ve broken down our Vinyl Audio Top Tips into a 6-part series to make it easy to follow.

If you want your vinyl record pressing to sound great, it all starts with the audio. But preparing your audio for vinyl takes a slightly different approach than mastering for digital. To make it easier, we put together a free guide to help artists, labels, and engineers get the best results possible. In Part 6, we look over the information you need to submit with your vinyl order, including the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Tracklist forms, as well as any details about cutting special effects like locked grooves, endless loops, etchings, etc.

At A to Z Media, we’ve helped thousands of labels and artists press records that not only look great, but also sound great. Our free PDF guide walks you through everything you need to know to set your project up for success.

Read more and download the full PDF guide today at the link in our bio. 🔗✨

On Friday, Scott Pollack (President, A to Z Media) spoke on the panel “Trends in Vinyl,” presented by Secretly Distribut...
10/13/2025

On Friday, Scott Pollack (President, A to Z Media) spoke on the panel “Trends in Vinyl,” presented by Secretly Distribution and hosted at the Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg. It was great to catch up with Lio and Kay from Kanine Records. What a fun event!

 from  stopped by our NYC office to pick up The Mighty Crabjoys Theme 7” from the 2025 Superman film. Made for Mondo’s N...
10/10/2025

from stopped by our NYC office to pick up The Mighty Crabjoys Theme 7” from the 2025 Superman film. Made for Mondo’s New York Comic Con and limited to 600 units, the 7” is pressed on white vinyl with a screenprinted B-side, all housed in a printed discobag jacket with sleeve design by Alan Hynes. Stop by Mondo’s booth ( # 2735) to check out all the other goodies they have!

Always great to see, Cam!

10/09/2025

In this episode of BESPOKEN, host Scott Pollack sits down with Darryl Norsen, a graphic designer and art director known for his distinctive work with numerous estates and artists, including the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, and contemporary groups like Phish, Green Day, Kurt Vile, and many more.

This conversation dives deep into the art and inspiration behind album, poster, and merch design, exploring Darryl's process when working with archival projects versus new artists. Darryl shares his philosophy on using "organized chaos" as a design creed and why he believes designers should "get their hands dirty" by incorporating physical items like collage and imperfections into their work. In this clip, Darryl details the design process for Phish's The Spectrum '97 box set, which was manufactured by A to Z Media.

Whether you're a designer looking for new inspiration, a fan curious about the design process, or someone in the music industry looking to better understand creative design, this episode offers a peek at art direction.

🎧 Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
🔗 Links in the comment below

🔉 Top Tips for Prepping Your Audio for VinylYour music deserves to sound its best on wax. We’ve broken down our Vinyl Au...
10/07/2025

🔉 Top Tips for Prepping Your Audio for Vinyl

Your music deserves to sound its best on wax. We’ve broken down our Vinyl Audio Top Tips into a 5-part series to make it easy to follow.

If you want your vinyl record pressing to sound great, it all starts with the audio. But preparing your audio for vinyl takes a slightly different approach than mastering for digital. To make it easier, we put together a free guide to help artists, labels, and engineers get the best results possible. Part 5 in the series provides tips for handling inaudible signals and electronic processing that may impact the cutting process for your vinyl.

At A to Z Media, we’ve helped thousands of labels and artists press records that not only look great, but also sound great. Our free PDF guide walks you through everything you need to know to set your project up for success. Read more and download the full PDF guide today at the link in the comment below. 🔗✨

Have you ever wondered how picture discs are made? Here’s a quick guide:1️⃣ The artwork (photos, designs, or anything ey...
10/06/2025

Have you ever wondered how picture discs are made? Here’s a quick guide:

1️⃣ The artwork (photos, designs, or anything eye-catching) is printed on two thin sheets of paper.

2️⃣ A clear vinyl puck is placed between the printed images and two clear outer layers.

3️⃣ Heat and pressure fuse all the layers into one solid record.

4️⃣ The edges are trimmed, and once cooled, it’s ready to play.

The result? A playable piece of art perfect for special editions, collectors, and fans who love to display their records. 🖼️

🔗 Explore more custom vinyl and get a quote today at the link in the comment below.

Reflecting on last week’s  Europe conference in Haarlem. Our founder and CEO, Sarah Robertson, and Ryan Weitzel (VP of O...
10/02/2025

Reflecting on last week’s Europe conference in Haarlem. Our founder and CEO, Sarah Robertson, and Ryan Weitzel (VP of Operations), had a great time connecting with peers, discussing the current state of the global vinyl industry, and looking ahead to what’s next.

From our conversations on sustainability to innovations in pressing and packaging, it’s always inspiring to explore the future of vinyl with the global community and continue pushing our industry forward.

Thanks to the Making Vinyl team for making the conference such a valuable experience. Looking forward to next year!

09/30/2025

Have you ever seen a lenticular vinyl jacket before?

The deluxe vinyl edition of David Byrne's new album, Who Is The Sky?, features a lenticular cover. Move the jacket around and watch David Byrne dance from side to side! Incredible design and creative direction by Shira Inbar & David Byrne, with costume design by Tom Van der Borght. Ahmed Klink took the album photos, which form the basis of the movement. Mind-blowing!

We've worked on many projects that have incorporated lenticular art. It's an eye-catching effect, which requires careful planning and setup, but A to Z is here to help make it easy. Explore more custom packaging at the link in the comment below.

Photo credit: Matador Records

🔉 Top Tips for Prepping Your Audio for VinylYour music deserves to sound its best on wax. We’ve broken down our Vinyl Au...
09/29/2025

🔉 Top Tips for Prepping Your Audio for Vinyl

Your music deserves to sound its best on wax. We’ve broken down our Vinyl Audio Top Tips into a 5-part series to make it easy to follow.

If you want your vinyl record pressing to sound great, it all starts with the audio. But preparing your audio for vinyl takes a slightly different approach than mastering for digital. To make it easier, we put together a free guide to help artists, labels, and engineers get the best results possible. Part 4 in the series offers tips for achieving optimal dynamic range with vinyl, addresses phase issues in your music, and more.

At A to Z Media, we’ve helped thousands of labels and artists press records that not only look great, but also sound great. Our free PDF guide walks you through everything you need to know to set your project up for success. Read more and download the full PDF guide today at the link in our bio. 🔗✨

Been a busy end of summer! Sarah and Stacy were at  Connected 2025 in London earlier this month. Joey from the sales tea...
09/26/2025

Been a busy end of summer! Sarah and Stacy were at Connected 2025 in London earlier this month. Joey from the sales team was at Americana Fest and caught ’s set. We just wrapped up a reorder of the Midsommar custom ceramic incense burner. Lots of vinyl projects and tons of merch, especially hats!

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