I'm a part of a record label!

I've been collecting vinyl records since 2010. I love holding a record in my hands and looking over the artwork and inserts. I enjoy pulling out a record, placing it on a turntable, and watching the needle drop. The music flowing out on the speakers and filling up the room with analog sounds. I've loved music since I was in middle school. It gave me a place to belong when I felt alone. 

I spent many nights of my college years in smoke filled venues watching bands (mostly Christian hardcore and metal) on stage. Dreaming of opening my own music venue and serving touring musicians.

I pushed that dream aside to pursue a career as a preschool teacher. It wasn't until I met Micheal through his record label, Resurrected Vinyl, that I was given the opportunity to get involved with the music scene again. He invited me to work along side him at his label.

Resurrected Vinyl specializes in pressing rare, hard to find, and out of print Christian punk to vinyl. It's an incredibly niche market, but it's a community that both of us are passionate about. 

In March, we started the ball rolling with the vinyl pressing of Officer Negative's debut album "Dead to the World." Organizing the remastered audio from the sound engineer and overseeing the artwork layout with the assistance from a talented graphic artist. We've been blessed to get encouragement from the original masterminds of a 20 year old album - as well as from fellow fans. It's been such an amazing experience to be able to see this pressing start as an idea to being a tangible object in the hands of those people that love the album as much as we do.

Micheal posted several blogs on Resurrected Vinyl if you're interested in the more technical aspect of the vinyl pressing process. There's also links there if you're interested in purchasing a copy. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for our DIY record label. I hope it's a hobby I get to pursue for a long time.

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