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Vinyl
records hold a special, sacred place in the canon of music past and
present. They’re not just those things your parents had in high school,
though you’re
extremely lucky if you get to inherit those things
(thanks for the Led Zeppelin III album, dad). In fact, according to
Digital Music News, vinyl sales have been growing like crazy – more
records were sold in 2014 than in 1993.
From
this age-old record frenzy, a new arbiter of awesomeness has emerged:
Detroit native Jarrett Koral who is now 16, started his own record
label, Jett Plastic Recordings, when he was just 14 years old. Remember
what you were doing when you were 14? (I don’t … I’ve mentally blocked
out all of middle school and most of high school).
Jarrett told
WDIV, a local news station in Detroit, that he first got involved in
record pressing in 2012. Local indie musician Greg Beyer of After Dark
Amusement Park told Jarrett that he was making a record and needed help
with the vinyl; in true entrepreneurial spirit, Jarrett decided to seize
the opportunity. “I said, ‘OK, I’ll do it,’ without really telling
anybody,” he told WDIV.
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Consequence
of Sound reports that in two years, Jarrett has pressed records for 12
bands, including Macaulay Culkin’s group, The Pizza Underground, who
spoke with MTV News in 2013:
Regarding
his success, Jarrett told MTV News, “It’s really amazing, and I wasn’t
expecting it at all! I’ve been working for so long on it, it’s great to
finally get some recognition and to finally see people interested in the
label!”
Jarrett also told us that he would “love to release a record by either Daniel Johnston or Ty Segall.”
Congrats on rockin’ the music industry, Jarrett! You can check out Jett Plastic Recordings here.
