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.
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: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.
