Vinyl Community Podcasts

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://www.youtube.com/@beerandvinyl

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Jan 14, 2026

Beer & Vinyl | The Economics of an Indie Record Label: Terry Cole of Colemine Records

Jan 14, 2026

56 min

The tap is back on at Vinyl Community Podcasts as Alex (Beer & Vinyl) returns to the airwaves with an insightful chat with the founder/owner of Colemine Records Terry Cole.

Colemine Records was founded in late 2007 by Terry and Louis Rideout as a way to release music they loved, starting with an album from their own band and evolved into a significant independent soul and funk label, later expanding with his brother Bob in the form of the independent shop Plaid Room Records in Loveland, OH in 2015.

Colemine has released amazing vinyl contemporary soul, funk, and indie pop from arists like Durand Jones & The Indications, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Monophonics, as well as artists like Neal Francis and Kendra Morris.

This conversation focuses on about the economics of running a label like Colemine, the impact of streaming on the business, the importance of physical media to what they do, and MORE! Empty that glass and pour another, and don't forget to tip the bartender - only on Vinyl Community Podcasts!

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For more information on host Alex (Beer & Vinyl):

IG: alexdudek1

For more on Terry Cole + Colemine Records & Plaid Room Records:

https://www.coleminerecords.com

https://www.plaidroomrecords.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/coleminerecords

https://www.instagram.com/plaidroomrecords

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Jan 12, 2026

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Vinyl Gifts, Vinyl Snap, Vinyl Surprises

Jan 12, 2026

59 min

If your New Year's resolution was to listen to more Surface Noise, we've got your hookup with the latest BONUS TRAX! Hear our adventurous vinylists discuss a few vinyl-related gifts they each received over the holidays, then they discuss a new app called Vinyl Snap. What is Vinyl Snap? Check in on the next episode as only Arnaldo did the homework (during a trial period).

The show concludes with a few vinyl surprises, including a famous rapper and his new album being advertised as "limited" and a "one of one", but we put on our detective hats to research those claims, and a brief discussion of yet another variant of a recent "Wish You Were Here" Pink Floyd anniversary reissue. If you like it loud and with some interruptions to your listening experience, then we have the copy for you!

That and more vinyl madness only found from the Surface Noise Crew here in BONUS TRAX!

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Jan 8, 2026

Surface Noise | Record Show Radar for 2026

Jan 8, 2026

59 min

Welcome back to the show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE! And we are ready to bring you more vinyl record talk than you can fit in your record room!

For the first show of 2026, the panel jumps into some current events in the wacky world including another box set fiasco, a pulse from Vinyl Me, Please, and the Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right (SYEOR) reissue releases are out now in January (and who ordered any).

From there we share some of the key record shows on our radar for 2026. Will we see you at any? Austin? Vinyl Con(s)? Chicago? The Surface Noise crew is excited to explore new record shows for 2026, and hope to see our fellow vinylists all across the globe!

Add in a few John Bong F bombs, and we are off to the races!

This...is SURFACE NOISE.

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Jan 7, 2026

Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | An Interview with Kevin Gray

Jan 7, 2026

42 min

Happy New Year, fellow vinylists! Back with another contribution to Vinyl Community Podcasts, host David Bianco of the YouTube channel Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion shares an interview conducted with the venerable mastering and audio engineer Kevin Gray.

Kevin has mastered music for every major label in every genre, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, adult contemporary, alternative, punk, heavy metal, contemporary Christian, new age, gothic, world ethnic, disco, dance, soul, blues, and hip-hop / rap. In addition, Kevin has to his credit more than a hundred top ten and Grammy award winning records, and dozens of RIAA certified gold and platinum albums and singles.

In this interview he shares integral parts of his journey to becoming a premier audio mastering engineer, beginning way back at the age of eighteen to the present day with the business he operates, Cohearent Audio. You'll hear about mentors in Kevin's career along the way, the importance of plating in the record production process, his thoughts on half-speed mastering and lacquer availability, and additional insights into the full chain process of bringing a recording to life on the vinyl format.

Sit back and adjust those audio devices to their preferred settings, your tray tables upward, and relax as David is proud to bring another Audio Excursion to the Vinyl Community here on Vinyl Community Podcasts!

For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.

Dec 22, 2025

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Ho, Ho, Hold up....Greatest Christmas/Holiday Songs of ALL TIME

Dec 22, 2025

53 min

As we close 2025 here on Vinyl Community Podcasts, the last BONUS TRAX segment of the year features a spirited debate amongst the SURFACE NOISE crew about the greatest (and worst) Christmas/Holiday songs in existence. Dishes were smashed. Names were called. And we find Arnaldo is not a fan of Saint Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime"....like the opposite of big fan. Like hates it, hates it. 🤬

Ultimately, In a sea of Mariah Carey's, be an Eartha Kitt. 😻

Thank you for your continued support on VCP, Surface Noise, and all the programming we put out. 2026 will be another great year, and we thank you for being part of it! 🏆🏆🏆🏆

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

El Presidente, Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Dec 18, 2025

Surface Noise | 2026 Vinyl Predictions

Dec 18, 2025

59 min

For the latest full SURFACE NOISE of 2025, we are taking you back....to the FUTURE! Our dais of (sometimes) disciplined vinyl mercenaries walks through some current events in the wonderful world of vinyl before turning their eyes, ears, and wallets to 2026.

What will be some titles reissued in the new year? What trends or macro (or micro) patterns will envelope the hobby? Is this the year the pricing bubble bursts? And will there finally get a Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" zoetrope?

So many questions, so little time.

This is the show of records, talking about records.

This.

Is.

Surface Noise.

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

El Presidente, Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Dec 15, 2025

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Is Discogs Broken? + A Record Store Tale

Dec 15, 2025

57 min

Buy one, get one: a record collector's dream. In this case, the home office at SURFACE NOISE attempts their own version of that retailer mantra with BONUS TRAX. On this latest edition, the dais starts with a story about pricing gone haywire on some new releases, and how one record store owner made it right (and why you should buy from him if you get the chance).

Following that up, a lengthly discussion on some records that have gone MAD in cost/value of late, and whether or not these titles should be fetching such exorbitant prices or is Discogs simply "broken"?

All that and more John Bong goodness for your earholes.

BONUS TRAX....Next!

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more information on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

IG: @audio_excursion

Back and better than ever, our dear Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

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