Mandy Morgan’s whole life is immersed in Portland’s music scene: She plays bass with Nasalrod, and for her day job, Morgan works at local vinyl record manufacturer Cascade Record Pressing, overseeing quality control and making sure everything they produce is primed and ready for a good spin.
Along with her other pursuits, Morgan recently decided to start her own label called Nadine Records. Named after her grandmother, Nadine has hit the ground running, and is poised to deliver a vast array of Portland music to the rest of the world. Morgan couldn’t be more excited.
“I always had a dream to do [it],” she says. “Once I started working at Cascade, everything became a lot clearer to me. I could understand the process a lot more. I had the in. I was like, ‘This is just the perfect time to do this.’ I have this opportunity, and people that are willing to help me out and talk me through it. I feel really happy right now, because I’m in this nice place where everything I’m doing revolves around music. I’m pretty simple. I just want a cozy little niche to do my thing and be part of a cool community.”