Mastering FAQs
I will take the music to a loudness level that will make it listenable amongst commercial releases but I am not interested in crushing the life and dynamics out of a piece of music to get an extra couple of dbs; that’s what the volume control on a playback device is for.
Of course, if you bring coffee. Joking aside, I am more than happy to have people attend the session however the way a mastering engineer listens to a song can be a little frustrating for an artist!
I don’t have an equipment page on my website. This is not an oversight or a way of hiding the fact that I may have bad equipment. This is because I don’t believe it to be relevant. If anyone is interested in my equipment and or processes I will gladly divulge.
I will say that I work in a well treated studio with very accurate monitoring that I know inside/out and the tools I use to master and just that, tools.
“Nobody judges a joiner by what brand of saw he uses they judge his work” I can’t remember who said this but it is comparison I enjoy.
Before starting the master I need a running order for the songs. With the way I work I like to lay the songs out in order so I can get an idea of the flow of your album. Before sending out the masters I need any metadata that’s to be embedded into the tracks.