Crossroads

As difficult as it is to admit, I have come to the crossroads of my career. No, I am not in a hurry to retire. And I haven’t made a deal with the devil. Not yet, anyway. But I am at a stage where I need to think about what’s next. The past…

The Future of Vinyl?

By now, most people in the music production business have heard about the devastating fire last Thursday at Apollo Masters in Banning, California. Thankfully, there were no reports of injuries either to the staff or firefighters, but the plant…

The Cost of the "Package Deal"

I am writing to shine a light on a compromise some of our mastering clients are unwittingly making. They order a vinyl cutting master from Sterling (EQ’d .WAV file), upload it to the record pressing plant for cutting and are shocked when their…

What Makes Spotify Different

Our lodestone as mastering engineers is the listening public hearing music as the artist intended. That’s why we are surprised to be struggling to get our clients to take seriously an issue that has a dramatic impact on how their music…