![]() No need, in some people's minds, to be in the studio when it is mastered. (DropBox it, have the person master it and DropBox it back). Today that is no longer the case (not my choice) and with the internet anyone can literally have anyone master their music no matter where the musician lives or the mastering studio is. I still enjoy having musicians in my studio when I master their music. are just as frustrated about the situation as anyone else. Point being, I think a lot of musicians / bands etc. On top of that "cheap" mastering services are spotty at best in a lot of cases. When it comes to online mastering services, they might be better off with Ozone presets. Which is sad really.! As much as I get that music is a consumer item and not a necessity, I think we'd all love to do what makes us happy. The only thing we have to consistantly loose there is time, if there was a fiscal chance the music would even just pay for itself we'd be happy to oblige. Why would we constantly dish out thousands for multi-albums worth of services when we can record relatively cheap at home? Quite often they turned around and said: In the day and age where bands have to pay venue's to play to other bands, where the backline and instruments don't even have an ROI. I've popped down to the local rock bars on a Friday night (which are generally quite empty) and asked bands why they won't deal with mixing / mastering services. Have fun!People who give two ****'s about their music do, whether they go down the long valley of DIY learning and constant upgrades or seek mastering services.Ĭreating songs of decent worth today (with such saturation) ain't easy and if you're going to spend three weeks on a song just to stick it through a blender well hey that's they're choice but it does a disservice to the music, artist and listeners. They can always use the "extra" money for booze or bling. ![]() Maybe sometime these people will wake up and smell the roses but nah I don't think so. It is too bad that people are so cheap that they can't see the benefits of a real human being doing their mastering vs pay, or not paying, a machine to do it. I guess we all need to learn to live with it. I just looked at the site in question: how they got the likes of those artists to sign on to use their name is baffling, or perhaps illegal.Īutomated mastering is, for all intents and purposes, here to stay. Unless managed, and or funded, it's Hip hop, Pop, and EDM that tends to stay DIY. These are artists that really care about the fidelity of their music. The independent rock, folk, singer songwriter artist that is truly looking to break out seems to be the model client at the moment. It's the catastrophic devaluation of the business that you pointed out that's truly relevant. In regards to mastering, in my opinion age is the least of our worries. I'm in production with a 17 year old artist at the moment, and I have a good 30 years on her. Looks are everything.īest of luck to everyone.This is a very generalized statement, and I get it. Sound is inconsequential in this industry. Read being a "poser" is way more important than skills. Keep that in mind, years of knowledge goes out the door compared to being young, hip and relevant. Also as you age you become irrelevant to the younger generation.
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