shoegaze

and how much do they charge?

I am looking at having 10 tracks professionally mastered and am shopping around.

varies massively.

we've had some stuff mastered for a tenner a track, whereas an attended mastering session with someone really good might set you back somewhere in the region of £600 to £1000 for a full album.

i do mine myself, though i wouldnt call that professional. I know a guy in Florida with a studio, who charges something really cheap, maybe 10 or 20 a track... i can get you his email, i think he will do a tack first, then see if you were happy with the results.

we used new alliance east for our last full length.



the actual recordings were done at home so it was kind of like polishing turd.

everything since has been at home via logic &/or waves. i plan to use new alliance again for the next full length since we actually invested money into the project & recorded in a legit studio.

i think we paid less than $200. they were really cool about cutting a deal to meet our budget.

we used rob girardi locally for our first record, i think it was around $400. he's done a lot of the celebration & beach house stuff.

for our new record we used kim rosen at knack. . i think that was around $700. i really, really like her work. she did such a great job for us, highly recommended!!

you should also check out mobtown studios in charles village... matt does some good work, pretty affordable

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Did you find someone yet?

Here is the gent I mentioned before:


Also, if you dont mind me taking a crack at a track, email me a zip of the audio for one, and ill hook it up as they say.

yeah, actually we are going to be using Knack Mastering.

Frankly I would do it myself unless it concerns vinyl.

skew - the songs we mastered there can be heard at . as mentioned we recorded these in my basement so he had to work with that, but you can request more professional examples.

it's been a while so i'm not sure what the rates are like now, but a lot of locals continue to use & recommend them. being local i was able to attend the session. the studio had a really laid back atmosphere: large dimly lit room with a lot of random gear everywhere. more relaxing than a studio i visited before where everything was cold, brand new & very high tech.

some locals also recommend but i haven't used them because the guy took forever to respond to my emails.