Comments on: A Little Background + Mastering

By: ihav2p

ihav2p — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:49:19 +0000

thanks! really enjoying your blog too.

By: pipecock

pipecock — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:01:45 +0000

there are a few sites out there that i have found, but none that are specific for dance 12″s which are a different beast from a rock LP or 45 or whatever. especially for mastering, there are guys who know how to cut dance very well.

By: pipecock

pipecock — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:00:35 +0000

the prices are right there on the Prairie Cat website. he didn’t reccomend the “Hot Club” mixes that he advertises on there for this record, i’m guessing that usually works best with one shorter track per side. so it was $275 total including overnight shipping of the lacquer. some (most?) places in the US are cheaper than that, but as this step is so important and we knew that he knows the style of music we were having cut we thought it was easily worth the extra $$$.

By: ihav2p

ihav2p — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:56:21 +0000

very cool that you are documenting this. if i may ask, how much did it cost to have your 12 mastered?

By: kuri

kuri — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:08:49 +0000

can’t believe this hasn’t been documented before. this should prove quite enlightening and possibly inspiring. thanks Tom.

By: jonny5

jonny5 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:39:18 +0000

yeah. cool stuff tom. interested to hear the results. nice cats too.

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:34:32 +0000

This is all very exciting! Well done, I hope everything goes well. I love that you are documenting this whole process. Hurray for transparency!

By: pipecock

pipecock — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:38:22 +0000

i’m sure some luck will come in handy at some point, thanks!

By: pipecock

pipecock — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:38:02 +0000

what i’m really hoping is that this will sort of demystify the experience of putting out a record as well as give people and idea of how relatively inexpensive it can be to do. we gotta get more people taking that step to put the good shit out on wax!

if you look at the list of equipment on the Prairie Cat site, the last thing on it is “(1) well trained set of ears”! and it really is important that you get someone who knows what the style of music you’re doing needs to sound like on wax. i know for drum and bass there are a couple guys who do almost all the big releases, the guys at D&M obviously know how to do some big bass on techno and dub records, etc. that’s why i consider the choice of masterer to be the most important step, since that really dictates how the record is going to sound!

By: pipecock

pipecock — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:31:25 +0000

ha, i cant believe you or jitterbug would think i WOULDN’T already be sending you one! punks