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Mastering and Techie Shit 

So confession.

I've never mastered my own album before. Ever.

Why? Mainly cause it's a very specific skill. It's all about very SMALL tweaks to volume, compression and EQ. It takes years to learn how to do it well. I've always gone to Silvertone Mastering before. That was always my most favorite part of releasing a record. They have AMAZING equipment and speakers. Hell the speakers probably cost as much as my Jeep. 

So why am I not doing that now? Well, for one, I have a mastering program I've been…

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10/17/2017

in painting the silence, recording, editing, progress, album, volume 1, listening, headphones, levels, mastering, dither

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