Author Archives: James Beaudreau

The Making of Ike Sturm’s Jazz Mass: Interviews with Ike Sturm and Randy Merrill

By James Beaudreau | Published: August 16, 2010
Ike Sturm is a bassist, composer and the Music Director for the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter’s Church (the “Jazz Church”) here in Manhattan. His remarkable Jazz Mass, a work for voices, strings and jazz ensemble, was commissioned by St. Peter's, recorded in 2007-08 at Avatar Studios and mastered by Randy Merrill at Masterdisk. For this post, The Masterdisk Record interviewed both Ike and Randy about the making of the album.
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Tzadik Sale at Wayside Music

By James Beaudreau | Published: August 4, 2010
Wayside Music is having a sale on Tzadik releases. Scott Hull masters the Tzadik catalog here at Masterdisk.
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A Conversation with Rob Mathes, Co-Producer of Sting’s Symphonicities

By James Beaudreau | Published: July 16, 2010
Rob Mathes brought Sting's new record, Symphonicities, to Scott Hull here at Masterdisk for mastering, so we've had the pleasure of being able to work on this remarkable record, and also the pleasure of working with and talking to Rob, who is as gracious and humble a guy as you'll find in the music business. On a break from his current project — producing the debut album from Glee star Matthew Morrison — Rob took some time to discuss Symphonicities.
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The Masterdisk Neighborhood: Hells Kitchen, NYC

By James Beaudreau | Published: July 1, 2010
While I'm working on a couple other stories for The Masterdisk Record I thought I'd put up a quick post about Hell's Kitchen, the neighborhood Masterdisk calls "home". No, it's not a very nice name for a neighborhood, but don't let that fool you -- we're in a pretty cool part of NYC. We're just a block and a half away from the restaurants and hustle & bustle of the Theater District, and in the other direction we've got the Hudson, riverfront parks, and a few... boats.
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Masterdisk Podcast: Mastering Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 with Tony Dawsey

By James Beaudreau | Published: June 18, 2010
Tony Dawsey is a Masterdisk mastering engineer with a long list of hit records under his belt. For our first podcast, I talked to Tony about his experience mastering Jay-Z's 2009 hit record, The Blueprint 3.
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