http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com Your music deserves the best. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:49:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/11/sleeper-agent-cd-and-artwork-giveaway-on-facebook/ Win a copy of Sleeper Agent's album "Celebrasion" from Mom+Pop Records - mastered at Masterdisk by Matthew Agoglia. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/11/sleeper-agent-cd-and-artwork-giveaway-on-facebook/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:35:25 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=1471 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/11/sleeper-agent-cd-and-artwork-giveaway-on-facebook/feed/ 0 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/01/music-packaging-today-an-interview-with-sarah-robertson-and-scott-pollack-of-atoz-media/ A to Z Media is a small New York City-based company that's facilitating some of the best music packaging and manufacturing in the world today. Last December Masterdisk sat down with A to Z's Sarah Robertson and Scott Pollack to discuss how physical media is doing in 2011. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/01/music-packaging-today-an-interview-with-sarah-robertson-and-scott-pollack-of-atoz-media/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:44:38 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=1033 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/01/music-packaging-today-an-interview-with-sarah-robertson-and-scott-pollack-of-atoz-media/feed/ 2 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/10/andy-vandette-discusses-mastering-porcupine-trees-in-absentia-and-deadwing-albums/ Two of Porcupine Tree's biggest albums, In Absentia [Lava/Atlantic 2002] and Deadwing [Lava/Atlantic 2005], were mastered by Masterdisk chief engineer Andy VanDette. In this article Andy discusses his work on on these two very different records. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/10/andy-vandette-discusses-mastering-porcupine-trees-in-absentia-and-deadwing-albums/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:27:55 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=901 In Absentia [Lava/Atlantic 2002] and Deadwing [Lava/Atlantic 2005], were mastered by Masterdisk chief engineer Andy VanDette. In this article Andy discusses his work on on these two very different records.]]> http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/10/andy-vandette-discusses-mastering-porcupine-trees-in-absentia-and-deadwing-albums/feed/ 5 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/09/this-month-in-masterdisk-history-september-part-1/ These little updates feature records from the past -- some near, some far -- that were mastered here at Masterdisk. Consider it a very random reminder of some records you might have forgotten about. Or, if you're in a more heavy mindset, be amazed at how time flies! http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/09/this-month-in-masterdisk-history-september-part-1/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:57:03 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=852 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/09/this-month-in-masterdisk-history-september-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/09/scott-hull-on-the-production-of-la-monte-youngs-the-well-tuned-piano-gramavision-1987/ Mastering engineer Scott Hull discusses his role in the production process of the 1987 Gramavision release of La Monte Young's The Well Tuned Piano. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/09/scott-hull-on-the-production-of-la-monte-youngs-the-well-tuned-piano-gramavision-1987/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:47:16 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=801 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/09/scott-hull-on-the-production-of-la-monte-youngs-the-well-tuned-piano-gramavision-1987/feed/ 0 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/08/tzadik-sale-at-wayside-music/ Wayside Music is having a sale on Tzadik releases. Scott Hull masters the Tzadik catalog here at Masterdisk. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/08/tzadik-sale-at-wayside-music/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:14:27 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=727 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/08/tzadik-sale-at-wayside-music/feed/ 0 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/07/a-conversation-with-rob-mathes-co-producer-of-stings-symphonicities/ 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. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/07/a-conversation-with-rob-mathes-co-producer-of-stings-symphonicities/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:41:07 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=693 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/07/a-conversation-with-rob-mathes-co-producer-of-stings-symphonicities/feed/ 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/masterdisk-podcast-mastering-jay-zs-the-blueprint-3-with-tony-dawsey/ 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. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/masterdisk-podcast-mastering-jay-zs-the-blueprint-3-with-tony-dawsey/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:37:29 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=623 The Blueprint 3.]]> http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/masterdisk-podcast-mastering-jay-zs-the-blueprint-3-with-tony-dawsey/feed/ 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-ii/ Part 2 of Kirsten Thien's article about the mastering process from an independent artist's perspective. In this installment Kirsten discusses preparing her mixes for the mastering process, and describes her mastering session with Scott Hull. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-ii/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:21:38 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=564 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-i/ Independent artist Kirsten Thien had her 2006 album, "You've Got Me", mastered by Scott Hull. In her article "Mastering an Indie Project: The Diary of an Obsessive Artist" she creates a veritable primer for the independent artist who needs to navigate the mastering process. This is Part I of the article. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-i/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:26:39 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=538 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-i/feed/ 0