http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com Your music deserves the best. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:49:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/09/the-cuddle-magic-all-analog-vinyl-project/ Here at Masterdisk HQ today Scott Hull has been mastering the all-analog LP version of Info Nympho, a new album by band and songwriting collective Cuddle Magic. This is the real deal - the old school way to make an LP. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/09/the-cuddle-magic-all-analog-vinyl-project/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:55:50 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=1407 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/09/the-cuddle-magic-all-analog-vinyl-project/feed/ 0 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/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/2010/06/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-iii/ Part 3 of Kirsten Thien's article about the ins and outs of the mastering process from an independent artist's perspective. In this installment: mastering miracles with Scott Hull. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-iii/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:19:22 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=592 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/06/mastering-an-indie-project-the-diary-of-an-obsessive-artist-part-iii/feed/ 0 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 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/masterdisk-over-35-years-of-vinyl-mastering/ Scott Hull of Masterdisk discusses aesthetic and technical matters relating to cutting vinyl. Masterdisk is one of only a few companies worldwide that has been continuously making masters for vinyl, with more experience cutting masters than nearly any other facility. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/masterdisk-over-35-years-of-vinyl-mastering/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 17:08:04 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=507 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/masterdisk-over-35-years-of-vinyl-mastering/feed/ 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/scott-hull-on-mastering/ Many websites have lots of information about mastering. Some take a scientific approach, some a creative approach. Both are useful, but neither tells the whole story. My mastering lies somewhere between the two. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/scott-hull-on-mastering/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 19:36:29 +0000 Scott Hull http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=493 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/scott-hull-on-mastering/feed/ 0 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/we-hear-more-than-were-supposed-to-hear-mastering-steely-dans-two-against-nature/ I’ve had the pleasure over the years of working with many great artists. Watching some of the masters of our business do what they do best. It’s been a behind the scenes look, a close up, without the cameras and public attention. In this environment you really get to see who these creative people are. One of my experiences was with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/we-hear-more-than-were-supposed-to-hear-mastering-steely-dans-two-against-nature/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 17:11:16 +0000 Scott Hull http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=462 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/05/we-hear-more-than-were-supposed-to-hear-mastering-steely-dans-two-against-nature/feed/ 2