http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com Your music deserves the best. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:49:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/02/scotts-guest-blog-at-the-vinyl-district-week-3/ In week three of his guest blog at The Vinyl District, Masterdisk owner Scott Hull discusses the geometry of the vinyl groove. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/02/scotts-guest-blog-at-the-vinyl-district-week-3/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:17:18 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=1104 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/02/scotts-guest-blog-at-the-vinyl-district-week-3/feed/ 0 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/2010/04/the-mastering-panel-at-sxsw/ Scott Hull discusses the Mastering Panel he participated in at the SXSW festival in March 2010. http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/04/the-mastering-panel-at-sxsw/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:34:43 +0000 Scott Hull http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=202 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/04/the-mastering-panel-at-sxsw/feed/ 1 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/04/scott-hull-on-cleaning-vinyl/ A few weekends ago I was at a record shop here in NYC and a remarkable thing happened: I found the exact record I was looking for. It may not seem like a big deal, but if you ever hunt in the used record bins you’ll know that it’s a pretty rare occurrence. Anyway, the [...] http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/04/scott-hull-on-cleaning-vinyl/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:40:14 +0000 James Beaudreau http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/?p=141 http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2010/04/scott-hull-on-cleaning-vinyl/feed/ 0