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Masterdisk Presents: Quorum

Masterdisk presents the Russian neo-progressive rock group Quorum, whose album Klubkin’s Voyage was mastered by Graham Goldman through the Masterdisk Indie program.

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Scott’s Guest Blog at The Vinyl District, Week 8

This week at The Vinyl District, Scott Hull discusses the different ways that vinyl reissues get made, particularly when the original masters are lost.

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

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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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.

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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.

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