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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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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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MASTERING AN INDIE PROJECT: The Diary of an Obsessive Artist, Part III

By James Beaudreau | Published: June 10, 2010
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.
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MASTERING AN INDIE PROJECT: The Diary of an Obsessive Artist, Part II

By James Beaudreau | Published: June 9, 2010
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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