Mastering
Professional mastering to ensure your songs are polished, optimized, and ready for release
You’ve written, recorded, and mixed your songs... Now it’s time for the finishing touch: Professional Mastering.
Whilst I genuinely believe that any musician can learn to master their own music (and I teach many musicians to do so), there are also some clear benefits to having your songs mastered by a professional mastering engineer.
Professional mastering provides:
- Fresh Perspective: Ensure your mix is presented in the best way possible.
- Quality control: Catch and address things that may have been overlooked during recording and mixing.
- Experience: Draw on years of music production experience to bring out the very best from your tracks.
- Confidence: Know your music is fully optimized and release ready
When I master your songs, I'll ensure your songs sound their very best using:
- Stereo / Mid-Side EQ: For tonal balance across each song and consistency throughout the whole release.
- Compression: For dynamic control and enhancement.
- Limiting: For an intentional level relationship between songs.
- Quality control: To identify and address imperfections wherever possible, e.g. removing pops or clicks, optimizing fades, etc.
- Creation of radio-ready files: Dithered, and optimized for release on CD, streaming, and digital download.
2 types of mastering to suit every project:
Stereo Mastering:
You provide your stereo mix and I apply processes like EQ, compression and limiting to your stereo track. Perfect when you’re confident in every element of your mix, and you’re looking for balance, consistency, and optimization across the whole release.
Stem Mastering:
You provide stems for each group of instruments in each song (e.g. drums, guitars, vocals, etc). I then apply adjustments like EQ, compression, etc, to individual stems. mixing-new
Hi, I’m Alex – a mixing engineer, mastering engineer, and music production coach.
I hold both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Music Production. I work with artists across a range of styles, such as indie, rock, folk, acoustic, singer-songwriter, country, etc. My mission is to help musicians just like you to produce tracks they’re proud to share.
Recent Feedback:
"Many thanks Alex for doing a great job… I'm very pleased with the results when played through my near fields, Hi Fi and in the car. You certainly have given it that secret sauce!" - Phil L.
"I love it! You’ve done an amazing job! The song has really come alive." - Ian N.
How It Works:
2. Confirmation
I’ll reply with a confirmation email containing a PayPal link, and a private link for uploading your tracks.
3. Mastering
I’ll master your songs and send you a link to download your mastered tracks.
4. Revisions
Need changes, tweaks, or revisions? No problem – two rounds of revisions are included.
5. Final Delivery
You’ll receive a link to download your finished masters, ready for release.
Here's what you get:
WAV Files
Stereo WAV files (16-bit / 44.1kHz.) Perfect for streaming, digital download, and CD. (Alternative formats available upon request.)
MP3 Files
High quality 320kbps MP3 files.
Revisions
Every mastering project includes two rounds of revisions, to ensure you’re fully confident in the final result.
Pricing, Turn Around & Availability:
I don’t use complicated hourly rates! I offer a simple flat rate per song:
- Stereo Mastering — £65 per song.
- Stem Mastering — £85 per song.
To ensure I’m able to give every session the attention it deserves, I only take on a limited number of mastering clients each month.
Typical turnaround times are 3 – 5 business days per project. Though quicker turn around times can often be accommodated.