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Here’s the second track in my mastering portfolio, an instrumental demo for a local band, Defend the Syndicate. This was another premixed track, so I didn’t get a chance to flex my mixing muscles… but I think it turned out great anyway. I have to say though, I would have loved to have had a chance to mix everything separately, as the bass kick really overpowered the entire mix to start off. I have a feeling I could have made the bass much more solid sounding if I’d had the stems to work with.

I’ve decided to start offering bare-bones mastering services to local bands …..gratis. Why would I do such a thing, you ask? Because I wouldn’t mind doing it for money eventually, but first I need to build a portfolio… and local bands just need some more exposure in general. It’s hard to get noticed by labels when your demo doesn’t shine… and you shouldn’t have to pay thousands of dollars for a pro mastering job just to get rejected by the label.

So here’s the first submission I received for mastering, a track by Andrew Edwards called “Holiday Parade”. Hit the triangular “play” button to hear the song, and toggle the mastered/unmastered version by clicking on the respective word…. pretty self explanatory really