In case you missed it, our 5-day Vocal Production Workshop with Austen Jux-Chandler (Adele, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Kali Uchis) starts this coming Monday, March 2nd, at 12pm Eastern Time. If you don't have your ticket yet, it's not too late. Grab a ticket here before the event starts on Monday. I have included the original post below with all the info. Hope to see lots of you there! Leave a comment below if you're coming 🔥 ------------- Super excited to share something with you today that's a first of it's kind for Mastering.com We're hosting an exclusive 5-day Vocal Production workshop where you'll get to learn the A to Z of recording and mixing vocals from Adele's very own engineer. Introducing Austen Jux-Chandler. Austen won a Grammy for recording Adele on her album, 25. In the attached photos, can see him on stage (second from the left) accepting the Grammy with Adele. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Austen has also recorded Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, A$AP Rocky, SZA, Mark Ronson, and John Legend. He has earned a reputation as one of the top vocal producers in the world. We recently hung out with Austen at Lion Share Studios in LA, where he told us that he prefers to record at his artist's homes, rather than multi-million dollar studios. It helps create a more comfortable environment that improves the performance, he said. That's when I knew we had to do something with Austen, so he could show you step-by-step how he's able to record Grammy-winning vocals in a bedroom. So, starting March 2nd, Austen is going to spend 5-days with students live on Zoom, teaching his entire methodology from session prep to recording, editing, comping, mixing, creative effects, and more. Austen has never opened up his process like this before, so don't miss this chance to learn from one of the best in the industry. All the info is here: https://courses.mastering.com/product/1769595511504x935745290124299100?utm_source=Skool

Hi everyone! So happy to be a part of this group and hope to learn a lot and to share things I've learned in my short time of producing.

Mixes not translating from your DAW to your car? We call it the dreaded “car test”, and it’s plagued producers for decades. So why does it happen? As you may know, room acoustics play a massive role in our ability to hear mixes accurately. Without a dialed in room, your mixes will never translate from your DAW to the car without massive gaps in sonic quality, even if you're using studio-grade headphones. That’s why we’re partnering with our friends at Sonarworks and GIK Acoustics to host our very first "Fix-Your-Room" Challenge 🔥 We'll teach you: - How to build the perfect studio without a math or physics PhD - The correct way to position your monitor speakers in your room - Where to place your acoustic treatment (and why) - What treatment to use (and what to avoid) - Taking a room from good to great with room correction software - How to get your mixes & masters to sound EXACTLY the same outside your room as they do in your studio - no more car tests necessary The challenge kicks off on Monday, June 12th at 10am PST. Register using the link below! https://go.mastering.com/fix-your-room-challenge-email See you there!!! 💪 Michael GM - Mastering.com

This month's Fix-The-Mix is going to be free to attend for members of this Skool group. We're going to mix and finish a track that’s never, ever been mixed before. Here’s the details: Artist → Spirit City Song → I know what I want Genre → Pop Rock And we’re going to perform: 1. A master (of the rough mix) 2. A heavy hitting mix to go back and fix the issues we identify 3. Then finalize the track for all platforms Each of these is on an individual day, where we’ll walk through each concept in depth… And you’ll walk away knowing exactly how to approach your next track. It's happening April 18th (Tuesday) → April 20th (Thursday) // 10am Pacific. Register here: https://go.mastering.com/free-challenge1681318244017?el=ftm-skool-12th-april See you there 💪 -Rob

Here's the track we worked on today! For those that weren't there for the ending I sent everyone off with an opera performance. I shamefully mispelled opera with an 'h' at the end...thus I give you "Oprah's despair". Some more we could have done with this but we decided to stick with what we showed you and nothing more! Just brought it up to listening level.