Eric Boulanger: Musical Mastering, Professional Violin, and How to Monitor - Progressions: Success in the Music Industry
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28th Jul 2021

Eric Boulanger: Musical Mastering, Professional Violin, and How to Monitor

This week's guest is mastering engineer and violinist, Eric Boulanger. Eric started his career at the legendary Mastering Lab working under Doug Sax before starting his own facility, The Bakery, in 2015. In addition to a mastering credit list that includes artists such as Diana Krall, Green Day, Weezer, and Andrea Bocelli, he also worked with Apple to develop the "Mastered for iTunes" protocol. Outside the world of mastering, Eric still finds time to play violin on sessions for various film and television scores. We have a great chat about listening, setting up a room, and knowing when you're ready to jump into your own business.

In this episode, we'll dig in on...

  • Approaching mastering as musician, not a robot
  • Building a mastering studio in an old screening room
  • Calling everyday until you get the gig
  • Attended mastering sessions
  • The importance of listening and monitoring
  • Playing violin from age 3
  • Working at the Mastering Lab
  • Building a lathe before ever buying a vinyl record
  • Playing violin for film scores
  • Lossless audio
  • The most important part of a mastering room
  • Starting your own business and learning as you go

Learn More About Eric Boulanger...

Website: https://thebakery.la/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bakerymastering/

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Guest: Eric Boulanger

Host: Travis Ference

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Progressions: Success in the Music Industry
Host Travis Ference chats with music producers, engineers, mixers, artists, musicians, and songwriters about the tips, tricks, mindsets, and ideas that helped them define their careers.
Conversations exploring creativity, productivity, and career growth in the music industry. Join in each week as Travis sits down with some of the industry’s best and brightest to discuss the mindsets and strategies that they use in their careers every day.
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Travis Ference

Travis Ference is a Grammy nominated mixer, producer, and recording engineer based out of Los Angeles, CA. With over a decade of experience in the music business he has worked on multiple #1 albums, several top 10's, numerous RIAA platinum and gold certified records, as well as hit TV shows and blockbuster films. His work can be heard on more than 15 million albums sold and billions streams worldwide.

The inspiration for his podcast came from his journey over the last 5 years to redefine what success is for him, to take control of his time, and to ultimately live the life he wants while making the records he loves.