The Business of Remote Mastering | with Justin Perkins - Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

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8th Mar 2023

The Business of Remote Mastering | with Justin Perkins

Today’s guest is Madison, Wisconsin based mastering engineer Justin Perkins. Justin currently works out of his studio Mystery Room Mastering where he has worked on projects for artists such as The Replacements, Jason Mraz, Busta Rhymes, and North Mississippi Allstars, as well as countless independent artists from around the world. He’s also worked at Butch Vig’s Smart Studios, actively played in numerous bands, and written various articles for The Pro Audio Files. We have a great chat about the importance of communication, how to choose a mastering chain, and why relationships still matter more than social media.

πŸ—’ In this episode we'll dig in on... πŸ—’

  • Remote mastering
  • Choosing a mastering chain
  • Analog vs Digital mastering
  • Working at Butch Vig's Smart Studios
  • Being a self-taught engineer
  • Matching the limited mix reference
  • Automations and Project Management
  • Moving to Milwaukee and starting a mastering business
  • The importance of communication
  • Relationships matter!

πŸŽ™ Travis' Intro πŸŽ™

The Tyranny of the Urgent

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The Replacements

The War on Drugs

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Notion

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Credits:

Guest: Justin Perkins

Host: Travis Ference

Editor: Stephen Boyd

Theme Music: inter.ference

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About the Podcast

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.
Insightful conversations about building and maintaining a fulfilling and successful career in the music industry. Music producers, engineers, mixers, artists, songwriters, musicians, composers and various other audio professionals sit down and share the tips, tricks, mindsets and ideas that helped them define their careers.

Created and hosted by Grammy nominated recording and mixing engineer Travis Ference, Progressions: Success in the Music Industry is inspired by the journey of his career so far. Travis is determined to set the next generation of music creators up with the tools they need to define their own success and live a happy, healthy, and prosperous career in the music business.

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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.