bblackwood wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:43 |
if you don't care enough to personalize an email to me, I don't want your business. |
dguidry wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 13:26 |
Hey guys, go ahead and accept the challenge and let me or someone else master it and if you like what we've done, submit it under your name with the proviso that I or someone else do the rest of the work, subject to your final approval, with an agreed upon split of the fees. Its a no loose situation for you established ME's. If you don't like what we've done or can't tweak it to your satisfaction with minimal effort, just don't submit it. You might find a whole group of so called ME's you can later work with to increase your volume of business without degrading quality. Then again, this might be an all messed up idea if you can't stand the thought of letting someone inferior to your skill level do the work for you. I would understand that mindset, too. |
bblackwood wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 13:38 | ||
Does the word 'unethical' mean much to you? |
dguidry wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 14:25 | ||||
There is nothing unethical about a referral. |
bblackwood wrote on Fri, 23 May 2008 15:57 |
That's not a referral, that's passing off someone else's work as your own, and would get you black-listed quick in this industry. |
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Hi, It might be best to narrow your list down to the people whose work you respect the most in the style of music that you do. Who are your favourite bands & who appears most on the mastering credits of those bands? By all means get quotes first, but you'd get a better response if you made the email more exclusive or personal, at very least it's best to use the 'Bcc' function on your email, as no one likes to get the cattle call for a free mastering demo... |
rankus wrote on Mon, 26 May 2008 12:58 |
1. Websites without any examples of work posted... |
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2. Websites that do not state the rates clearly... |
masterhse wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 16:58 |
Jerry - When I create a demo it either alternates between the unmastered/mastered versions, or is edited down. Neither of which would serve as a free mastered track. Demos are a double-edged sword. They can get you some great new clients, or waste your time. With a couple of questions you can usually filter out the two reasonably. Demos also allow one to audition the material before taking on the job. I'm curious as to how many potential paying gigs people may refuse? I recently had someone send me some material and as politely as I could told the person that it would be a waste of money to master the tracks, that the amount of distortion was beyond any reasonable method of repair (these were poorly recorded acoustic tracks with severe clipping) and that I would have to refuse the gig. He told me that there were other mastering engineers that he sent the material to that would take on the job and to go f*ck myself. Glad that I listened and sorted it out pre-demo before dealing with him. |
Cass Anawaty wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 17:56 | ||
Oh yeah--had a couple submit .wma files, then tell me they found someone that "could" master for them. Obviously more talented than me. |
Cass Anawaty wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:56 |
Oh yeah--had a couple submit .wma files, then tell me they found someone that "could" master for them. Obviously more talented than me. |
aivoryuk wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 13:13 |
I had one where the client wanted me to do a sort of stems with a backing track and a stereo vocal track. the backing was in mp3 format and smashed to hell. Later turns out when questioned it was a pre bought backing track and he just record vocals to it. |
Jerry Tubb wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:26 |
trying to avoid doing someone's single for free! JT |
crna59 wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 16:16 | ||
That's why I only process about a minute or so of the track. If they like it, they can pay for the other 3 or 4 minutes of the track. If they don't like it, I didn't waste my time processing the rest of the track! Regards, Bruce |
aivoryuk wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:13 |
I had one where the client wanted me to do a sort of stems with a backing track and a stereo vocal track. the backing was in mp3 format and smashed to hell. |
MASSIVE Mastering wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 22:57 | ||
Had a client bring mixes in a few weeks ago - On an iPod. |
Cass Anawaty wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 16:59 | ||||
I hope you mastered them on a docking station. |
jdg wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 17:26 |
i have local ppl come in for "Demos" that takes more time then anything. and is a pain to schedule. but, if they come in, it converts into a booking 99% of the time. demos from "the internet" turn a 60% conversion, roughly. |
MASSIVE Mastering wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 17:57 |
Had a client bring mixes in a few weeks ago - On an iPod. |
MASSIVE Mastering wrote on Wed, 28 May 2008 23:30 |
Yeah, but that's not what he did... |
masterhse wrote on Thu, 29 May 2008 13:39 | ||
Understood. I thought that I would mention it as I have a client who brings mixes on his video Ipod as 48K/24 files on a regular basis. Nothing wrong with an Ipod for xfering mixes if done this way. |
aivoryuk wrote on Thu, 29 May 2008 20:05 |
What I find even more amazing is I have witnessed a few mastering places that state that they actually accept mp3/wma as a mix format |