My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40 minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Phil Oliver
Aardvark Graphics & Sound

You might want to try Musiclane in Toronto(Markham to be exact) Very nice
facility with only the best gear. Acoustically tuned room, (of course)Ted
Carson is the guy I deal with. I'm 1500 miles away and can't make all the
sessions, and I'm sure that's a consideration for you. I've had only good
success with Ted. A fine fellow to deal with and reasonable. I'm not
affiliated in any way, just like to see good, honest folk do good(old
English...you get my drift)
Email me if you want the contact info

Rick Hollett
Record Time Productions
NFLD Canada(you gotta love the exchange rate!)
"Phil Oliver" wrote in message
...
My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40 minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Phil Oliver
Aardvark Graphics & Sound

Phil Oliver wrote:
My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40 minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?


Sounds like you should take up mastering.

In article , wrote:

Phil Oliver wrote:
My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40 minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?

Sounds like you should take up mastering.


There's a positive glut of mastering services in the Boston area, and
some of them experienced pro houses. There must be somebody out of that
pool that doesn't stink. I'm not familiar with most of their work, so I
can only make a list, not tell you who's good or not. Have you tried the
usual suspects? MWorks, Soundmirror, Northeastern? They're probably the
most visible in that market. MWorks does a variety of work, Soundmirror
does lots of classical, and Northeastern seems to tend toward adult and
folk, though aren't limited to that. Then there's Peerless, specialized,
and jp mastering, and there was a place called 9West, but I don't know
if it's still around. Add to these a bunch of smaller places and
recording studios with closets, ahem... I mean, smaller mastering
suites, and taking up mastering doesn't sound so interesting anymore.

There's always that place up in Portland Maine if none of these work...

--
Jay Frigoletto
Mastersuite
Los Angeles
promastering.com

"Jay - atldigi" wrote in message
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In article , wrote:

Phil Oliver wrote:
My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40
minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to
send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?

Sounds like you should take up mastering.


There's a positive glut of mastering services in the Boston area, and
some of them experienced pro houses. There must be somebody out of that
pool that doesn't stink.


Yeah... Jeff Lipton at Peerless has been doing some of the best work I've
heard in a long time... be it local or national. I would send work there
before that joint in Portland, ME no matter what the budget.
--
Fletcher
Mercenary Audio
TEL: 508-543-0069
FAX: 508-543-9670
http://www.mercenary.com
"this is not a problem"

Rick Hollett wrote:

You might want to try Musiclane in Toronto

Uhhh... maybe I'm a little ****ed up here... since when is Toronto anywhere
near Boston?
--
Fletcher
Mercenary Audio
TEL: 508-543-0069
FAX: 508-543-9670
http://www.mercenary.com
"this is not a problem"

Fletcher wrote in message ...
Rick Hollett wrote:

You might want to try Musiclane in Toronto

Uhhh... maybe I'm a little ****ed up here... since when is Toronto anywhere
near Boston?

Actually Fletcher, on the Canadian scale of distances, 500 air miles
isn't that big of a deal. Pretty close to Beantown-NYC mileage, IIRC.
Enuff time on the plane to down a brew and that wee bag of nuts, but
not much else. Allow our friend from "the rock" a bit of lateral
thinking...anything on the mainland has to be close to everything
else, doesn't it? g
-kooz

In article writes:

Actually Fletcher, on the Canadian scale of distances, 500 air miles
isn't that big of a deal. Pretty close to Beantown-NYC mileage, IIRC.

Some of us are getting tired of asking people why they're asking the
question they're asking. If the guy wants a mastering studio in the
Boston area, that almost certainly means that he doesn't want to add
the cost of air fare and perhaps an overnight hotel stay to get his
project mastered, and he also wants to be present for the session. So
he asked for Boston and wants Boston. Period.






--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

most every place i've been in boston is pretty hit or miss. the most
reliable person i've found is nick zampiello at new alliance east.
but that's not so much a "mastering facility" as it is a talented guy
in a room with a little bit of gear.
what kind of music do you do and what are you looking for in a
mastering place?


Phil Oliver wrote in message ...
My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40 minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Phil Oliver
Aardvark Graphics & Sound

Mike, I agree.....but to me, getting on a plane and flying NORTH, at this
time of year, is the stupidest part of the suggestion. I leave you with one
word: MIAMI.

Tom


"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
news:znr1070019496k@trad...

In article
writes:

Actually Fletcher, on the Canadian scale of distances, 500 air miles
isn't that big of a deal. Pretty close to Beantown-NYC mileage, IIRC.

Some of us are getting tired of asking people why they're asking the
question they're asking. If the guy wants a mastering studio in the
Boston area, that almost certainly means that he doesn't want to add
the cost of air fare and perhaps an overnight hotel stay to get his
project mastered, and he also wants to be present for the session. So
he asked for Boston and wants Boston. Period.






--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

At the risk of incurring the wrath of "southern" colleagues, try CedarHouse
sound and Mastering in New London, N.H. easy drive up 93+89 about 1.5 hrs from
Boston. B+W ref. speakers + latest Sadie system. 603-927-6363,

Paul Hodes

Most of my experience has been with Toby Mountain at Northeastern
Digital. He's wonderful - easy going, efficient and did a great job
with several of my albums. He has a track record a mile long.

Ken Winokur

soundmirror



On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:14:37 GMT, Phil Oliver
wrote:

My studio is in Scituate, Massachusetts (on the shore, about 40 minutes
south of Boston) and I have yet to find a good mastering studio to send
my clients to. I am looking for someone to develop a working
relationship with that I can trust will keep my clients happy. Near
Scituate would be ideal, but I realize that may not be possible.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Phil Oliver
Aardvark Graphics & Sound