Mastering Notes

“Make it sound like my mixes only better but don’t change anything.”

“Here’s a very detailed list of all the things I couldn’t get sounding right in the mixes, so please fix all of these, but also I love the sound of the mixes overall so please don’t change anything.”

The lesson is this - when clients share their music for mastering they are some combination of vulnerable, hopeful, scared, excited, protective…

Treat the work with genuine care, respect, openness and curiosity and notes like these start to make perfect sense.