Comments on: The Mastering Process http://secretalienaudio.com/2010/07/mastering-process/ Atmospheric beats and rhythms. Tue, 03 May 2011 22:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Silkenvoice http://secretalienaudio.com/2010/07/mastering-process/#comment-11 Silkenvoice Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:38:21 +0000 http://secretalien.com/blog/?p=19#comment-11 Last year, I set myself a goal of having my album submitted to CD Baby by Sept 1. I beat the goal with the use of something I learned in college, called "back-timing." You work backwards from the goal date, determining what the steps are that need to be accomplished and the amount of time it will take to accomplish that goal. Example: Sept 1: CD Baby receives master CD. Aug 25: Mail out Master Aug 22: Burn Master Aug 20: Finalize track order. Aug 1: Ask friends for feedback on tracks: quality, production, order. July 31: Production cut-off for tracks. Hope this helps :) Last year, I set myself a goal of having my album submitted to CD Baby by Sept 1. I beat the goal with the use of something I learned in college, called “back-timing.” You work backwards from the goal date, determining what the steps are that need to be accomplished and the amount of time it will take to accomplish that goal.
Example:
Sept 1: CD Baby receives master CD.
Aug 25: Mail out Master
Aug 22: Burn Master
Aug 20: Finalize track order.
Aug 1: Ask friends for feedback on tracks: quality, production, order.
July 31: Production cut-off for tracks.

Hope this helps :)

]]> By: The Secret Alien http://secretalienaudio.com/2010/07/mastering-process/#comment-10 The Secret Alien Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:52:29 +0000 http://secretalien.com/blog/?p=19#comment-10 Sigh... You are right of course! The first comment too! ;) Thank you for that little pep talk. I guess I know what I am doing the next few weeks. LOL Sigh… You are right of course! The first comment too! ;)

Thank you for that little pep talk. I guess I know what I am doing the next few weeks. LOL

]]> By: Silkenvoice http://secretalienaudio.com/2010/07/mastering-process/#comment-9 Silkenvoice Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:24:38 +0000 http://secretalien.com/blog/?p=19#comment-9 Stop procrastinating. Cut yourself off from making changes to your album line-up. Additional inspiration can be slated for your next production. To do anything else is self-sabotage. Artists are rarely ever happy with end-results, and in their endless polishing of their work, allow the uber-critical little voices in their heads to condemn them to obscurity. Go for it. Do it. I've made $1500 off my album in the past 9 months. Not great, but nothing to sneeze at, and it never would have happened if I hadn't had the discipline to stick to my plan and actually get the darned thing submitted. Good luck! Stop procrastinating. Cut yourself off from making changes to your album line-up. Additional inspiration can be slated for your next production. To do anything else is self-sabotage. Artists are rarely ever happy with end-results, and in their endless polishing of their work, allow the uber-critical little voices in their heads to condemn them to obscurity. Go for it. Do it. I’ve made $1500 off my album in the past 9 months. Not great, but nothing to sneeze at, and it never would have happened if I hadn’t had the discipline to stick to my plan and actually get the darned thing submitted. Good luck!

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