The Attack & Release Show

A podcast on the music industry from the eyes of two mastering engineers. Warning: There will be dad jokes

About the show

Sam Moses of Moses Mastering (Nashville, TN) and Matthew Garber of For The Record Mastering (Charleston, SC) set out to demystify the music industry and mastering.

Warning: There will be dad jokes.

Podcast Merch: http://www.theattackandreleaseshow.com/

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Episodes

  • Episode 170: Marketing in 2024

    April 17th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  53 mins 38 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about how you market as a mastering engineer in 2024.

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    Episode 169: The Bubble of The Music Industry

    April 3rd, 2024  |  Season 7  |  57 mins 56 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about how they believe the music industry is facing its own inflationary period.

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    Episode 168: EQ vs IQ

    March 20th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 3 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam discuss intelligence faculties and how that relates to your business.

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    Episode 167: Josh Bonanno - Podcast Takeover Q&A

    March 6th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 5 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Josh takes over the spring Q&A and fires questions at Matt and Sam.

  • Episode 166: What is Your "Why"?

    February 21st, 2024  |  Season 7  |  46 mins 35 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam discuss if your business should serve your personal goals and the importance of defining your "why" in life and work.

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    Episode 165: When To Master In The Box

    February 7th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  55 mins 49 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam discuss scenarios when you may want to consider not using an analog chain for mastering

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    Episode 164: Begging For Work

    January 24th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 18 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam answer a listener-submitted question of, "should you have to convince people to work with you?"

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    Episode 163: The Best Money We've Ever Spent

    January 10th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 11 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam discuss the best money they have spent on their businesses, studios, and music careers.

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    Episode 162: We're Switching It Up! - Looking Back & Looking Forward

    December 27th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 5 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam reminisce on the past 6 years and look forward to what 2024 looks like for The Attack & Release Show.

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    Episode 161: Happy Holidays from Matt & Sam! ('23)

    December 24th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  10 mins 50 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam want to wish everyone "Happy Holidays" and a "Happy New Year"

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    Episode 160: Get Paid For What You Don't Do

    December 13th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 51 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam discuss how experience in mastering ends up leading to less processing needing to be done to achieve the final result.

  • Episode 159: Gear Episode 2023

    November 29th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 5 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam give a rundown of what they are using for plugins and hardware in 2023.

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    Episode 158: Luck is Not a Business Strategy

    November 15th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 5 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about why you need a plan for 2024.

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    Episode 157: Client Retention - How Leaky is Your Bucket?

    November 1st, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 8 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about how to retain clients and how to analyze where you are losing clients.

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    Episode 156: The Tone of Mastering

    October 18th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  58 mins 58 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam discuss whether the mastering process should impart a tone in the client's mixes or if it should be a transparent process.

  • Episode 155: Fall Q&A 2023

    October 4th, 2023  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 4 mins
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam answer listener-submitted questions.