The Attack & Release Show

Episode 66: Q&A

May 20th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  57 mins 14 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam answer questions from listeners:

1. Colors in mastering - solid-state vs tube vs analog and harmonic distortion
2. Automation in mastering
3. Setting final level first / mono-ing bass
4. Accountability in work
5. How to deal with difficult clients
6. How to stay the course
7. Favorite part of the process

Episode 65: Do You Need A Degree?

May 6th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  56 mins 34 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam talk about education and if you need a formal education to be a mastering engineer.

Episode 64: Our Philosophy On Loudness

April 22nd, 2020  |  Season 3  |  48 mins 44 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam talk about their own philosophies on loudness. If you strive for loud masters, this is your episode.

Episode 63: What Your Clients Really Want

April 8th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 10 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam talk about how to deliver on what your clients actually want and how to not make money in spite of yourself.

Episode 62: EQ in Mastering

March 25th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  53 mins 48 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt & Sam talk about how they use EQ while mastering.

Episode 61: 🚨 Coronavirus and You 🚨

March 13th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  41 mins

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam do a live episode and talk about how the Coronavirus is effecting the music industry.

Episode 60: Don't Catfish Your Clients

March 11th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 34 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam talk about what it means to run an honest business, playing to your strengths and not taking on work, and clients that you are not ready for. Matt demonstrates a proper pig call.

Episode 59: Mastering Workflow

February 26th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  57 mins 32 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam chat about their signal chains in a mini gear episode with an emphasis on workflow.

Episode 58: Top 5 Things We Do To Stay Successful

February 12th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 1 sec

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Yeah, it's a clickbait title BUT these tips have been proven to improve your personal health along with business health. These are the top 5 things that Matt and Sam do to keep in the fight.

Episode 57: Compression In Mastering

January 29th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 48 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

A listener wrote in saying they have yet to hear a good podcast on the topic of compression. Hope we don't let you down!

Episode 56: The Grammys

January 15th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  59 mins 50 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam talk The Grammys and professional awards.

Episode 55: Community vs Competition

January 1st, 2020  |  Season 3  |  46 mins 9 secs

audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

Matt and Sam talk about why being in community with others is better than being in competition with them. Also, Sam might get a new dog...