Matthew Garber
Co-Host of The Attack & Release Show
Established by Matthew Garber, For The Record Mastering is a post-production mastering facility located in Charleston, South Carolina. Upon opening its doors in 2014, For The Record Mastering quickly carved its niche in the local indie music scene, and for the past couple years has grown alongside it's client roster.
Matthew Garber has hosted 178 Episodes.
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Episode 114: "Can You Teach Me How To Master?"
March 23rd, 2022 | Season 5 | 59 mins 44 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about teaching people how to master
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Episode 113: Tubes or No Tubes
March 9th, 2022 | Season 5 | 1 hr 4 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk tube gear vs solid state
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Episode 112: What The Record Needs vs What The Client Wants
February 23rd, 2022 | Season 5 | 58 mins 14 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam dive into the ever-heated debate of what the record needs vs what the client wants.
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Episode 111: Why You Can't Make It Loud
February 9th, 2022 | Season 5 | 54 mins 28 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam chat about why some people struggle to make their music loud.
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Episode 110: Your "Crack" is Showing
January 26th, 2022 | Season 5 | 1 hr 1 min
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam revisit the Episode 1 topic of "Torrented Software"
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Episode 109: Atomic Habits & "The Aggregation of Marginal Gains"
January 12th, 2022 | Season 5 | 1 hr 2 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about the concept of "The Aggregation of Marginal Gains" - How to leverage and improve the 1%.
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Episode 108: Brittany Garber & Brittany Moses - Maintaining A Work/Life Balance
December 29th, 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 14 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam interview their better-halves on the topic of work/life balance.
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Episode 107: Prepare Your Business for 2022
December 15th, 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 14 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about how they are planning and preparing their studios for 2022.
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Episode 106: Gear Episode 2021
December 1st, 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 2 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Here it is! Matt and Sam talk about the gear they used in 2021.
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Episode 105: Gear Buying Theory
November 17th, 2021 | Season 4 | 57 mins 54 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam get into a little bit of theory behind buying gear.
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Episode 104: Should A Mastering Engineer Have A Sound?
November 3rd, 2021 | Season 4 | 58 mins 18 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about if they think it is proper for a mastering engineer to have a tone/sound.
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Episode 103: Mastering Converters
October 20th, 2021 | Season 4 | 55 mins 46 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about converters and the important roles they play in mastering.
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Episode 102: Why I'm Lowering My Rate
October 6th, 2021 | Season 4 | 53 mins 34 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about how to know if you're rate is too high.
Matt's Formula (TE+Va)M=R
T - Time invested into the field
E - Experience in the field
Va - How much value you add to your client
M - What the market is willing to pay (values between 0 and 2)
R - Rate to charge -
Episode 101: Using Mid/Side While Mastering
September 22nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 48 mins 33 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about how they use Mid/Side processing while mastering.
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Episode 100: Episode 100
September 8th, 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 7 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam review the past 100 episodes and talk about their plans for the next 100.
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Episode 99: How To Listen Like A Mastering Engineer
August 25th, 2021 | Season 4 | 53 mins 8 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam dive into how they listen to music and approach client mixes.