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 170 Episodes.
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Episode 74: James Rudder - What Are You Learning Today?
September 9th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 11 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam interview James Rudder (Hillsong, The Rolling Stones, Damian Marley, Nas, Michael Buble, Bon Jovi, etc).
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Episode 73: DDP and Metadata
August 26th, 2020 | Season 3 | 36 mins 50 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam dive into the sexy topic of DDP and Metadata.
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Episode 72: Limiters in Mastering
August 12th, 2020 | Season 3 | 52 mins 44 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about how they use limiters in mastering.
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Episode 71: Life After Covid
July 29th, 2020 | Season 3 | 56 mins 14 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam give their thoughts about life after Covid.
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Episode 70: What A Mastering Engineer Can Do For You
July 15th, 2020 | Season 3 | 58 mins 26 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about what a mastering engineer can do for you (artists, mixers, producers, etc)
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Episode 69: How To Buy Gear
July 1st, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 15 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam discuss their strategies on how they purchase gear.
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Episode 68: Dylan Seals - Finding Your Unique Voice
June 17th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 32 mins
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam interview Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Dylan Seals. They talk all things audio engineering, the perfect way to mic a land cruiser, and Dylan's latest venture - HDAudioPost (linked below).
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Episode 67: Revisions
June 3rd, 2020 | Season 3 | 51 mins 22 secs
audio, audio engineer, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording
Matt and Sam talk about client revisions and how to not take them personally.
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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:
- Colors in mastering - solid-state vs tube vs analog and harmonic distortion
- Automation in mastering
- Setting final level first / mono-ing bass
- Accountability in work
- How to deal with difficult clients
- How to stay the course
- Favorite part of the process
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.