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 121: HOW TO GET MONEY

    June 29th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  55 mins 36 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about how to get paid.

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    Episode 120: Mastering In The Box

    June 15th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  58 mins 36 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam chat about when it's best to stay in the digital realm as opposed to going analog.

  • Episode 119: When To Turn Down Work

    June 1st, 2022  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 24 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam chat about how and why you would want to turn down work and clients.

  • Episode 118: So You Want To Go Analog

    May 18th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  52 mins 55 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam chat about how to start migrating your signal chain into the analog.

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    Episode 117: How To Finish A Record

    May 4th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 1 min
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about how they finish records before sending them off to the client

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    Episode 116: To Be Blunt ... About Marketing in 2022

    April 20th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 9 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about the best ways to market your studio and small business in 2022.

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    Episode 115: Saturation in Mastering

    April 6th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  58 mins 22 secs
    audio, audio engineer, audio mastering, audio production, mastering, mastering engineer, mixing, music producer, producing, recording

    Matt and Sam talk about how they use saturation in mastering.

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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.

  • 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"

  • 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.

  • 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.