Music Business

  Typical Price Ranges in 2025   One of the most common questions I get from new clients is: “How much does it cost to get a song mixed and mastered?”And the honest answer is—it depends.   Now before you roll your eyes, hear me out.   There’s no...

How to Release Music on Spotify: A Real-World Guide for Independent Artists Releasing your music on Spotify isn’t just about uploading a file and hoping for the best. It’s a process—a launch, really—that combines creative intent with technical precision and marketing...

What is Mastering? Definition of Mastering: Mastering is the final step in the audio production process, where the mixed audio is polished and prepared for distribution. This involves enhancing the overall sound quality, ensuring consistency across all tracks, and...

  Introduction to Music Production Music production is the cornerstone of the music industry, shaping the sounds and styles that define our cultural landscape. From the early days of analog recording to today's digital age, music production has undergone a...

A Journey Through the Music Industry My story begins over two decades ago, where my passion for music led me to pursue a career in mixing and mastering. I started working in recording studios in Boston, a city known for its vibrant music scene. These early years were...

Introduction Hiring a mastering engineer can be a daunting task, especially with the myriad of options available today. However, with the right approach and understanding, you can find the perfect engineer to elevate your music. In this guide, I'll share insights and...

Introduction The Importance of a Mixing Engineer If you’ve ever listened to a song and thought, “Damn, that sounds massive,” chances are, a great mixing engineer had a lot to do with it. In today’s music world, where listeners are flooded with options and attention...

What is the Best Music Distribution Service? Comparing Tunecore, Ditto Music, CD Baby, DistroKid, and AWAL Music distribution services are the modern-day music store in today's digital age. They are indispensable for artists and labels aiming to get their music to the...

  Mixing and mastering are crucial steps in producing a professional-sounding song or album. However, they are often misunderstood or overlooked by amateur musicians and producers. Mixing is the process of blending and balancing all the individual tracks of a...

How to Find and Hire the Perfect Mixing Engineer for Your Tracks As a mixing and mastering engineer, my role in the music production process is both practical and creative. I take raw recordings and work on them to bring out the best in each track. This involves...

Why mixandmastermysong.com is the Best Online Mixing and Mastering Service Mixandmastermysong.com has quickly become the leading online mixing and mastering service for independent musicians and podcasters since first launching in 2018. With its combination of...

Today I want to share my daily routine as a mixing engineer. I work from home, specifically from my garage studio. It's double-walled and sound-isolated so that the sound quality is great, and it doesn't disturb anyone in my house or outside. I've been working here...

So you want to be a music superstar? It's not as difficult as you may think! Just follow these five easy steps and you'll be on your way to getting signed to a record label in no time. First, make sure that your music is of the highest quality. This means hiring a...

I've had the pleasure of working with quite a few artists who were independent but went on to sign a major label deal. I thought it might be interesting to go over how a few of them went from a indie artist to a signed act. I think what you'll find is there is no...

After years of producing, mixing, and mastering for tons of indie artists in Boston, I got the great chance to work on an album that would turn out to be the first indie album to go #1 on iTunes. Sammy Adams's album blew up overnight! Next thing I knew we were on a...