Lucas Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Dear WATMMMusicans, The idea has been growing in my head since some time and today I feel ready for materializing it. After several years of studies in sound engineering I started to work in this area since about three years. As a member of this community and being a knob twiddler myself, I've been thinking of how I could both make my knowledge and skills benefit this little corner of music we worship down here and also start with what could be a more personal professional orientation. That's how I thought about proposing masterings to those of you who wish to release their music. I'm aware that WATMM is full of music makers coming from different horizons, having different means and skills and I also notice that the definition of mastering itself doesn't seem to be always clear in people's mind ; for those reasons, I'm sensitive to the idea of adapting my work to each scenario : the main object of this offer is to do masterings but I'm also opened to alternatives, for example working with stem tracks instead of a stereo master / or say tweak some stuff on the mix in order to take a better benefit from mastering (this could also be the occasion for you to learn stuff about mixing if you want it) / etc... Here's how I picture the deal : first, I can work on a free one-track taster - of course I can't go as far as I would if I worked in the whole context of an album or EP, but that should give you an idea of what you can expect. Regarding money, I'd like to try that out as “name your price” and see what it brings. Of course you can check “official” prices online and I'll always inform how much work hours have been spent but it seems fair to me to let you decide how much you want / can pay – then I'll see if it's suited and enough for me in a longer run. In order for you to know how my sound engineer activity looks like, here is a link to the page of the studio I'm working for : Roy de Rats Recording Studio. A year after our studies, two friends and I moved to Germany with the project of founding this together. We started with minimal means but after two years and a half we have two nice rooms at our disposal and we accumulated some cool equipment. Anyway you can check the page if you're interested. I hope my offer will interest some of you! Antape / Lucas @ Roy de Rats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded4m Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any time schedule on this offer ? Guy's not ready yet... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 This sounds pretty interesting! You definitely are someone trustworthy for this, more than the engineers I vaguely know in this town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any time schedule on this offer ? Guy's not ready yet... :) just take your time, I'm here and don't plan to move away ;-) This sounds pretty interesting! You definitely are someone trustworthy for this, more than the engineers I vaguely know in this town. thanks! well it's actually hard to estimate my mastering skills by listening to my personal tracks because I don't mix them as much as I would if I'd release them. I also think one shouldn't master his own tracks (at this point of the work fresh ears are a great value). I don't properly master mine when I post them on soundcloud. but thanks for the compliment :-) anyway, I have to start this and build some showcase before my offer looks more professional. so thanks guys for upping the thread, that's some great french solidarity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Awesomeness, Antape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I might have to test this offer with a track, my mixes tend to turn out good, but I'm never 100% happy with the bass & achieved loudness after multiband compression / limiting. I like to have the dynamics intact, wavefile not looking like a big block of turd in soundcloud, think I need to push the threshold harder though, compared to the modern style. Would be interesting to hear someone else's ears on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 hi Jonas, you can contact me at antape.music@gmail.com if / when you have a precise idea what you'd like to do. I'm so good at promotion stuff that I forgot to write a mail at the end of the big text I wrote for the OP. PM is also fine. If you're unsure about something in a mix you made I can also see if I have ideas for you first. Awesomeness, Antape. Thanksness Limpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Bump! still need to do a couple of firsts mastering jobs, especially for showcasing. hard to make some promo when you don't have anything to show. If money is an issue you can get in touch anyway, maybe we can manage something. email : antape.music (at) gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Personally, I won't have anything in need of mastering for a few months but I'll look you up then, antape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 cool to know LimpyLoo, I dig your stuff and would be glad to work on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Hey Antape! I'm currently working on a 4-track EP that I'll be trying to finish for this summer. I'd be more than glad to send it to you for mastering if you're interested/have the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hey Antape! I'm currently working on a 4-track EP that I'll be trying to finish for this summer. I'd be more than glad to send it to you for mastering if you're interested/have the time. hey Perezvon, glad to read that. Of course, just send me an e-mail when you're ready good luck ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Wanted to bump this thread since ages but was too busy with other stuff. So I'm still willing to do masterings for WATMM. My offer stays the same as in the first post: "preview" mastering of one track and if you're happy with it we do more and at the end you pay me accordingly to your satisfaction/means. So far I worked with two watmmers and I'm very happy how it turned out. One of the projects is finished and were posted here some time ago: Perezvon - Orange EP Bandcamp - WATMM Still need more material to show before to make a dedicated page for more fancy advertising. So my body is ready to receive your tons of good music watmm (please) cheers, Lucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chesney Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Nice, I really like that EP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 fantastic EP and well mastered. if I had the material I'd scoop this offer up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Much cheers guys Can't wait to hear the other project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b born droid Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Sounds very nice. Great job. If I had any money I would definitely get you to do some stuff for me. Hopefully in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 thanks ppl for the kind words! I'll be around whenever you need, just pm or send a mail at any time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRiP Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Just only seeing this now - nice work on the Orange EP, sounds lovely! Might hit you up soon, have an EP in the works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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