Hey guys! It's the first of the month (well technically the 2nd now where I am because I'm late, by 4 minutes) and I'm ready for another round of audio mastering from the Steemit community!
Last month was pretty awesome! I mastered a track for @rockchickjen called 'My Wings' by her band 'Sacrifice the Truth'. It actually ended up going on the SAMC Volume 4 - really cool tune! Next up I mastered a track for @thomasrobertgent! That one came out awesome too - funny how the first two tracks ended up being a heavier/rock style (because I'm super out of practice on mixing/mastering those 😆). Finally, I actually just finished up a collaboration by @soundlegion and @thomasrobertgent - an original track entitled 'Grapevines and Hearsay'.
Awesome first run at this if you ask me!
This is the official Round 2 Submission Post! Continue reading for the brief!
Every month, I will choose three tracks to master for three lucky Steemians. This is just one way I decided I would say 'thank you' to the community for the ongoing support, friendships, and opportunities.
What is mastering?
In the context of this giveaway, mastering is the process of optimizing the loudness, frequency distribution, and stereo spacing of an audio track to make it sound as punchy, full, powerful, and great as it can be. The master is supposed to preserve the decisions made in the mix as well as possible (or intended) in order to retain the vision of the song. In the context of an album, it can also fall to the mastering to make sure that all the songs sound coherent and smooth playing into one another.
What should I submit?
Ideally, you want to submit a high-quality recording (premaster) of your music that may need that extra push to completion. The track should already be mixed to the best of your (or engineer's) ability. Traditionally speaking, it is advised to leave around -6 db of headroom on your audio to leave the mastering engineer (yours truly) some headroom to work. Tracks should ideally be in .wav format, but if you only have an .mp3, that is okay too.
Note: Because this is a giveaway, I won't be overly picky with the headroom/wav preferences above - I am more aiming to help the individuals in the community that think they can benefit from it. Therefore, I will not shy away from tracks that do not follow the headroom/.wav preference, but keep in mind it may affect your final product!
What should I not submit?
Mastering is not magic - a mastering job is only as good as the mix/recording that comes before it. Therefore, you should not submit live tracks, or audio recorded on your phone or webcam. Obviously there are exceptions (like a live track being officially released as a live version), but use your best judgement. If you are unsure or need help/advice on how to get to a good premaster, join the 'Steemit Local Music Society' Discord and ask the community for help! That's what we're there for!
How to enter -
Submit your track in the comments of this post! Any player is acceptable - Soundcloud, Youtube, DTube, etc. I might advise to save your DSound post for your potentially mastered song to maximize upvotes though!
Over the course of 72 hours from the post, I will select the three winning songs that I will master! I will 100% upvote and comment 'Selected!' on the three winning comments (be sure to check your 'Replies' tab on your blog so you can see if I choose you)!
If you are chosen, email your track to '[email protected]' in the highest quality that you can (.wav is preferable) and as close as you can to the 'headroom' request (at least -6db of headroom).
You're all set, congratulations! Now, patience! Mastering takes a little time. You'll have your sexy new audio track all decked out soon enough. I will email the finished track back to the same email that sent it to me.
[Optional] Post that upvote-invoking beast on DSound and let the community steep in your dopeness.
Show us what you got, Steemit!
You can join the 'Steemit Local Music Society' here:
Click here to join on Discord.
such a great initiative @harrisonmir you are awesome.
I will submit two track with @qrittix from our earlier album
I miss you
https://soundcloud.com/bonnie-legion/qrittix-bonnie-legion-i-miss-you-original-mix
and
The only one
https://soundcloud.com/bonnie-legion/qrittix-feat-bonnie-legion-the-only-one-original
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So let's get these tracks started! @soundlegion since you're the only one who has submitted so far, I'm gonna rock out with both of these - works out great for you! lol
I wanted to give the community the chance to spread the love around a little bit, but I think we can get started at this point!
Not to mention, it's a nice late birthday present too. :D
You can send the premasters to [email protected] and I'll get to work!
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I am gonna send you the pre master files tonight my friend... awesome
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Awesome! I'll be going through these submissions over the next couple days! Psyched to check these out.
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You’ve done a superb job on grapevines and hearsay. Thank you so much. I might fwd it to @soundlegion so she can have a listen , unless you already have?
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Thanks man, you're welcome! I'm glad it works! I actually did forward it to her on Discord but I'm not sure how often she checks there.
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This is a cool initiative! A shame so little entries yet. You know the SMA Discord community? Many music collaboration Steemit projects have their home and chat channels over there. A good place to promote your challenge/project and get entries for your challenge. Here is an invite link: https://discord.gg/jHKFUwY
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Thanks @qsounds! Yeah I'm sure it'll build up over time. It's not entirely a bad thing if it stays relatively small because I'm only one dude lol. Contests and such are meant to grow as big as possible but if this were to grow too big, I feel like I'd have to turn a lot of people away which is always a bummer.
But at the same time, it's good for Steemians to know they have this resource!
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Thank sfor some instruction.We can gather many information from your blog.
Thanks
@resteem & follow done.
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nice post D:)
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nice post thanks for sharing.
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