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Couldn't agree more with £10bag.

FWIW I try to keep my whoring to a minimum, and do try to contribute in a meaningful way on this forum.

morphesis wrote: But I notice my rates are very competitive to alot of mastering companies out there !.....and from my experience I can do just as good a job ! but for half the price......something which should be really appealing in these times of economic melt down !

You mention companies, but I can't see your company number or registered office clearly on your website. Being a registered company director, I'm sure you know that that's a legal requirement.

Macc wrote:

try to contribute in a meaningful way on this forum.

in an amazing way imo. some much knowledge shared, thank you

Macc wrote:You mention companies, but I can't see your company number or registered office clearly on your website. Being a registered company director, I'm sure you know that that's a legal requirement.

this is very important for producers who are sending tracks.

also...

Joe C wrote:what you mastering on mate?

i'd like to know too

I work freelance/sole trader and am not VAT registered, there is no legal requirement to be a registered company unless you are limited (as far as I know). Pretty sure my accountant would have advised me.

I pay my taxes and thats THE most important, one naughty tip off and you are history couldn't be dealing with that worry myself. I am afraid I could not live on GBP7.50 per track (after tax and NI) You would have to be mastering 20 tunes a day at that rate (maybe 25 x if you get a 25pct knockback) to make it worthwhile. (frankly I could not physically master 25 a day unless I was not doing my job properly)

There is tonnes of competition in this area and really you either have it or you don't. If you want time, care and expertise you need to pay a little more.

I charge what I know I have to for the quality and skill I offer.

Good luck anyway.

SafeandSound wrote:I work freelance/sole trader and am not VAT registered, there is no legal requirement to be a registered company unless you are limited (as far as I know). Pretty sure my accountant would have advised me.

I pay my taxes and thats THE most important, one naughty tip off and you are history couldn't be dealing with that worry myself. I am afraid I could not live on GBP7.50 per track (after tax and NI) You would have to be mastering 20 tunes a day at that rate (maybe 25 x if you get a 25pct knockback) to make it worthwhile. (frankly I could not physically master 25 a day unless I was not doing my job properly)

There is tonnes of competition in this area and really you either have it or you don't. If you want time, care and expertise you need to pay a little more.

I charge what I know I have to for the quality and skill I offer.

Good luck anyway.

I pay my taxes also......my mastering services are mainly helping out friends and fellow producers from the labels I'm signed to

its by no means my main income and to be honest I only make very little from my mastering services

I'm not here to steal or take away anyones customers , like I said before....I'm here to help my fellow producers / friends

been off-line....moving house / studio

But will have an internet connection back after 16th September

So if anyone needs any mastering , feel free to contact me after 16th September

You mention in your previous post that if we send stems for the tracks it will cost a lot more. Why is this? Surely its not a huge job, if the parts are finished, you can apply the appropriate gain structure and leave yourself the headroom, surely thats not a huge job?

Of course I have very little idea about mastering, and not much more about mixing, but I am at the stage where I wouldnt mind getting a few tunes mastered, but I dont feel I have the mixing skills to get all the levels perfect before I send it off.

Isn't this a 5 minute job? Or am I missing a lot?

Macc wrote:Practically everyone does free previews, it's not really a big deal to be honest.

but did you get a 9/10 in IDJ?

Had several Mixmag/iDJ/etc tune of the months, 2nd (or 3rd?) biggest selling release in the entire breaks catalogue on beatport (I think it was) in the last year, 10s of thousands of sales on releases of hip hop stuff, etc etc etc

Frankly that sort of thing is entirely irrelevant and not to be taken as a comment on mastering quality, IMHO of course. But you have to use what you have

jjbutler88 wrote:You mention in your previous post that if we send stems for the tracks it will cost a lot more. Why is this? Surely its not a huge job, if the parts are finished, you can apply the appropriate gain structure and leave yourself the headroom, surely thats not a huge job?

Of course I have very little idea about mastering, and not much more about mixing, but I am at the stage where I wouldnt mind getting a few tunes mastered, but I dont feel I have the mixing skills to get all the levels perfect before I send it off.

Isn't this a 5 minute job? Or am I missing a lot?

you got it right ...
you are missing it

it takes way longer than 5 minutes

ask subvert central how long it takes to prep a stem mastering session, master the stems, and have a full product ready for delivery, (not to mention backup all the work)
I bet it is more than you thought (5 min)

prolly 20 to 50 times more than 5 mins


it is reasons like this why people charge what they charge

time is money

good people's time costs a lot of money


ps you pay for what you get

dkdubz wrote:you do tech house/electro aswell?

check the site : http://www.wix.com/teksteppa/tek-mastering

and you'll notice I can pretty much master any style of dance music , and theres also some 'before / after' clips on there to give you a preview of my mastering sevices......

hope this helps......

Joe C wrote:

Macc wrote:Practically everyone does free previews, it's not really a big deal to be honest.

but did you get a 9/10 in IDJ?

yes man , and so far every job I have done has been really positive , with returning customers......so hopefully I'm on the right road !

please email any questions / enquiries to : teksteppa@hotmail.com

If anyone needs anymore info or has any questions , please don't hesitate to contact me : teksteppa@hotmail.com

and also , if you just wanna test the waters , then please send me a un-mastered full quality WAV clip , I'll master the clip and send it back to you , free of charge!.......

I've just mastered a track for the JEYSTONE Album sampler , you can get a FREE copy here :

http://www.jeystonemedia.com/diy/


Its kind of UK Hip Hip meets Grime / Electro , you might like it......well its FREE anyway !

And if you read the credits on the back of the CD you'll find it mentions Track 2 is mastered by myself.....

Get in touch if you know any producers / DJ's that might want something mastering......or get them to visit this website for details on prices etc etc :

http://www.wix.com/teksteppa/tek-mastering




Matt @ Tek-Mastering

bump for those that missed!

keep those great tracks coming in people !

Some really good talent kicking around !!!!

Yes there is certainly some great talent out there, definitely worth
getting the best job you can done with your tunes.

cheers

Brand NEW [proper] TEK-MASTERING website coming soon !!!!!!!!