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"Inicialmente, nosotros masterizamos el album de
Kerry Getz, en un estudio de primera clase en Los
Angeles, pero la calidad no fue la que yo esperaba
(no me convenció aun despues de dos
intentos. Les traje el proyecto a ustedes y los
resultados son sorprendentes. Ustedes sobrepasaron
mis expectativas, por menos de lo que
cobraría un estudio de renombre."
-Martin
Beal - Ingeniero que ha trabajado con: Narada
Michael Walden, Carole King, Hanson, Howard Jones,
etc.
"Inmediatamente supe que podía
confiar en sus oidos y opiniones, su juicio es
objetivo y acertado. Me dí cuenta, que
masterizar es mas que ajustar niveles y
ecualización, cuando Salí del
estudio, mi música sonaba bien en cualquier
sistema de audio."
-Otha Young Entre sus
trabajos destacan: Juice
Newton - "American
Girl"
"El sonido que le diste a mi música,
fue mejor que el de mi último disco, el cual
fue masterizado en un estudio de mucha fama. Una de
mis canciones, se escuchó en la
estación KBSR, precedida por una
canción de "Fourplay", de hecho sonó
igual o mejor, con suficientes graves y una
claridad impresionante. ¡Buen Trabajo!"
-Patrick
Yandall, - artista
de Jazz - "Of Two Cities" - San Diego,
CA
"Everyone in the band is thrilled with the
mastering job. You did an amazing job...the songs
noticeably rock harder. Our drummer loves the drum
sound and the vocals are much brighter. I will
definitely be recommending you to anyone I know who
needs to master their CD."
-John Gaenzler - Saccharine -
New York
"The CD sounds great in everything we played it in
Car, Home, Boom box, CD Walkman, and most important
the Radio. Your web site
sold me. We left a lot up to you, which is really
unlike us."
-Jeff Boyer - Paint Box -
Philadelphia, PA
"You've done a great job overall and everyone is
very pleased. I'll be in touch again soon as we've
just begun another album."
- Andrew Marlow - Moontracks
Music Publishing - Northamptonshire,
England
"I like working with John because he hears
details in the mix, and simply makes everything
sound better."
-Jerry Swallow - Guitarist on
EMI, Electra, A&M records, Tanya Tucker on MCA,
Olivia Newton-John, Randy Meisner, etc.
"I've been trying for two days to come up
with some way to express our appreciation and
thanks. The cd is phenomenal. But it's also more
than that. It's actually far beyond what we were
expecting, and we were expecting quite a bit."
-David Eden - Cleveland, Ohio
"We sent out 4 demos and yours was the best.
Yours had the most clarity of all. Yours also kept
the original clarity despite the added loudness,
which is something that the others lacked."
-Joseph Milano, Jr. - Peat
Moss and the Fertilizers - West Islip, NY
"The disc sounds great...
your pricing is competitive and your
turnaround is impeccable. Your detailed notes,
suggestions, and correspondence ensured that you
had been paying attention to the album. Perhaps
I've been underexposed, but I haven't encountered
this elsewhere."
-Chris Lawhorn - Idols
of the Marketplace - Indiana
"Our bass player, who is a seasoned veteran, was
highly impressed with the mastering job. I was
shocked to hear his enthusiasm. He says that this
is by far the best mastering job he has
experienced."
-Mark Waggener - Traverse
City, Michigan
"John brought my music to life. I didn't
realize the importance of mastering until he A/B'd
the finished product with the original."
-John Stary -
producer-engineer - I.E. Records
"We want to thank you for the killer job
that you did. The toms that you mixed in for us
sound great. People have been commenting how good
the cd sounds."
-Pat Roche - Ballast -
Greenwood, Indiana
"Thanks for your awesome work!"
-Kim - The Muffs (Warner
Bros., Sympathy for the Record Industry)
"After reading [your articles], we
applied [your suggestions] towards our
project. [You] worked magic above and
beyond the call of duty to make our cd sound it's
best."
- Craig Smoot - Guitarist,
Black Label - Huntsville,
Alabama
"The [award-winning] Full Frequency
album got a lot of praise for the whole production
and mastering process. So again, as always, thanks
for the great work you've done on Gonzo!
releases."
-Robb Schiltz - Gonzo!
Records - LA, CA
"We were so impressed with the quality of
our recording after mastering. I don't think we
realized what a difference it would make."
-Lynnae Hitchcock - Relish -
Orange County, CA
"The sound quality is getting great reviews,
thanks for a job well done. Our music is getting
picked up daily by stations across the
country."
-Mike Beloud -
Rise
- Montrose, CA
"My drummer and I had a great session with
you wherein we basically remixed our entire 3-song
demo from start to finish. We're thrilled with how
the songs came out and owe it all to you. Thanks
for doing such an incredible job. "
-Andy Barr - headParade
- LA,
CA
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"I know I speak for a lot of your clients past,
present and future who could have gone to other
places, but stayed with you for one reason. You
produced consistently great product in a number of
capacities. Your ability to adapt to the needs of
the client in the moment was truly masterful.
I have no doubt that you can change the dynamics of
a recording in the mastering process. I think you
may bring something extra to the project that is
God given. You have remarkable ears.
I have recited the story of my recording where
while we were mixing, you were hearing something
that was bugging you. You slowed down the tape and
manually ran it until you found a John Mehler
accidental tick, where he barely touched the rim on
his snare with a stick. You heard this through
heavy rhythm tracks, horns, percussion, lead
vocals, and layers of background vocals. It takes a
lot to amaze me. I was amazed that day while you
spot erased it.
I also remember the first mastering of 'Gulf of
Mexico.' Doug Sax [The Mastering Lab in LA]
came into the studio and called that "the cleanest
recording he had heard that year." Doug Sax! That
was unsolicited. He wasn't even mastering that
project. This recollection stands out because there
were witnesses, and my credibility in the biz as a
decision maker with my music was thereby
significantly enhanced.
That led to more money for studio time, and
eventually to Allegiance-EMI-Capitol. I was
positioned to compete in Hollywood largely due to
your singular brilliance.
Then there was the Brian Wayy-recording that a
black producer and I brought to the Black Radio
convention at Studio City. In a smokey expensive
suite filled with some true industry heavies, we
managed to slip that tape into the rotation.
Immediately, the dancers jumped up to boogie and
the business people flocked to us asking who,
where, and rather poignantly, who produced in what
studio. The quality of those recordings certainly
outlasted the voice emulators!
John, there are many more anecdotes that would
support what you have accomplished in the last 25
years. I think it is precisely the fact that you
have recorded so much, and have such a great ear
that make you a superior mastering engineer. It is
your rare awareness of sound and process that lead
me to think you might just be pushing the envelope
in this field." -Bill Glass,
Corpus Christi, Texas
Email response to Secrets
of Miking
" ...the part about
the positive reinforcement when it comes to getting
the most out of a vocal performance is *100% right
on*!" [Our engineer will] express the
*opposite* of what he really feels (eg., "Fred,
y'know that solo of yours really
sucked...)"
Reply by John Vestman:
There are people who use put-downs in a kidding
way, and people who are just plain cranky. No
matter how "fun" the person makes a put-down, it
strikes a vulnerable place inside people and the
people around them.
When requesting a different approach, I suggest
having the whole band there for a quick game plan
discussion so that everyone is on the same page.
Then use the "donut" technique. Say something
positive "I really appreciate the sound you get on
tape for us..." "for this project, we want to take
a new approach in giving feedback to the singer.
We'd like to all agree to not use any put-downs or
negative comments or negative words, even if it's
jokingly." "I know this session is going to go
great, and we're looking forward to hear the sound
you get for us."
If he goofs, just smile, take the "joke" for what
it is, and then simply *add* the positive phrase
afterwards. It will add time to the talking-back
and forth, but it will neutralize the negativity.
No one switches this wording around overnight. It
took me years, I mean years to get automatic with
my language. Never reprimand yourself or others
when a negative phrase is used, just follow it with
a correction.
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"I am extremely happy with the work
you have done. It sounds tighter and it has a more
consistent sound.
One concern, our CDR wouldn't
play past track 4 on my home CD player. It played fine on a
different player and on two other car stereos. This has
happened one other time with a CDR, but never with a
commercial cd. Do you know what could cause that?
-Tom Cantrell - Philo Beddoe -
Louisville, KY
The reason that your cd play won't play the cdr is because
cdrs have an ink on the bottom that is burnt by the cutting
laser. This leaves little burn spots for the cd player to
read, vs. actual physical pits on commercial cds. Some
players (usually the car stereos) just aren't happy looking
at those burn spots and the result can be anything from
dropped tracks to glitches or other wierd things.
If you go to purchase a home/car cd player, take several
cdrs with you to check which one will play them all. The
brand of the cd player doesn't matter much, as the laser
assembly inside them often are made by different companies,
like an RCA deck might have a Techniques laser in it.
Tip:
When you are burning your own cdrs, the lower the
speed at which you burn it, and the better the quality of
the blank cdr, the better the chance of it playing on more
systems.
"The work you did on the new single brought it to
life! Your ear is impeccable. That's why we keeping coming
back."
-Daniel Marish - Crashdove - Las
Vegas, NV
"Please cut the final master without any additional
changes. It sounds great and we are very excited!"
-Michael Powers - Yellow
Dog Records, Memphis,
TN
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