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In
1975, John Vestman began a 20-year career as a recording studio owner,
engineer and producer. With thousands of 8, 16, 24 and 48 track
recordings to his credit, Vestman garnered a reputation as a skillful
recordist and session musician/vocalist - completing vinyl records,
post production for film and early digital
Compact Disc recordings.
For over 13 years he has provided
mastering services for clients ranging from labels to local musicians
to Gold & Platinum/Grammy-winning artists.
Presented with RIAA
Gold and Platinum records, he is one of the first engineers to
use a refined audiophile listening system in a
professional recording environment.
He is
noted for
developing ground-breaking audio techniques. Vestman's audiophile and
musically-based understanding of sound keeps him at the cutting edge of
recording developments
John innovated and defined a more
potent method of mastering audio,
“HD Separation Mastering.” This versatile process produces a more open,
robust musical sound, and is discussed in detail in EQ Magazine and in
the book, "Mastering Music at Home" by Mitch Gallagher.
John’s relentless quest for the ultimate sound quality leads him to
take traditional 2-track technology beyond it’s intended design,
creating cutting edge masters for all of his clients.
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John's Musical
Background
John has a rare fusion of musical and
technical experience, giving him a background that brings the best to
any mastering project. Any
mastering engineer's point of reference is where any engineer bases
his or her influence that is applied to your project. Like
multi-Grammy
winners Bob Ludwig, Ted Jensen and Doug Sax, John has a classical
background that brings rich insights to his mastering style.
John
maintains a vinyl and CD reference library of hundreds of recordings.
Listening via his audiophile monitor system he
has refined critical listening to
an art in order to know a real-world picture of optimum sound.
A classically trained violinist,
he has played in
the Orange Coast
Symphony as well as in orchestras that performed in 11 European
countries and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. He also played rock guitar
and electric violin in his rock group, The 13th Ou. The group appeared
often on
the televised teen show, "Headshop" hosted by Elliot Mintz. His
band opened for Fleetwood Mac
(one time, but hey, it's a great name-dropper), appeared on TV (The
Real Don Steele Show, Headshop), recorded in
platinum-winning studios, and played night clubs in 6 states.
John has 8 1/2 years of voice training from
Andrew Boettner, a Seth Riggs trained teacher. He's sung backup
vocals
on a hundred+ projects, often doing multiple tracks, and
engineering at the same time. His knowledge of vocal technique
helped him to get great vocal tracks. Check out the pages about
recording vocals,
and tips on better mixing to
examine the depth that goes into a great vocal sound.
He has years of experience performing in
college choirs,
jazz
bands, chamber groups and he has studied composition, theory, and ear
training.
His interest in recording technology began
as his band career ended,
starting as an intern at Richard Perry’s famed Studio 55 in Los
Angeles.
• Designer/owner of two 24 track
recording studios for a span of 21 years (see pictures of Studio
A, Studio
B and Studio
One) recording thousands of projects on 2"
analog tape, ADAT's, post production for film and video, all styles of
commercial musica and industrial presentations.
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