hiphop & rnb mastering

dharma one · 18th June 2005, 09:18 PM

looking for good mastering, can you guys recommend good mastering studios/engineers for hiphop and rnb - in the UK or in the USA. many thanks

also if you know of the price range please post it.. for album projects. cheers!

jlotto · 18th June 2005, 09:51 PM

http://www.rodneymills.com

dharma one · 19th June 2005, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jlotto

http://www.rodneymills.com

cheers lotto.. anyone else?
i remember sterling sound nyc from a lot of 90s stuff.. whos the don these days? and how much would someplace like sterling sound charge?

Brandino221 · 19th June 2005, 09:10 AM

For hip hop (or anything else) you CAN'T go wrong with Brain "Big Bass" Gardner.
http://bigbassbrian.com/index.htm

Do a search on artist direct.com and look up his name. He had done plenty of Hip hop. Dre gave him the name "Big Bass". Hope this helps.

Peace

paultools · 19th June 2005, 04:59 PM

Herb Powers NYC

dharma one · 19th June 2005, 05:57 PM

thanks dudes... is this the same herb powers who is credited on a lot of disco records?

paultools · 19th June 2005, 06:03 PM

the same... look for his signature and comments between the last track and the label on the old 12" vinyl.
One man's disco is another's R&B

dharma one · 19th June 2005, 10:01 PM

e yeah i remember theres some writing on unique "what youve got is what i need"... fat sounding cut!! real loud and fat sound

the only thing i find with even the fattest disco masters,maybe the sound systems were different back then but these days musics got a lot more subs and seems a little more "full spectrum".. but i love early 80s nyc stuff it sounds sick

andrewj · 3rd January 2007, 07:54 PM

http://www.truebusyness.de/

he is also a member here!

statikcat · 3rd January 2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandino221

For hip hop (or anything else) you CAN'T go wrong with Brain "Big Bass" Gardner.
http://bigbassbrian.com/index.htm

Do a search on artist direct.com and look up his name. He had done plenty of Hip hop. Dre gave him the name "Big Bass". Hope this helps.

Peace

That looks like a geocities website from 10 years ago... done by a 10 year old in their first month of web dev.

andrewj · 3rd January 2007, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by statikcat

That looks like a geocities website from 10 years ago... done by a 10 year old in their first month of web dev.

I think a 10 year old kid in it's first month of web dev will create a better one

locash · 3rd January 2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by statikcat

That looks like a geocities website from 10 years ago... done by a 10 year old in their first month of web dev.

no doubt. had a good laugh lookin at that one.
Statikat your avatar.....that the bad guy from that kungfu movie with bruce leroy? el debarge was in that movie. so good! havent seen that in ages. ...."I got the GLOW!!" gotta go find that one.

Gregg Sartiano · 4th January 2007, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by statikcat

That looks like a geocities website from 10 years ago... done by a 10 year old in their first month of web dev.

Well, it's not as if you're hiring him for his web design abilities!

Brian "Big Bass" rocks. I've had albums mastered by him incl. some wide-release hip-hop stuff.

Check out Louie Teran at Marcussen marcussenmastering.com

Believe it or not, he was heavily involved with West Coast hip-hop before he went into mastering. The tracks I brought him turned out superb, although his discography shows more soundtrack & rock work (Snow Patrol, Da Vinci Code, Dave Matthews Band). Highly recommended.

Can't go wrong with either of those guys. And, if you do go to Big Bass, have them make you a cappuccino while you're there. Bernie Grundman's has the best cappuccinos in town.

andrewj · 4th January 2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregg Sartiano

Can't go wrong with either of those guys. And, if you do go to Big Bass, have them make you a cappuccino while you're there. Bernie Grundman's has the best cappuccinos in town.

Right man, noone will give these guys a mastering job, because of their skills in webdesign. And noone will give them a mastering job because of their nice cappuccinos!

Sorry you forced me to say that! BTW: Your track Alone on your myspace account is real nice, to me! Any more informations about that project?

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dharma one Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: manchester UK / helsinki Posts: 160	hiphop & rnb mastering looking for good mastering, can you guys recommend good mastering studios/engineers for hiphop and rnb - in the UK or in the USA. many thanks also if you know of the price range please post it.. for album projects. cheers!

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Brandino221 Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Central FL. Londrina, Curitiba, PR, Brasil. Posts: 436	For hip hop (or anything else) you CAN'T go wrong with Brain "Big Bass" Gardner. http://bigbassbrian.com/index.htm Do a search on artist direct.com and look up his name. He had done plenty of Hip hop. Dre gave him the name "Big Bass". Hope this helps. Peace __________________ Antonio

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paultools Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,600	the same... look for his signature and comments between the last track and the label on the old 12" vinyl. One man's disco is another's R&B __________________ We are creating enemies faster than we can kill them.

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dharma one Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: manchester UK / helsinki Posts: 160	e yeah i remember theres some writing on unique "what youve got is what i need"... fat sounding cut!! real loud and fat sound the only thing i find with even the fattest disco masters,maybe the sound systems were different back then but these days musics got a lot more subs and seems a little more "full spectrum".. but i love early 80s nyc stuff it sounds sick

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