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18th March 2006
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Miami, FL
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Thread Starter  | Brad Blackwood thread I´ve sent a couple records to Brad, I think his work is amazing!! And with full honesty I only did because he is a gearslut, no other reason whatsoever. I never sent anything to Sterling or the other big name places but I feel I don´t need to anymore!!!! I know this sounds stupid but as an amateur myself big name places are attractive and I´m curious to know what they can do that Brad can´t or vice versa, I personally think Brad should be working with major label stuff everyday!! What do you guys think ? Is Brad a badass ME or am I missing something here ?
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18th March 2006
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 | Brad is most definitely a badass  and a gentleman as well ...very profesional I think, and he really took the stuff I sent to him over the top ... after my client listened to his work on his music he was so happy he cried ... seriously ! I also cried ... but that was because I realized my mixing sucked after listening to where the tracks could be taken  seriously Brad, your work rocks
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18th March 2006
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Sligthly off topic but....I don't think artistic merits can be attributed only based on "which labels the artits are signed to" Just trying to say that any gig gets the same attention. And I think that's true for every ME out there.
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I agree with you! What I ment was that there are these Mastering worship places like Sterling, Capitol..Bob Ludwigs place.. and many others etc.. I think Brad´s place is up to par with any of those. Yet I don´t have the impression he is rated like that. I think he should, that´s why I started this thread. | |
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18th March 2006
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| I haven't had a ton of stuff done by Brad, but everything he's done for me turned out excellent. Unattended mastering sessions can be nail biters, but Brad seems to know where you want to go without you being there. One of the bigger pitfalls I run into with people mastering my mixes is ME's aggressively rolling off low end sub's to cheat a couple milli-db of loudness into the project. I had no problems at all with my low end from Euphonic. He also added a 'pure' sounding coloration (subtle even ordered harmonic distortion?) to one of my tracks that stuck out a bit (2 track'ed instrument with rap on top of it) that really enhanced the track and made it fit in with the rest. He also maintained my imaging which is a big deal to me. I also love the Euphonic t-shirts...
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18th March 2006
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| Brad Rocks!!!!!! He also has one of the coolest T-shirts ever. Thanks B. Brad's one of those red herrings that is willing to say, '...it's fine the way it is'. I respect that more than anything. I've not personally given him anything of mine to master (yet), but have recommended him many times based upon the work he has done that I've heard. He has one of the best reputations around. |
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19th March 2006
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| Brads a legend. I am pretty sure he did do major label work and decided to do his own thing instead. But he sure does know his stuff. |
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19th March 2006
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| Harmless Wacko  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: A prison cell with soffit mounts
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| Blackwood is as good as anybody out there and better than most IMHO. I could go on and on... And I won't. An exceptionally gifted young man who will have his day in the sun. Which will suck, because we won't be able to afford him anymore. HOHOHO. KIDDING!!! KIDDING!!! Kinda. Best regards, SM.
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19th March 2006
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| The last time I sent a client's EP to Brad for mastering, Universal Records went positively gonzo over the results. And for good reason. It sounded amazing. Loud, but not squashed. Very "analog" sounding (as if there is such a thing). The client was happy, to say the least. The overall transaction was easy as pie. Really f&cking easy dude to deal with. I will fight like hell to convince any future label/manager/agent/client that Brad is THE guy to go to for mastering. |
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22nd March 2006
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| Craneslut  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The home of Rock-n-Roll, Memphis, TN
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 | Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm humbled. Any clients who did not receive a shirt, please drop me an email with your address. Here's the back: 
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22nd March 2006
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23rd March 2006
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23rd March 2006
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28th January 2008
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| Brad, does that shirt only come in the mail when you do a full album?  or does a 3 song "EP" count in?  |
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28th January 2008
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| Craneslut Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The home of Rock-n-Roll, Memphis, TN
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| EPs, singles, albums - whatever - email me your address and size and it's on its way... |
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28th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Carlsbad Ca.
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 | Brad. there are T shirts? We've sent a couple things to Brad, and considering he's still rocking two Pentium II machines running T -Rax in Dual Mono--- his work sounds really good. T shirts. 
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25th June 2010
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dallas
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| Brad is Mastering my bands new album right now. I'm really excited to hear it!! |
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