So last night was a very productive night of music making and mixing. I figured out how much of a stubborn a** hole I am and now I kind of feel stupid. Allow me to explain:
About a year ago I went to a producer's conference in San Francisco for Reason users. The speakers were professional film score composers, sound designers, programmers and filthy rich electronic music makers.
My favorite part of the conference was when Peff spoke. Peff's name may be familiar to Reason producers for is 8billion refills he's authored for Propellerheads Software, as well as his independent releases. He consults the makers of Reason and has designed some of the modules it contains. He was one of the guys who helped create Thor, the synth that can do just about everything.
Anyway, the guy is a psycho-genius (real name Kurt Karasaki) and he totally blew my mind. His own music sounds great and he never takes anything out of Reason. It's all done and mastered in the app.
Part of my welcome package was a DVD that contains 3 hours of tutorial knowledge on advanced Reason techniques, including mastering.
So it's been a year, and my thinking has been, "Mastering is an art in itself and best left to professionals so I won't try to learn it as it would be time taken away for the actual music making."
Last night I decided to watch the DVD finally after digging it out of a box. Well, it took about an hour of watching Peff master a track and that's when I realized how stupid I had been. I learned and used his process when mastering a new track and it sounds 10 times better.
Thank you Peff...you are my hero. I am humbled.
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