Our guest today is Hallie Melton - a mastering engineer from Nashville, Tennessee.

She has worked with Savana Santos, Amber Mark, and Nate Smith.

We talk about how great it is mastering on headphones, work/life balance with a family, spacial audio in music, and our favorite limiters.

This episode’s music is brought to you by Baywud from Los Angeles, CA. For more information on Baywud, head to: https://www.instagram.com/baywud/

For more information about Hallie:

Check out https://www.halliemeltonmastering.com

And you can find her on Instagram: @halliemmelton

Our guest today is Ian Stewart - a mastering engineer, author, and audio educator from the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.

He has worked with artists, including KRS-One and Mr. Lif, and he codeveloped the Baselane Pro plugin, released by Tone Projects, in 2022.

He is currently an assistant professor at Berkeley College of Music and operates out of his home studio, Flotown Mastering which he founded in 2011.

We talk with Ian about teaching mastering at Berkeley, getting out of the studio to balance our mental health, and what life has been like since Baselane Pro was released.

This episode’s music is brought to you by Broken Robots from Chicago, IL. For more information on Broken Robots, point your web electrons to: https://www.brokenrobotsmusic.com

For more information about Ian:

Check out https://www.flotownmastering.com

And you can find him on Instagram: @Ianstewartmusic

Our guest today is Natalie Bibby, a mastering engineer based out of London, England. She has worked with Bimini, Cinderella Balthazar, Howard Lee — 真心話, 163 braces, Jimmy Eat World, and so many more.

We talk about not working in a siloed environment, the future of spatial audio, talking on the phone with clients, having a sound of your own, mastering DAWs, the future of larger-than-life rock bands, the de-localization of scenes since the advent of the internet, and the lasting effect of Nirvana and music of the 1990s.

This episode’s music is brought to you by Muttering also from London, England. For more information on Muttering, point your web electrons to https://www.mutteringband.com

For more information about Natalie:

https://www.thisismetropolis.com/engineers/natalie-bibby/

https://www.instagram.com/compress_her