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

Our guest today is Dave McNair - a mastering engineer based out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  He has worked with Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Los Lobos, Mavis Staples, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Sara Bareilles and many many more.

We talk about transitioning from a producer to a mastering engineer, having kids and how that changes your life, Grammy anxiety, knowing when you are done, approaching mastering as a technician vs. a musician, how to get loud masters with out fucking it up, when clients go to other engineers, and when it’s time to raise the rates.

This episode’s music is brought to you by Max Cinnamon from Paris, France. For more information on Max, point your web electrons to https://www.maxcinnamon.tv

For more information about Dave:

http://www.davemcnairmastering.com

https://www.instagram.com/mcsnare

Our guest today is Jessica Thompson - a mastering and restoration engineer, audio preservationist, studio owner, and mom based out of San Francisco, California.  She has worked with the Bottom Line, Caffè Lena, Woody Guthrie, Erroll Garner, and Barbara Dane Archives. Jessica has also mastered records for Kurt Vile, Pachyman, Michael Daves, Chris Riffle, Occurrence and many more

We talk with Jessica about what audio preservation is, cassettes, trends in audio, studio construction, client expectations with change, the gap between analog and digital, and the difference between working with a team or working solo

This episode’s music is brought to you by Kitchen Slug from Tulsa, Oklahoma produced by Chris Bell. For more information on Kitchen Slug, point your web electrons to https://linktr.ee/kitchenslug

For more information about Jessica:

https://www.jessicathompsonaudio.com
https://www.instagram.com/jathompso/