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Inside MASTERING: Part I

Sell Better Band Merch…Even Better: SoundOps Interviews Steve @ Storenvy.com

Hey guys and girls!  Some of you who follow us on social sites know we’ve been on a merch kick recently.  Of course, as mastering studio engineers, we don’t claim to be experts in apparel, but, we do know a few people who are
And, because your merchandise has the potential to make you [...]

SoundOps Mastering presents: PROMOTE MY MUSIC

Hey guys!  It’s been a little while since our last post, but we’ve got something new and exciting to tell you about…
Our newsletter subscribers (you know who you are) received a special invitation this month to an exclusive campaign we’re calling Promote My Music.  Here’s the scoop - our readers will be sending in their [...]

REVERBNATION: Is Your Band Getting The Most Out Of It?

NEW “ADVANCED TIPS” FROM LABEL 2.0 GIVE REVERBNATION ARTISTS AN EVEN BIGGER ADVANTAGE…FOR FREE!

Hey guys; Will Duke here again.  I should be working, but I have a quick news flash about the great ReverbNation we all know and love.  In the last several years, we’ve seen ReverbNation raise the bar for online musician services.  They [...]

MailChimp: The Best Email Service For Bands

At SoundOps, we are always looking for stuff that will help our clients make the most of their music.  If you’re serious about your career as an artist, you’ve probably noticed, you actually spend more time marketing your band than you do writing, recording, and playing…

For us, running a mastering studio is very similar.  We [...]

Selling Music On iTunes

Before you upload your tracks to iTunes, Amazon, or any other Online digital retailer, there’s a few things you should know…
We made this video several months ago and have been sending it to the guys on our mailing list (which is a great list to be on by the way).  Check out the NEWSLETTER page [...]

BANDIZE.COM Web App For Serious Bands

This is a big week for the guys at Bandize.com.  Their music technology company finished private BETA testing and released the new Bandize web app.  Check out the tutorials and get a feel for this incredible program at the new Bandize website.  It’s do-it-yourself band management, which we’ve seen before, but the coolest part is the way [...]

CD MASTERING & Online Distribution for your next recording project

He said there’d be a video, and here it is…
Will’s driving and talking about Audiolife.  You can tell he thinks it’s a great idea.  And we do too.  Check out the video, and take a look at audiolife.com for selling your music “and your stuff,” before you have to pay for it.

If your band is [...]

AUDIO MASTERING & DISTRIBUTION

Hey guys - Will here, from SoundOps.  As you might have guessed, we master audio - that’s actually all we do.  But, we are always keeping an eye out for cool things for our clients that will help them make it in the music business when they leave the mastering studio.  Distribution is a key [...]

Mastering Music = Band Marketing

Based on how musicians spend money, most bands care about their music in this order…

Gear  ( $$$$$ )
Playing Out  ( $$$$ )
Recording  ( $$$ )
Distribution  ( $$ )
Marketing  ( $ )

However, based on how musicians who make money with their music spend money, most successful bands have different priorities.  Well, the priorities themselves are the [...]

About The MASTERING Blog

Hey there.  Will Duke here, from SoundOps Mastering.  I just noticed something today about our blog.  In the Yahoo! search engine, we are currently in the #2 position for the search term mastering just underneath Wikipedia out of over 63 million pages that are considered by Yahoo! to be relevant for the search…
There are two [...]