What services do you provide and what can I expect to have outsourced?
Believe it or not, this is actually a very important question and a must know piece of information.
I provide all original compositions, sound effects mixing (client provided), and audio post-production services related to my own compositions. Things I currently subcontract to third parties or request from my clients are:
If you require or request for a professional post-production service, or what some call mastering (to keep it short), it will be subcontracted or arranged outside the scope of my services. Large projects, whether it is a film or game, should budget in mastering fees as a part of the musical score and production costs. Mastering is the art of getting a recording commercially ready. Mastering studios spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build and design beautiful spaces for recording and listening along with numerous advanced analogue and software audio tools. They are also manned by very experienced audio engineers who know how to make a recording truly great.
If you require mastering services such as those provided by Massive Mastering and Blue Bear Sound (of which I recommend you check out in that order), please inidcate that to me in your request. Sending it to them will require some specific mixing and tracking requirements on my part for them to truly make it exceptional. You can indicate this in your initial contact request.
