Mastering is perhaps the most mysterious and misunderstood step in the  journey between your inspiration and your finished musical product. Simply stated, mastering is the final, crucial process that takes your album from a collection of great mixes to a cohesive "whole"; a balanced, well-defined artistic statement, if you will. Through subtle use of EQ, compression, limiting and other tools, each song is lightly sweetened to achieve the optimal listening experience for your listeners. This process is a highly specialized one, that requires amazing ears and a keen sense of not only when to do something, but just as importantly, when not to. Many people describe the results as "magical" and "just more better".  It's not hard to forgive the lack of words, as much of the time it's something one feels as well as hears. While our mastering experience is long and our list of satisfied clients even longer, we believe that this important process should not be placed out tot the reach of the inpendent artist. We charge $150 for each 15 minutes of music. The average 45 minute CD can be mastered for $450. Special pricing can be attained for projects that require less tweaking, so feel free to inquire about that.