Affordable analog mastering for the DIY music community. Specializes in indie, punk, hardcore, emo, noise, electronic pop, bedroom pop and ambient music.
After more than a decade of touring, writing music and recording local bands, Nick started mastering to help other independent artists enhance and finalize their albums affordably.
Nick has mastered music for more than 10 years now, working with hundreds of artists from across the globe. The studio is composed of high end analog and digital equipment in an accurate full range monitoring environment.
Projects are only complete once the artist is fully satisfied with their masters. Revisions are free of charge, and free mix evaluations are offered for anyone looking for notes or suggestions.
Mastering rates are determined by the total track count of the project.
Singles - $75 / song
2-3 Song Project - $60 / song
4-6 Song Project - $55 / song
7+ Song Project - $50 / song
Additional Versions - $10 / song
DDP Image for CD Manufacturing - $50 / album
Metadata encoding, edits, noise reduction and revisions are included.
Pricing can be flexible, I’ve been in many DIY punk bands and I know how hard it can be to fund your art. If money’s tight let me know and we'll work something out.
Link to a playlist of recent credits below
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3fEVDZXU5TLkAL04fqNUId?si=d7cde2fba26341c8
Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.
Credits
- Bad Spy
- Stan Hall
- Old Smile
- Noir Party
- Trochee Trochee
- CR and the Nones
- Symbol Soup
- Dirt Kid
- Sink Tapes
- Locator
- Beeyotch
- Substitute
- C Gibbs
- Melody English
- Waxjaw
- Wished Bone
- Joy Cleaner
- Chimney Creeps
- Eoin Noonan
- Algebra II
- Shred Flintstone
- Skirts
- Birdspotter
- Ellisdale
- Trace Mountains
- Glazer
- Spowder
- Android no 23
- Youth Expire
- Whelmed
- Wetwired
- The Nowhere
- Teenage Halloween
- Sweaty
- Resounding No
- Real Good
- Secretary Legs
- Spencer Radcliffe
- Ex Wife
- Gnawing
- Harrison Manning
- Makeout Vertigo
- Mutual Interest
- Noun
- Pixl-Visionary
- Snakeskin
- E.M. King
- Maya Lazaro
- Raul Gonzalez Jr
- Test Subjects
- Fraternal Twin
3 Reviews - 1 Repeat Client
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Is the second track I trust Bolton Sound for the mastering. Not only the work is excellent but also Nick did an outstanding job in a very short time - superfast turnaround!
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Nick did a great mastering work with my mix. He understood the feeling and intention of the song and made the most of the mix.
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Nick is a top lad and an expert at his craft. Our single sounds so amazing thanks to him, will definitely be working with Holy Tapes! again in the future!
I was the Mastering Engineer in this production
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- RestorationContact for pricing
- Slowdive
- Alex G
- Kurt Vile
- Manley Massive Passive
- Manley Vari Mu (Mastering Edition)
- API 2500
- API 5500
- Tyler MM5X Monitors
- Trinnov ST2
- Lynx Hilo
- DMG Audio
- FabFilter
- Tokyo Dawn Labs
- OEK Sound
- Sonnox + more
24 bit and 16 bit files provided free. Revisions and mix evaluations are free as well.