Specialized Mastering

Mastering by Dana J White

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Music is Community and Collaboration. Having a mastering engineer on your side as a resource makes the difference. With Billboard hits, Grammy Nominations and rave client feedback, we pride ourselves on being easy to work with and get it right the first time.

I not only want to get incredible sound and deliver a master for the marketplace, the core value is to respect the soul of a record.

Music stuck me at an age when the FM dial was the place to hear fresh innovative music.
With a McIntosh hi-fi in the home and older brothers with record collections, passion about music and sound was inevitable.

It wasn't long before my bands were invading our basement on a regular basis and the lifestyle of attending concerts of all the legends we could hear, arose. Sitting next to Dan Healy mixing a Dead concert, I realized there was more to this than performing, and I knew I had a part to play.

Surely the next step would be hours of field recordings, band recordings that led to work in studio recording and landing gigs in mastering studios. It's now been over 20 years since launch of Specialized Mastering.

What to expect:
At Specialized Mastering, you wont get blown-out-rashy sounding plug-ins.
How about instead, depth, full bottom-end, smooth top-end, and groove supporting dynamics feel?
Solid levels *and* helping the musical vibe is not always easy but it's what we strive for.

Pristine analog quality is standard, with a relentlessly chosen analog-chain and 10M clocked digital conversion.
It's the intersection of Man/Machine.

To work with Dana of for more information, click the 'Contact' button above.

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Credits

Discogs verified credits for Dana White
  • Jebediah / Jimmy Eat World
  • Various
  • Ari (38)
  • Sarah Burnham
  • Jejune
  • Otis Spann
  • Jebediah / Jimmy Eat World
  • Bewkenheimer
  • Calendar Girl (2)
  • Various
  • Frank Morey
  • Labb
  • the modifierS (2)
  • Various
  • Before The Crow
  • Blood For Blood
  • The Flaming Tsunamis
  • Lori McKenna
  • Dirty Water (2)
  • Past Mistakes, Red Winter Dying
  • Jason Myles Goss
  • Li'l Anne And Hot Cayenne
  • Amun Ra (2)
  • Rydia
  • SOA*
  • Valerie Sneade
  • Hot Day At The Zoo
  • Oxycontinentals
  • Jen Woodhouse
  • newsay
  • Todd Thibaud
  • Death Before Dishonor
  • New Birth Brass Band
  • Roba Morena
  • Little Big Wheel
  • Zoë Lewis
  • JO And The MuthaF!@#$%^ers
  • Michael Cleary Band
  • Miskatonic (2)
  • Tom Glynn
  • Hot Day At The Zoo
  • Talking About Commas
  • Miskatonic (2)
  • Red Tape Parade
  • Bostaurus
  • Jon Shina
  • Various
  • Criminal Conversation
  • Gadi Caplan
  • Emma Hill And Her Gentlemen Callers
  • Tommy Von Jim & The Slimjims
  • Miskatonic (2)
  • Farnell Newton
  • Scotland Barr & The Slow Drags
  • De La Warr
  • Jeff Williams (18)
  • Jazz Arts Trio
  • Barbara Kessler
  • Jonah Tolchin
  • Steel Assassin
  • David Friesen
  • Await Rescue
  • Kerry Politzer
  • Teresa Storch
  • Tank and the Bangas
  • Liz Fohl
  • Jerry Heldman
  • Kate Klim
  • David Friesen & Glen Moore
  • Ate21
  • George Colligan & Theoretical Planets
  • Barra Brown Quintet
  • Tanagra (2)
  • Farnell Newton
  • Hailey Niswanger
  • Tyrone Hendrix
  • Hillary Susz
  • Hillary Susz
  • Gregg Belisle-Chi
  • David Friesen
  • Chasing Ebenezer
  • Other Barry
  • George Colligan
  • Edgar Steinitz
  • BAERD
  • The Dark Red Seed
  • Jon Durant
  • Stereo Soul Future
  • Gregg Belisle-Chi
  • Eggy (6)
  • Dream Wulf
  • Kerry Politzer
  • Tony Ozier
  • Gregg Belisle-Chi
  • Nicole McCabe
  • Jon Durant, Stephan Thelen
  • David Friesen
  • Never Come Down
  • Frank Irwin Quintet
  • Kerry Politzer
  • Nicole McCabe
  • Gordon Lee
  • Darrell Grant's MJ New
  • Hardpan
  • Blood For Blood

Languages

  • English
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Projects are quoted based on number of songs and typically and what "parts" are needed for production (e.g. instrumentals, radio versions, LP Masters). We use no-surprise package rates.

Gear Highlights
  • B&W 802Ds
  • Prism/Maselec
  • Manley
  • SPL
  • Antelope
  • After Dark (10M clocking)
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  • Grammy NominationFeb 21, 2023

    All One Tribe was nominated for a 2022 Grammy in the Children's music category. 


    Dana J White of Specialized Mastering pulled together 23 tracks by 23 producers for a moving and inclusive cultural music album. 


    Listen to the Grammy Nominated All One Tribe album here:


    https://ingroov.es/all-one-tribe