
Mat Leffler-Schulman has 25 years experience mixing, mastering, and producing a eclectic range of artists. Future Islands, Waka Flocka Flame, Beach House, Dan Deacon, Ice Cube, National Symphony Orchestra.
Hi, I’m Mat.
I’m a Baltimore-based mastering engineer. And occasionally a mixing engineer. But mostly a mastering engineer.
At this point, I’ve mastered countless records for an eclectic range of artists from Maine to Spain to Ukraine. I have multiple Top 10 charting songs on Billboard, worked with GRAMMY Award-winning artists, and have songs with multi-million spins on Spotify. These big successes are rad, but I get just as jazzed about mastering records for new and emerging artists. Everyone deserves a record or album they can be proud of.
When not working in music, I love making egg creams and listening to Prince.
Before all this I worked at Warner Bros. Records, Discovery Channel, and DC101. And prior to that, I earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the renowned Music Recording program at Middle Tennessee State University in Nashville.
Credits:The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Kishi Bashi (Of Montreal) - Jon Batiste (The Late Show) - Beach House - Celebration - Curse - Dan Deacon - The Dismemberment Plan - Ellery Eskelin - Family Of Geniuses - Jackson Dean - Ken Kolodner - Mark degli Antoni (David Byrne / Soul Coughing) - Future Islands - Ice Cube - Lower Dens - The National Symphony Orchestra - Ponytail - David Reyes - Aryana Sayeed - Section 25 - Shawna Potter (Making Spaces Safer, War On Women) - Aaron Sheehan - Starlight Girls - Sun Club - Super Ci
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Credits
AllMusic verified credits for Mat Leffler-Schulman- Michael Sweet
- Us and Us Only
- Sriram Gopal
- Lindsay Dunphy
- Lindsay Dunphy
- Baggypantsrich
- Small Sur
- Future Islands
- The Seldon Plan
- The Seldon Plan
- Western Star
- Soul Cannon
- Ms. Fridrich
- Ms. Fridrich
- Marble (3)
- The Seldon Plan
- Secret Mountains
- Kadman
- A Cat Called Cricket
- Future Islands
- Sea Patterns
- The Water (2)
- Sun Club
- Megaphone Barons
- The Flying Eyes
- Wing Dam
- The Dismemberment Plan
- Super City
- Joy on Fire
- Washington Social Club
- Solitary Set
- Tyler Packett
- Joy On Fire
- Martin Royle
- Little Dove
- Little Dove
- Marble (3)
- Red Sammy
- The Seldon Plan
- Waka Flocka Flames*
- Kadman
- A Cat Called Cricket
- Ken Kolodner
- Sea Patterns
- The Water (2)
- Sun Club
- Lands & Peoples
- Starlight Girls
- Megaphone Barons
- Starlight Girls
- The Flying Eyes
- Wing Dam
- The Dismemberment Plan
- Super City
- Jumpcuts
- Surf Harp
- Various
- Washington Social Club
- Solitary Set
- Joy on Fire
- Tyler Packett
- Martin Royle
- Western Blot
- Joy On Fire
- Rhymes With Opera
- Martin Royle
- Little Dove
- Prism Waves
- Marble (3)
- The Seldon Plan
- Waka Flocka Flames*
- Small Sur
- Finding Jersey
- Mosno
- Kadman
- A Cat Called Cricket
- Small Sur
- Holy Ghost Party
- Victoria Vox
- Ken Kolodner
- The New Lines
- Section 25 / Stereograph
- Jacober
- The Water (2)
- Sun Club
- E. Joseph, The Phantom Heart
- Wye Oak
- Letitia VanSant
- Wye Oak
- Uwue
- Uwue
- Other Colors
- The New Lines
- Megaphone Barons
- Holy Ghost Party
- Mr. Moccasin
- Joy on Fire
- Stereograph
- Various
- The Deadwood Divine, Tom LoMacchio
- Heart Of Hearts
- Super City
- Jumpcuts
- Dan Deacon
- Western Star
- Various
- Joy on Fire
- Various
- Us and Us Only
- Outside Smoke
- Surhoff
- Jon Batiste
- Haint Blue
- Us and Us Only
- Avishag Cohen Rodrigues
- Pyramid Thieves
- Solitary Set
- Matt Andrews Project
- Family of Geniuses
- Family of Geniuses
- Ilusha Tsinadze
- Michael Sweet
- Curse (11)
- Jackson Dean
- Joy on Fire
- Edjacated Phools
- Fossilize Me
- Donnie & Donnie
- Mandi Macias
- Palmarie
- Hot Club Of Baltimore
- Ground Patrol (2)
- Jumpcuts
- Owen Ross
- Mandi Macias
- Plastik Deer
- Alma Roxx
- Greg Hatem
- Ernesto J. Ponce
- Western Blot
- Great Klons
- Re.decay
- Sandman Sleeps
- Ultrafaux
- Wide-Eyed Lounge Cat
- Alma Roxx
- Mare Berger
- Bari Lutalo & Amorous Ebony
- Joy On Fire
- Ryan Forrester
- Rhymes With Opera
- Re.decay
- Drew Writer
- Sevv
- Chasing Mice
- Alma Roxx
- Edjacated Phools
- Sophomore (4)
- The Private Contractors
- Mandi Macias
- Reforester
- Edjacated Phools
- Alma Roxx
- Something (10)
- The Dirty Grass Players
- Dust (77)
- Family of Geniuses
- Little Dove
- XOM (2)
- Various
- Ashley Higginbotham
- Powerwasher
- Gay Baseball
- Ex-Hyena
- Owen Ross
- Day Gone
- Mark Harris
- Repelican
- Various
- Ultrafaux
- Beach House
- Future Islands
- Dan Deacon
- Sarah Brooke Trouble
- Martin Royle
- Jeff Waters (3)
- Rumour (5)
- Ex-Hyena
- Little Dove
- Sophomore (4)
- Joy On Fire
- San Junipero
- The Meantime
- Skribe
- Tionesta
- Plant Dad
- Aresky
- Jake Ruth
- Jennifer Hutt
- Inverted Jenny
- Re.decay
- Social Square
- Avitus
- Re.decay
- Avitus
- LESANE
- Meth Rats
- Re.decay
- Aryana Sayeed
- Rumour (5)
- Corina
- nxtime
- The Fisher Girls
- Ryan Wright
- Cris Jacobs
- Joe Holt
- Michael Sweet
27 Reviews - 1 Repeat Client
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Mat was professional, knowledgeable, and just down right cool. He was such a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend people using his services. I will be for all of my future projects.
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Great job once again!
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Mat is definitely an experienced professional Mastering engineer. He took my two songs to the next level, within a timely manner, for a reasonable price.
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Mat did a great job mastering my song! Super chill to work with too. Highly recommend.
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Solid mastering engineer! Best bang for your buck when it comes to a Apple Digital Master!
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I had a great experience working with Mat! Captured the overall indie vibe I was going for and was very prompt. Definitely recommend!
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Great guy, great sound!
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Was great to work with Mat! He is very supportive, communicative and has a very creative vision.
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Mat is positive and supportive and was on board with any new idea I threw his way. He's quick to respond and lets you know the progress. Mat just overall has a good vibe and is easy to work with. I would work with Mat again!
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Mat delivered an excellent master of my single. He’s a quick and clear communicator, reliable, and has a great feel for music. He is obviously very passionate about what he does and wants to bring out the best in each project. Overall very positive experience, would highly recommend working with him.
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Couldn’t have been more pleased with our work with Mat! Mat was helpful, communicative, and supportive the whole way through. Gave great feedback that really benefited the songs! Would love to work with Mat in the future.
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Love recording with Mat. He's always full of great ideas of his own but is also highly responsive and committed to executing your vision. He's also great at pairing an easygoing manner that puts shy performers like me at their ease, with the ability to work like a demon to make sure everything gets done. He has added countless moments of magic to our stuff & I always know that recording with him will be fun, creatively satisfying, and will finish up with a great product. Mobtown Stidios is one of the very best things about Baltimore.
Mat is a super genius on so many levels. Recording with Mat BEGINS at epic and goes up from there. He gets incredibly clean, rich, beautiful sounds; he's got your back performance-wise when you track; he's a techie genius of the highest order; his touch is powerful yet transparent; and he is THE MOST chill, smart, easygoing-but-still-pushing-you producer ever. Much love, respect and gratitude!!
Mat is a true gem in the recording world. He works hard every day to create a commuity space that feels very open to creativity and sonic exploration. He's a great listener and really focuses on what the artist(s) are really trying to achieve with their recordings. His ability to translate that vision into reality, regardless of genre, speaks to his honest and genuine love of music and recording.
Mat is one of the most intelligent and intuitive producer musicians I know.
He was fundamental in presenting Soul Coughing remixes and bootlegs.
Since then I have worked with him in studio and live performances, and he always brings out the best in musicians. Mat is a truly inspiring artist, I would work with him anytime.Working in the studio with Mat was a true pleasure! He literally saved the day with my most recent project. Mat stepped in to both mix and master. He was personable and professional with an amazing ear and attention to detail. He worked with me to ensure each track was correct, sorting through each file to find the perfect sound. He truly cares about your project.
We came in with a difficult project - songs written collaboratively by 3 people who live in different states with scant rehearsal. Matt got us performing and sounding better than even we expected, and we had a blast in the process. Matt's skill as a producer and patience as an engineer stand out. Won't hesitate to use him again on projects large and small.
I love Mat,
I've wotked with him on multiple projects, not only is he great at what he does, but he also does it in timely manner. He is so easy to work with, respects your vreative decisions, and will provide his honest input if you ask nicely.
He is always my go to guy here in Charm City for audio awesomeness, and he should be yoir go to guy as well :)We (Lushfarm) worked with Mat on our fourth studio album, and he was the first producer we worked with to really nail our live sound. He was very open to our ideas and worked really hard to do things how we wanted, all while elevating the recording with his own creative spin. He is super nice, which helps create a welcoming environment, and he knows every piece of his gear without being a snob.
Mat, through his creativity, knowledge, and studio full of wonderful gear, has helped us achieve and exceed our vision on four very ambitious albums. Mat excels at both the fundamental aspects of getting great sounds for basic tracking, and in helping us find new sounds through layering, overdubbing, and using the mixing board as an instrument itself for the more experimental aspects of our music.
We've worked with Mat on several albums for two projects, one involving a multilayered string quartet, and lots of crazy sounds flying around, and he is amazing to work with. So open-minded and knowledgeable, he always has great input and suggestions, or just new things to try out. He is so kind and makes everyone feel so comfortable at the studio, I could not imagine a better recording situation.
What a pro. Great ear, great input, fun to collaborate with and incredibly open and malleable to artist’s visions and ideas. Work with him. You’ll be so happy you did.
Mat is the kind of flexible, versatile, and open-minded person you want to make a record with. Whether you need him to arrange microphones and consider acoustics or edit beats with precision of a surgeon, whether you want industry standard polish or you want to make something personal and experimental, he has the experience and creative solutions to help you find the sound you're searching for.
Working with Mat was everything my band and I could have hoped for. Not only is he a great engineer with a fantastic ear, he's also incredibly personable, kind, and unfathomably generous. We're still in contact with him months after our session ended, and we cannot wait to work with him again.
Incredible engineer, small business owner and teacher. Can't wait to bring my new projects to Mobtown in 2018. Mat and the Mobtown team create a great environment to create and collaborate with local artists in the Baltimore scene.
Interview with Mat Leffler-Schulman
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My room is acoustically tuned and phase/time aligned from the ground up. This yields a wonderfully accurate studio, and quiet listening environment, rated at NC20.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: They each have their place. They are not mutually exclusive.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I was in my first band in high school and the bassist bought a cassette 4-track and didn't want to keep hitting record. So I did. That got me hooked on music production. After that, I went to one of the few schools, at the time, that had a bachelor's degree in music production. I started my career working for radio stations and record labels and opened Mobtown Studios in Baltimore in 2006.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: The work process begins with getting to know your creative process and goals. Everything after that is organic and flows with the needs of the project.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Brian Eno, Prince, Laurie Anderson, Shakira, Frank Zappa. I'm drawn to diligent workers, innovators, and collaborators. I'm inspired by artists who take on all parts of the creative process. I admire musicians who can get down in more than one genre. Life is too short not to try different things.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Maselec MLA-4, Tyler Speakers, Lynx Hilo AD/DA, Neumann Headphones, Massive Passive
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's a party every day. It's not coke and hookers. We make music. And it's hard work.

I was the Mastering Engineer in this production
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $500 per song
Please contact Mat to discuss your project and get further details.
- Tyler Acoustics Decade X Pro D2X
- Lynx Hilo AD/DA
- Benchmark DAC2
- Maselec MTC-1X Mastering Transfer Console
- Manley Vari-MU Compressor
- Manley Massive Passive
- Maselec MLA-4
- Maselec MEA-2
- ITI/Sontec MEP-130 Stereo EQ
- API 2500 Bus Compressor