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RSR013 – Joe Hutchinson – Garage Masters & Bonnaroo

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RSR013 - Joe Hutchinson - Garage Masters & Bonnaroo


My guest on the show today is a friend and studio team member, Joe Hutchinson. Joe is a professional mastering engineer right here in Nashville TN. But he masters records for artists from all over the world. Whether Canadian blues, Austrian folk music, or American Christian music Joe often helps indie artists finish their records with a major label sound.


Joe is also a part of my team at the Bonnaroo Hay Bale Studio and The Pilgrimage Sessions, where we record, mix, and master up to 40 bands and a hundred songs in a single weekend! Recording amazing artists like The Avett Brothers, Ben Folds, and Cage The Elephant Joe will deliver finished masters ready for upload and airplay on the radio as fast as an hour after the performance.

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If you are at the stage where you have finished recording and mixing your record then you might be wondering if you are ready for mastering now. I want to master your record and make it sound great! But also want to help make that an easy decision for you make!


I realize that while you know your own work intimately, you probably don’t know my work yet. So you are probably wondering whether my mastering would be a good choice for your music...


No worries, I can make it easy for you to decide.

I’m not happy unless you’re happy!


I will be glad to do a test mastering of your favorite song on your record so you can see whether it’s the right sound for you. This way you can decide if I am a good fit to help make your record sound fantastic at no risk to you!

-Joe Hutchinson​

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What is mastering?

The final step in the recording process. Making sure the album fits together and its balanced. Checking the loudness and over all levels. The goal is to make the track sound comparable to commercial songs being played on the radio. There are ways to make things louder without raising the volume. compress the track a little, a bunch of times. I’ll use 3 compressors sometimes and vary the attack and release times.

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What was your biggest obstacle at first to getting started in mastering

  • A general lack of knowledge


What was your first recording setup?

  • M-box interface a sure sm57 and an apple macbook with pro tools.


What was the best advice you received when starting out?

  • To listen. You can get caught up in new gear or watching the meters but listening will take you far.


Can You share a Pro Tools hack that Rockstars can use right now?

  • Use parallel compression! It can bring out different dynamics. Just add a little bit of the “squashed” (heavily compressed) mix to the uncompressed or “raw” track to get more excitement from your mastering.


Favorite books or movie?


Favorite piece of gear?


A good business resource?

  • My accountant! He saved me a lot of time and trouble with my self employment venture.

  • Gene Riley of Brentwood, TN. Zeal Financial Services gene@zealfinancial.com



If you were dropped in a strange town and could only take a simple setup to record, what would you take, how would you find people to record, and how would you make ends meet while you got started...


Best way to find clients?

  • Get a part-time job to meet new people and networking are the best ways to find clients.

  • Remember It’s okay to do work for free starting out.


What’s the one thing someone can do right now to become a Recording Studio Rockstar?

  • Just working, making mistakes, and doing things right. Definitely get an internship.


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I will be glad to do a test mastering of your favorite song on your record so you can see whether it’s the right sound for you. This way you can decide if I am a good fit to help make your record sound fantastic at no risk to you!

-Joe Hutchinson​




If you have any or questions about recording you would like me to answer on the show or suggestions for the show please email me:

lij@recordingstudiorockstars.com

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Cheers!

Lij