Episodes
Published 05/01/24
Matt and Sam talk about the "currency" of mastering engineers. This may or may not be a rerun. But it's a good re-run.
Published 05/01/24
Matt and Sam talk about how you market as a mastering engineer in 2024.
Published 04/17/24
Matt and Sam talk about how they believe the music industry is facing its own inflationary period.
Published 04/03/24
Matt and Sam discuss intelligence faculties and how that relates to your business.
Published 03/20/24
Josh takes over the spring Q&A and fires questions at Matt and Sam. Special Guest: Josh Bonanno.
Published 03/06/24
Matt and Sam discuss if your business should serve your personal goals and the importance of defining your "why" in life and work.
Published 02/21/24
Matt and Sam discuss scenarios when you may want to consider not using an analog chain for mastering
Published 02/07/24
Matt and Sam answer a listener-submitted question of, "should you have to convince people to work with you?"
Published 01/24/24
Matt and Sam discuss the best money they have spent on their businesses, studios, and music careers.
Published 01/10/24
Matt and Sam reminisce on the past 6 years and look forward to what 2024 looks like for The Attack & Release Show.
Published 12/27/23
Matt and Sam want to wish everyone "Happy Holidays" and a "Happy New Year"
Published 12/25/23
Matt and Sam discuss how experience in mastering ends up leading to less processing needing to be done to achieve the final result.
Published 12/13/23
Matt and Sam give a rundown of what they are using for plugins and hardware in 2023.
Published 11/29/23
Matt and Sam talk about why you need a plan for 2024.
Published 11/15/23
Matt and Sam talk about how to retain clients and how to analyze where you are losing clients.
Published 11/01/23
Matt and Sam discuss whether the mastering process should impart a tone in the client's mixes or if it should be a transparent process.
Published 10/18/23
Matt and Sam answer listener-submitted questions.
Published 10/04/23
Matt and Sam talk about how they manage files, data storage, and backups.
Published 09/20/23
Matt and Sam interview the highly skilled and knowledgeable Senior Product Manager for Izotope Ozone and dive into all the new features debuting in Ozone 11. Special Guest: Bill Podolak.
Published 09/06/23
Matt and Sam talk about how to stay ahead of the changing markets.
Published 08/23/23
Matt and Sam talk about a listener-submitted topic of how to switch to a career in mastering.
Published 08/09/23
Matt and Sam talk about how their mastering varies based on the genre they are working on.
Published 07/26/23
Matt and Sam talk about some of their "do's" and "do not's" when using analog gear.
Published 07/12/23
Matt and Sam talk about marketing in 2023
Published 06/28/23