Quote from: Johann Stone on January 07, 2016, 12:24:03 am

ive been using mark sherry alot. and usually i send a mastering "blueprint" (roughly mastered version by myself) to insure that what i get back wont be something out of the blue (bass vs drums relationship)
nothing more devastating then sending your demo to the mastering guys at the label you're releasing on and then you hear your track butchered on beatport

hah too true and so many trance labels are guilty of it. i've made the mistake of leaving it in the hands of labels before and i was never happy. in those cases when i can't afford to have an engineer handle it, i always prefer to self master rather than leave it in the hands of a label who doesn't care about what it sounds like in the end. 

working with mark was a great experience and he always nails the final product - although i will say he leaves them quite dynamic. wasn't a problem with me but the label wanted a louder product in the end i'd also like to plug Andy Tau, he's my go to guy and knows exactly how my tracks should sound in the end. like i said, really important to find who works for you!
andy tau is definitely another one of those
dynamic in my books = the only way i want my music to sound