Chris Shaeffer
Peavey ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, you have to go back to that mastering engineer and be nice but honest about your complaints. Everyone makes mistakes and most professionals are honest enough to admit it and correct them- either by fixing the problem or returning some or all of your expenses.
That way you won't have to publicly announce who it is and how aweful a job they did, you see? Mastering is supposed to be the final stage of production and gives you a reproduceable master. If he can't do that he's not worth being paid. If he can do that and made a mistake he needs to know that and have the opportunity to fix it.
Its not a big deal, really, its just a dissapointment and a hassle to take the project back and negotiate fixing it. If he blows your friend off after being approached professionally, THEN its a big deal and you can broadcast how unprofessional the guy is.
At least that's how I would approach it. It sucks- especially for the artists who were anxiously waiting for their polished masters- but its not the end of the world or the doom of the project. Trust me, YOU have the power in the relationship with the mastering engineer. If you're not happy with his work and you and he can't communicate a reasonble solution... he's screwed. You're friend may have lost some money, but the ME is about to lose his business- and the good mixes can always be remastered by someone worth their salt.
Good luck to your friend!
Chris
That way you won't have to publicly announce who it is and how aweful a job they did, you see? Mastering is supposed to be the final stage of production and gives you a reproduceable master. If he can't do that he's not worth being paid. If he can do that and made a mistake he needs to know that and have the opportunity to fix it.
Its not a big deal, really, its just a dissapointment and a hassle to take the project back and negotiate fixing it. If he blows your friend off after being approached professionally, THEN its a big deal and you can broadcast how unprofessional the guy is.
At least that's how I would approach it. It sucks- especially for the artists who were anxiously waiting for their polished masters- but its not the end of the world or the doom of the project. Trust me, YOU have the power in the relationship with the mastering engineer. If you're not happy with his work and you and he can't communicate a reasonble solution... he's screwed. You're friend may have lost some money, but the ME is about to lose his business- and the good mixes can always be remastered by someone worth their salt.
Good luck to your friend!
Chris