saturn return to sender

I just posted this on craigslist Denver:

Me:
- production credits on two albums (Vienna Teng’s “Waking Hour”, Melissa Rapp’s “Sweet Revenge”)
- former software engineer at Digidesign (maker of Pro Tools; duh)
- talented, professional, with a sense of humor and a good ear
- a couple of my tracks have gotten airplay on, among other things, TV’s Beautiful People and some Discovery Channel thing on sharks or something. I dunno, I’m the last to hear about these things. (Note, of course, that the majority of the credit for this goes to the hard-working, talented artist who actually wrote and performed the songs and tours endlessly to promote them.)

You:
- have some tracks you’d like sweetened, mixed or mastered
- are on a budget

My offer:
- let me at one of your tracks for free. then we can decide on further work.

I’m not a professional, but a starving student with gear, talent, and a positive attitude. I don’t want to compete with the guys trying to earn a living doing this, so I’m gonna charge what I’m guessing are close to standard rates after the first track. And by all means shop around a little, first. But why not give it a shot, see what you think of the results?

The gear is less important than how you use it, but if you’re curious, I’m currently running PT 6.x Mac on HD hardware with a 192 I/O. My favorite plugs include the McDSP series and Native’s Renaissance plugs. I use Mackie HR824s to monitor. And yes, it all lives in my bedroom. =)

best,
Eric

The alternative is to sell the stuff. It’s just sitting there all but unused. I’m hoping that just mixing or “mastering” won’t take more than a few hours per shot. (“Mastering” in quotes because there’s such a veil of mystique surrounding it. And honestly, I’ve heard magic done in professional mastering and I’ve heard terrifying, gory slaughter done in professional mastering. So … whatever. Yeah, sure, I can do “mastering.”)

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