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Apply for a scholarship to The Profitable Engineer
Hey everyone, thanks to those who joined us live at the open day for The Profitable Engineer! It was super inspirational and thanks again to @Kevin Koelzer, @Sally Whitham and @Damian Baca for sharing their stories. If you missed it, you can catch the replay here. 🚨 We announced on the webinar that we are awarding a full ride scholarship and multiple partial scholarships (worth half of tuition) this month for The Profitable Engineer. If you're interested in learning more, start by watching the replay above for all the details, then apply for the scholarship here: mastering.com/scholarshiptpe Even if you don't think you'll get it, it's worth a shot! Applying doesn't guarantee you a scholarship, but you won't know if you don't try. We'll be reviewing everything over the weekend and early next week, so ideally submit your application by the end of this week. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions about how the program or the scholarships work. Excited to be working with more of you inside the program! (For those who don't know, The Profitable Engineer is our career and business program designed to help you make a part-time or full-time income from music) Cheers, Rob
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Dec '25 •
Start here & FAQs
Welcome to any new members! Please read this post carefully, and complete the following steps. 1️⃣ Step 1 - Watch the relevant "start here" video Paid/free trial members, watch this first: https://www.skool.com/mastering/classroom/de802fd9?md=65e2c1b717dd47bf9ba4416487958d2c Free members, watch the video attached to this post. 2️⃣ Step 2 - Introduce yourself Please leave a comment on this linked thread to introduce yourself: https://www.skool.com/mastering/introduce-yourself-here Okay there are some FAQs below, other than that, thanks again for joining, and welcome to the Mastering.com family! -- 🚨 Frequently Asked Questions 🚨 ➡️ I’m currently a free member, how do I learn more about paid membership and upgrade? All the info is here: https://courses.mastering.com/membership_info_skool ➡️ Where can I find the resources for the Mixing & Mastering Cheat Sheet Binder? If you bought a physical copy, you will get a confirmation email once it has been dispatched. For digital copies, check your inbox for the email with subject "Order Confirmation" then click the link inside. For the full breakdown course, go to Courses tab here in Skool then click on Mixing & Mastering Cheat Sheets. Here is a direct link: https://www.skool.com/mastering/classroom/edf13df1 ➡️ I registered for a free event, where do I get the Zoom link and full info? Navigate to the Calendar tab then click the event you want, it will open a popup with all the info and a button to add it to your personal calendar. ➡️ How do I manage my membership and billing? The easiest thing is to message [email protected] and we can help change your billing info or cancel. If you want to do it yourself, depending on where you joined, there are two places you will need to go.
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Apr 7 •
New music
If you have new music you want to share to get some exposure, post it below! If you want feedback or have a specific conversation about the song, you can do a dedicated post. But if you just want to share something you've release to help get streams, post it below (and make sure you stream other peoples music too!)
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For Certain Songs, "Sub Par" Live Drum Capture > Programmed Sound
I would often take a 1-3 mic'd, roomy, farrrr less than perfect drum capture any day, over the sound of programmed drums, on many of the more indie / folky / bluesy / etc songs I'm hearing sometimes on calls with students. As long as the performance and timing is decent. What I’m saying is if the esthetic of the song allows for it, don’t be deterred by some idea that you need your drums to sound pristine or even close to pristine, and you would probably benefit from them not being pristine and perfectly to the grid, really. You could even trigger samples in there if needed for definition / low end, if you used 2-3 mics and some were close mic'd. It just often would serve the vibe of the song much better in my opinion. I feel like people shy away from this... Do you know how many classic tunes are just mono drum capture on like 1 mic? Look at old surf rock, 50's stuff, The Wrecking Crew... I hear some really cool songs and then the one thing that takes me out of it is the drum machine. This is NOT to say I don't like drum machines - I do, and they fit many songs very well. But I hear some productions and its like, drum machine just doesn't gel here, it's too out of left field, too clinical, and it would be way cooler to hear a lo fi real kick / snare in a room (and then take some pots and pans from the kitchen and do some crazy aux percussion or something! Kidding, maybe). Again, not all the time, but I hear it enough I feel its merited to mention - don't fear the lo fi mono drum sound yall!! Throw some saturation and smash it to bring out that room, and that might just be the perfect vibe for the tune!
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first day of skool :)
I just made my account for skool today! im ready to learn from the course and from others, and explore my fruity loops daw. I'm excited ! thanks !
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