MASTERED BY KRAMER

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Of the thousands of records I've Produced, Mixed and Mastered, the one EVERYONE has surely heard is the hit single from Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION..."Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon". i am KRAMER, founder of SHIMMY-DISC, producer of DANIEL JOHNSTON, LOW, GALAXIE 500, WILL OLDHAM... I work with indie artists making challenging music.

The MASTERING process BEGINS in the technical realm with all the bells & whistles & meters & graphs & analyzers you've surely heard about, both analog and digital. It has a thousand points of light, and all must be given full attention and due diligence.

The MASTERING process ENDS in one place and one place only; the Heart & Soul of the Listener.

MUSIC isn't something you can touch. Like all other Arts, it's an EXPERIENCE. Only an Artist can hear what elements are hidden (or perhaps even MISSING), and manipulate your mix to more accurately reflect YOUR original intentions.

A technician can make technical alterations to your work, but just as a Record Producer is an Artist who can help you articulate your ideas in the recording studio, a Mastering Engineer should be an Artist who can help you fill in the final colors that make your vision and hard work in the studio COMPLETE.

You're an Artist. When searching for the best choice in Mastering, why focus solely on the technology?
Music is an ART. So is MASTERING.

Sometimes it's my job to conduct major surgery to make your mix is a cohesive whole. But sometimes, my job is to just make it sound BETTER. I know when to dig deep, and I know when to just work subtle changes. If you're already 99% there, I'll gently nudge your music up to 100%. If you have major issues, we'll work together to make things right.

Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.

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405 Reviews - 71 Repeat Clients

Endorse MASTERED BY KRAMER
  1. Review by Alex
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    He was super fast and did a great job! I'm thrilled with the sound, now I can hear my real recorded orchestra again. Thank you, I'd love to come back soon...

  2. Review by David B.
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    Kramer does it again! One of the best decisions I’ve made is to have Kramer master my releases! He’s so good that my artists now ask me to have him master their albums over other familiar options! Look no further! Kramer will make your thing sing!

  3. Review by Rodrigo B.
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    This is the second time I work with Kramer due to his quality and professional work he does. Completely recommended!

  4. Review by Jane M.
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    Kramer did an excellent job of mastering my album and truly brought it to life. The communication was both friendly and professional, and I appreciated the clear explanation of the process and the valuable suggestions that will ensure my album is released sounding its very best. I highly recommend working with him!

  5. Review by Derek W.
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    Kramer did a great job mastering our song and was great to work with. Our song is loud as can be and sounds crystal clear. Great master. Thank you, Kramer!

  6. Review by Luís F.
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    Kramer delivered a great master, tastefully done, exactly as requested, and also did the job very quickly. It's a treat to have a pro with great ears and skill give the finishing touch to your mix.

  7. Review by joey
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    Kramer sent over a really awesome master (with a second variation as well) in under like 12 hours...Really impressed by just how much my mix was improved. Def will be coming again!

  8. Review by Roi Bars
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    KRAMER was on top of everything needed. His work is incredible, high quality master and fast response. Easy to talk to and professional service.

  9. Review by Joe D.
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    Kramer was so straight to the point, got what I conveyed when we messaged and made it happen on the track. I couldn't be happier with the result. Very greatful!

  10. Review by Elijah S.
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    Amazing

  11. Review by Craig B.
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    I'm so grateful to have access to a mastering engineer with such an extraordinary skill level! Master sounds fantastic, and I can't wait to work with him again!

    In addition, he was very helpful with questions I had. The turnaround time was super fast also. All around fantastic and easy experience. If you are thinking about working with him, do it!

  12. Review by David B.
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    Kramer is the best! Always great to work with. He has an awesome ear, super communicative, and fast. Kramer is my goto for my mastering projects!

  13. Review by Karl W.
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    Commincation was great and all was quick and nice. Soundwise just perfect. Totally rekommended!

  14. Review by Jordan M.
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    Such a pleasure to work with Kramer. Kramer's worked with some great musicians who I really like so it was good fit for us. Kramer was fast, enthusiastic and honest about what he thinks about the recordings and the music. All of us agreed that we loved the results. I'll definitely be working with Kramer in the future. Thanks again!!

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  15. Review by Jonas H.
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    Amazing guy. He always manage to bring out that-little-extra which is hard to articulate. Every time I've gotten back his masters I'm mindblown by the fact that he seems to have some kind of telepathy in terms of understanding what is needed, but also by going beyond that - the result has always been so much better than I dared to hope. I don't know how he does it but worth every penny for sure. <3

  16. Review by Bo A.
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    Business as usual, another 5 stars!

  17. Review by Sean
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    Extremely helpful and made my job a learning experience.

  18. Review by Ian R.
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    Sounds amazing, crazy fast turn around, and great communication! Would highly recommend.

  19. Review by Robert S.
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    Kramer was quick to respond to our need for 14 songs to be mastered. I thought my mixes were ready- they weren't . Kramer was helpful and patient and must of thought we were flakes when we didn't deliver the songs when promised. He stuck with us and provided great masters. We're grateful to him and hope he masters our next record for sure.

  20. Review by Adam K.
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    Kramer did an excellent job with my masters. A high quality result, at a fair price, delivered in great time!

Interview with MASTERED BY KRAMER

  1. Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

  2. A: I'm equally proud of everything i've done that has made the artist 100% happy. It'd be impossible to single out just one.

  3. Q: What are you working on at the moment?

  4. A: I'm working on a film version of my debut solo release; a triple-LP...THE GUILT TRIP. you can see the last chapter on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/136735299

  5. Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

  6. A: The original Universal Audio "610" tube mixing console designed by Bill Putnam (think BEACH BOYS "PET SOUNDS"), and 4 Universal Audio LA2's. 1 + 4 = 5.

  7. Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

  8. A: If you want to make great recordings, you need great mics. for that, you go to Michael Joly. JOLY ENGINEERING has been the single most significant factor in increasing the quality of my recordings as a producer. For hundreds of dollars, he give you mics worth thousands. No one else comes close, and the cost is shockingly affordable.

  9. Q: Analog or digital and why?

  10. A: This can be a real bait-and-switch issue. Obviously, mastering is finalized in the digital realm. But just as obviously, analog recordings SOUND best, so, in my opinion (and keep in mind that ALL of this is nothing more than "OPINIONS"), analog recordings make the best sounding masters. And any mastering engineer who tells you that one is better than the other is like a fortune teller saying what they think you want to hear. The only PURE ANALOG mastering is when you bring a TAPE to a vinyl cutting lab and your music goes straight from tape to lacquer. Otherwise your music is mastered in & out of the digital realm, and don't believe for a second that the results are dictated by the quality (or COST) of the gear employed in the process. trust me when i tell you that the results you get are just as dependent on the EARS behind the process, and usually more so.

  11. Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

  12. A: You'll get what you want. And if you don't really know for certain what that is, I'll help you to find it.

  13. Q: What do you like most about your job?

  14. A: The collaborative similarities between producing, and mastering. When I get on a plane and fly to Corsica to produce an LP at a music museum on top of a mountain (as i did in 2012 with a band called HIFIKLUB), i work side by side with the musicians for days on end, from noon til midnight. Despite the language barrier, I get to know each musician's desires intimately. In mastering, sometimes, even though i never get to meet the artist whose music i'm working on, I can get the same feeling. COLLABORATION, in its numerous forms, is what i like most about my job. in fact, i LOVE it. It's the only reason i'm still doing this.

  15. Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

  16. A: I'm most commonly asked about the difference between CD mastering and VINYL mastering. The answer is simple, but the results can be complex. My feeling is that if your CD sounds completely different from your vinyl, somebody fucked up.

  17. Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

  18. A: Astonishingly, some people actually think that mastering is mixing. I've actually been asked to remove things from the mix, or raise the snare drum +8db, or "kill all the backing vocals". Strange, but true.

  19. Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

  20. A: "Do you think it's OK to kiss on the first date, providing that both persons are reasonably mature and..." -Woody Allen

  21. Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

  22. A: TALK to the people you're considering hiring before you hire them. get them on the phone. if they don't have the time or interest in talking to you about your music and what you're hoping to get out of mastering, they obviously also don't have the time or interest in your music. a mastering engineer should be ANXIOUS to talk to you. If they can't talk to you BEFORE you hire them, how can you expect them to talk to you once you've received your masters and you're not happy? It's YOUR money. The way i see it, you should be comfortable about what you're spending it on BEFORE you spend it.

  23. Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

  24. A: I started out playing in bands in the 1980's (The Fugs, Shockabilly, Half Japanese, The Butthole Surfers) and 1990's (Ween, Bongwater, etc). I bought my first recording studio NOISE NEW YORK in 1985 and then founded my record label SHIMMY-DISC in 1987. In 1992 I bought a 24track state-of0the-art recording facility, NOISE NEW JERSEY. I've been a producer for 30 years and a mastering engineer since 2003.

  25. Q: How would you describe your style?

  26. A: Impressionistic.

  27. Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

  28. A: Brian Wilson. You know why.

  29. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  30. A: Don't THINK too much. Don't LABOUR over your ideas. They will come all by themselves, if you stop trying to force it. Work in the studio the same way you work when writing a song. It should be easy, and it should also be fun. If it feels too much like WORK, you need to stake a break, and come back some other time. And HONOR YOUR MISTAKES as potentially hidden intentions. The brain works on many levels. The CREATIVE brain works in hidden ways. Don't instantly kill something you think is a "mistake". Listen to it again, and then again. It may not be exactly what you'd intended to play, but it may also be far better than your original intention. Give it a chance. In Art, MISTAKES are where the real treasures are buried.

  31. Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

  32. A: I work with a lot of alt-rock artists but I have also enjoyed mastering urban music, hip-hop, rap, heavy metal, death-rock. Some of my favorite mastering is for solo artists and singer-songwriters whose mixes require the most subtle attention. When almost nothing needs to be done, it must be done with confidence, and a firm hand. There are few things i love more than bringing buried subtleties closer to the front of a mix... things that the artist themselves couldn't even hear. This happens often with "quiet" music. Those little silences are FULL of color. Making those colors more visible (when required) is a big part of what i love to do.

  33. Q: What's your strongest skill?

  34. A: My strongest skill is is BALANCING ALL OF MY SKILLS and not allowing any one skill to get too powerful and negatively affect a master. PRODUCING, if it had to be described in a single word, is "GIVING". MASTERING, if it had to be described in a single word, is "BALANCE".

  35. Q: What do you bring to a song?

  36. A: I bring exactly what the artist brought, but with a little more HEAT under its ass.

  37. Q: What's your typical work process?

  38. A: I listen. then i listen again. then i listen again. then i LISTEN. LISTENING is where it all begins and ends. The technology is secondary, if not tertiary.

  39. Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

  40. A: My studio set-up ALL-TUBE analog gear and Universal Audio Plugins, but without a good pair of ears, a mastering engineer can own a dozen Fairchilds and a hundred Manley boxes and still make shit masters.

  41. Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

  42. A: Eno, Joe Meek, Brian Wilson, Bob Johnston, Phil Spector, George Martin, Tom Dowd, Dr. Dre, Kendrick...

  43. Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

  44. A: Most of what's brought to me needs serious work. A lot of the artists i work with are "self-produced", and sometimes even "self-mixed" over months or years by the artists themselves, with limited experience in the mixing process. They come to me because they know MY music, and they feel an affinity for what i've done as an artist, and a sneaking suspicion that when i hear THEIR music, i'll know what to do. And they're RIGHT.

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