Mastering & Mixing

Did a great job! Highly recommend!

Look no further for your mastering needs. Michael is a wizard. I've had country, hip-hop, punk rock, and western music all mastered by Michael and my work has never sounded better! FBR is worth every cent and more! Not only is the work excellent, the turnaround is the quickest I've ever seen. Michael has mastered my studio recordings from a Grammy award winning producer to my home recordings made on a laptop and polished them all to a brilliant shine! Michael is a joy to work with and his equipment and technics are world class! Accept no imitation!

Michael has been one of the best people to work with in all of my 25+ years of being an independent musician. He's communicative, kind, honest, and has one of the best ears around. He's who I will be going back to again and again.

Michael is super accommodating and will spend time working with artists to achieve their sound no matter how niche. He truly knows his craft! Working with him is stress free and a privilege.

This dude is a diamond in the rough. He was put on to me by homie and absolutely killed all of the projects I’ve sent to him so far. I highly recommend him to any artist, and I can only hope he has time to work on projects for me after he starts getting the respect he deserves.

Michael is truly passionate about supporting artists and making them sound their best. Listen to any project he has touched and you will see what I mean. The level of excitement that he has for his work, we should all be so lucky to experience. I've worked with Michael on a variety of projects and his level of professionalism and particular blend of sheer talent, kindness, and enthusiasm is unmatched.

On one hand I want to keep FBR a gem only a handful of people know about but on the other it's much better for music that more people know and work with him.

In a world where I slave over my beats and fret what an engineer will do with them FBR is an oasis in my desert of worry. With him, everything just sounds bigger and louder and fuller without distorting. I do not know how he does it and am glad I don't have to so I can focus on making my music.

He's mastered everything on my bandcamp and mixed my first project too.

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Professional and communicative, Michael J. Collins was awesome to work with on my album. If you’re looking for quality, your search ends here.

Working with FBR Mastering was an absolute pleasure. Michael J Collins is super professional, approachable, affordable and his mastering skills are exceptional! His knowledge in this field is superb, the results of our masters were incredibly crisp, fuller and had much more depth thanks to FBR! With a fast turnaround and a service which feels really personal, we would highly recommend using FBR Mastering.

I'd highly recommend FBR. In the past I've had mastering done but didn't have much personal communication with the mastering engineer, but with FBR I was able to really communicate my needs. Also FBR is very affordable and totally worth the money. Will be using again!

Would recommend FBR to anyone. Amazing sound quality, friendly & timely service, completely professional. From Cassette, to digital, to vinyl, FBR is up to the task. 5 Stars 🌟

FBR is a legitimate post production engineer with absolutely more than fair prices. Mastering is on point, not over done.

Michael made my vocals clearer then any one I have came across so far hes such a kind person as well

FBR does excellent work both mixing and mastering, for absolutely fair prices, and is all around pleasant to work with. You can bounce ideas back and forth, give you input, have it heard, all in a super professional manner. There is no reason to look elsewhere.

Good rates, friendly dude, really fast turnaround, songs came out perfect in the first pass. That never happens! i've always dreaded the mastering phase, but he made it painless.

FBR took a project that was near and dear to me, and with 0 feedback in regards to what I was looking for as a final sound, he was able to return me product that sounded better than I could imagine, and in a very short turnaround time. Definitely consider FBR for your mastering needs.

Michael is super easy to work with, and has helped relieve my anxiety surrounding the mastering process.

It's hard to overstate how great it was to have Michael work on my album! He was so motivated and enthusiastic, very helpful with feedback and also extremely quick in adapting little changes I requested. As an artist it's not always easy to hand over your baby to someone else and I think fear of your work not being treated with the right amount of passion and eagerness is very common. This fear is not necessary at all when working with FBR. Michael dove deep into the album to make it sound and feel exactly as it should as an artistic entity, I feel. Cannot recommend enough!

i worked together with FBR several times. other reviewers already pointed out the high quality and great work ethic. i wanna highlight his empathy. by now i recommended him to several friends and everyone seems to have the same kind of experience. you feel respect for your art and that there is a genuine interest in figuring out what your music needs to shine. and depending if you just wanna trust in his abilities or wanna go into detail, the process can be quick and easy, but you can also count on him if the music or you need some extra attention. i'm sure you wouldn't regret trusting FBR.

as somebody who doesn't fit into a particular genre and who usually does everything except the mastering process of a project myself, handing a record off to mastering can be a bit nerve racking. to witness FBR's genuine enthusiasm for my last EP made me hyped for the release. i so very much appreciated getting my work mastered by somebody who didn't make me feel like it was just another project passing through, but an important piece of art, life, and sound. turnaround time was faster than expected, it sounded great, and communication was lovely. yes to all of it.