AES San Francisco 2008
Recording Industry Event W12
Sunday, October 5, 2:30 pm — 4:00 pm
W12 - Revolt of the Mastering Engineers
Chair:
Paul StubblebinePanelists:
Greg CalbiBernie GrundmanMichael Romanowski Abstract:Mastering engineer Bernie Grundman has started a label, Straight Ahead Records, to record music he and his partners like in a straight-ahead recording fashion, and is putting it out on vinyl. Greg Calbi and the other mastering engineers at Sterling have started a vinyl label. A couple of mastering engineers, Paul Stubblebine and Michael Romanowski have started a re-issue label putting out music they love on 15 IPS half track reel to reel (www.tapeproject.com).
What’s behind this trend? Why are mastering engineers giving up their non-existent free time to start labels based on obsolete technologies? What does this say about the current state of recorded music?