@thatguybg Even the greatest musicians work with professional producers. (ex. The Beatles and George Martin). I think you'll find a very small minority of commercial releases that don't have at least another producer and engineer's name attached to them. I won't tell them you suggested they work for free. :) Most musicians have spent years honing their craft of songwriting and performing, and it makes sense they work with others who have spent years honing the craft of production and audio engineering to make them shine. I love your story of working working with remote professionals via a marketplace. That's the future.

@fotoflo Mastering adds the final sonic touch on a mixed song. The last 5% of sonic adjustment - bass, treble, clarity, loudness, wideness. Mastering makes less of a difference on the overall sound of your song than mixing, but is nonetheless important as a finishing touch. Some mixing engineers have experience mastering as well. In lower budget productions this is not uncommon. For higher aiming productions usually a specialist mastering engineers is hired, both for expertise and a fresh pair of ears. The con - just a bit more expensive, about $150 additional per song to hire a mastering engineer. Good luck with your release!

Glad to hear it @jakeantelis thanks

@yoavush Thanks. The pricing is based on breaking down the different elements of song production to understand what stage you're in within that process, and which services you need to get to a finished song. We then divide each service needed into 3 tiers of provider experience you can choose from, and rely on the pricing data we have from having facilitated many such jobs. We then ask a handful of additional questions about things that tend to affect project complexity, such as track count, mix readiness and genre to give you the cost estimate. I think it's useful for musicians who are looking to get work done and want to have an idea of how much it should cost, but also to professional service providers who get asked this question often. They can also use this tool as a reference to add credibility to their estimates.

Thanks @danjas glad to hear it

@elieslama Thanks for the feedback. Song production refers to the backing track and doesn't always include mixing which happens after vocals are recorded. But we'll revisit to see if we missed something.

Thanks @adigold1

@bite Woohoo!

Thanks @roman_temkin

Thanks @daveitferris