Today I checked my email to find a link to the final mastered copy of Opener, the first track on the upcoming album Make Music. I can say that I’m very pleased with the job that was done – it is way better than anything I could do. I used TuneCore mastering services which are handled by Universal Music Group.
The whole process of submitting the track was very cool because it uses the same interface that they use internally for processing their tracks. Despite my initial delay in getting them the instructions for mastering the track, they were able to get it done even faster than I expected. I plan on using them to finish up the mastering on the remaining twelve tracks once I finish producing them.
Now that the track is complete, I have to finish up some album art and get it submitted to iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, and all the other digital music distribution outlets. TuneCore makes it easy to submit to all of them at once and provides a single credit for $14.99. Assuming you think you can sell at least 20 copies – you should be able to make back your money. The next post will be when the track is finally ready!