The Mastering Show #12 - NOT Mastering

Why you might NOT want to master your music - or get it mastered; what I think of LANDR and other online "mastering" services; when mastering ISN'T mastering; plus the problem with re-mastering; a brief tangent on Dave Grohl; can you master on the mix buss? And why deciding not to master is STILL mastering. Links LANDR: Automated online mastering – but is it any good ? My test http://productionadvice.co.uk/landr/ How the Loudness War is crushing Dave Grohl’s analogue ambitions http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-the-loudness-war-is-crushing-dave-grohls-analogue-ambitions/ The heart and soul of mastering http://productionadvice.co.uk/heart-and-soul/