paying for music so we can all afford nice studios and engineers again. Quote SafeandSound Mastering: I wonder when the petition against people recording and mixing who have not got the foggiest will start up ? Arguably of greater consequence than heavy limiting. Just a tongue in cheek thought. Probably when people start paying for music so we can all afford nice studios and engineers again. It is doubtful people who cannot record and mix well will sell anything I agree with you there. Bad sounding productions do not help sales in any way, thats fact. But people are buying music, with the exception to dance music (sometimes mixed by the producer), the majority sold will have been recorded and mixed by audio professionals. Of course the music industry is not what it used to be but I do think it is a long as it is short. People need to determine if the glass is half full or half empty with the current situation. It has never been easy. I am literally gobsmacked by the equipment available today, absolutely stunning equipment/software and it costs peanuts compared with 25 years ago. Without being too "promo" consider the price of mastering an EP then, to now. I would bank on it being 1/6th of the cost today. Things have changed but it's definitely not all doom and gloom. I was recording an interview with Parky some years back one thing stuck in my mind, he was a working class lad come