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ZenMastering

About Me

ZenMastering is a professional audio mastering facility located near the mountains northeast of San Diego, California. We offer the highest quality audio mastering, sound restoration, and post-production services...from analog tape to high-resolution digital.

Since opening ZenMastering in 2000, owner and audio engineer Paul Abbott has mastered music for hundreds of artists in over 31 states in America and 21 countries around the world. Notable mastering credits include Mike Mills (bassist of R.E.M.) and James Sonefeld (drummer from Hootie & the Blowfish ).

In addition to being a respected international name in mastering, we are an integral part of our local music community . ZenMastering is proud to be the first-call mastering solution for San Diego's best producers, engineers, and studios; and each year many of our clients are nominated to the San Diego Music Awards .

As an audio engineer, Paul Abbott has been a featured columnist in EQ , Tape Op and Sound on Sound magazines, and was spotlighted in Music Connection 's prestigious "Masters of Mastering" series. He has also been a voting member of the Audio Engineering Society since 2003.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2006
Band Website: http://www.zenmastering.com
Band Members: Paul Abbott
Sounds Like: World-class Mastering
Record Label: All

My Blog

You Can Run But You Can't Hide

Before I was a mastering engineer my life was mainly consumed with writing and performing music for acoustic guitar. About 10 years ago I decided it was time to move on, and thats when I started Ze...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 06:57:00 GMT

Tape Op Issue Number 71

Just a quick note that I have an article in the new issue of Tape Op magazine (May/June 2009). If you subscribe, check out page 54.
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 14:14:00 GMT

Free Stuff Really Is Priceless

When the economy started to tank last year, I wondered how ZenMastering would fare. Im glad to say were doing quite well&in some ways better than normal. I attribute the businesss stability to a ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 06:47:00 GMT

Digital Shell Game

I now have social networking accounts with Facebook (two, actually&one personal and one for ZM), MySpace, and Twitter, and my blog. Oh, and ZenMasterings website&but Ive heard thats obsolete. The ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 05:29:00 GMT

Format and Process

I think that the downside to the digital audio movement is that musicians have lost sight of the process for the format. Heres an example& Amazons Kindle is becoming quite popular. Someday it (o...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 06:20:00 GMT