Speaks Volumes is a podcast hosted by mastering engineers Mat Leffler-Schulman and Elaine Rasnake. The podcast was created by Dan Coutant and Mat Leffler-Schulman. We talk about supporting our fellow engineers, work/life balance, and maintaining good mental health in a stressful and competitive industry.
For more information on Mat, Elaine, and Dan: https://matlefflerschulman.com - https://daughterboardaudio.com - https://srmastering.com
Speaks Volumes is a podcast hosted by mastering engineers Mat Leffler-Schulman and Elaine Rasnake. The podcast was created by Dan Coutant and Mat Leffler-Schulman. We talk about supporting our fellow engineers, work/life balance, and maintaining good mental health in a stressful and competitive industry.
For more information on Mat, Elaine, and Dan: https://matlefflerschulman.com - https://daughterboardaudio.com - https://srmastering.com

Our guest today is Jeff Lipton, a mastering engineer from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jeff has worked with Agnostic Front, Arcade Fire, Click 5, Throwing Muses, Superchunk, The Magnetic Fields, and Andrew Bird.
We talk about process/quality control, getting started in the Boston music scene, Fort Apache, working with Stephin Merritt, how it used to be with A&R historically, video chats for mastering sessions, never figuring out a work/life balance, working in and educating clients about spatial audio, and Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies.
This episode’s music is brought to you by Valories from Nashville, Tennessee. For more information on Valories, head to instagram: @itsvalories
For more information about Jeff:
Check out: https://www.peerlessmastering.com
And Instagram: @peerlessmastering