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Deluxe Release Packages:Tailored for Your Tone

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If you’re releasing on Vinyl and Digital OR Digital-Only, we’ve got you covered.

Get the ultimate record release gravitas on all formats with MORE than just mastering, at an incredible price!

For the best professional-sounding results, masters need to be finished differently for Vinyl, Streaming and Download+CD, as these formats all have different technical requirements.

Using the same masters for every format leads to compromises between streaming or download, and worse – problems with a vinyl cut (even getting rejected by the plant!).

These extra mastering costs can mount up, so we have created these great-value packages saving 25% so you don’t have to compromise on your release.

Choose the package that fits your groove: Vinyl & Digital or Digital-Only, and get perfect sound across every format.

“In my 25 years within the Music Industry as an A&R man, producer, songwriter, record company owner, lecturer and consultant I’ve had the opportunity of working with some excellent Mastering Engineers. Lawrence I can safely say is one of the best. His understanding of mastering coupled with his easy going approach, flexibility and quality of work at a decent price make him an absolute treasure to work with in his particular field. I can’t recommend him enough.” – Richard Rogers – Ex Head of A&R for Warner-Chappell

“Loz, it turns out you were the best to my ears, including people in multi-million dollar mastering facilities.”  – Augustine Leudar

“When we were preparing our first album, two of the biggest pressing plants recommended Loz to sort out our digital and vinyl masters. We were so impressed with his work that we asked him to mix and master our second album. Communicating our ideas for each song was so easy and enjoyable, and we are delighted with the results. Loz’s calm, zen-like approach, combined with his expertise and knowledge, makes him a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended!” – Olly, Bobsled Team

“I had my band’s tracks mixed and mastered by Loz after trying over 15 studios for mixing and mastering, but no one could get the sound I was looking for on my songs like Loz! The end result was amazing and the sound came out exactly how I wanted it. The attention to detail was great and I’m really happy. I highly recommend this studio to anyone looking for top quality mixing and mastering.” – Bill Sam, Nightsteel

Since 2006, we’ve been making records rise above the noise, full-time.

Your dream release? It starts here.

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Pick Your Package:

1: Vinyl AND Digital release


Lush analogue masters. Individually optimized for the best vinyl cut, streaming, CD, cassette, and download – ultimate sonic gravitas for your release.

Plus get everything sounding amazing before the final mastering stage including:

  • Mix Evaluations: Refine your mixes at home with detailed advice before we master them
  • OR Mixing + Mastering: We handle everything for pro-level polish and an easy life for you!

2: Digital-only release


Lush analogue masters crafted for streaming, download, CD (and cassette too!) – zero compromise.

Plus get everything sounding amazing before the final mastering stage including:

  • Mix Evaluations: Tweak your mixes at home with detailed advice before we master them
  • OR Mixing + Mastering: Full-service sound from the ground-up for best results, and an easy life for you!

    Does that sound like the record you’ve been dreaming of? Achieve it AND save 25%

    Your Music – Sounding Incredible, Lasting Forever

    Fat As Funk has been the “in house” mastering engineer for 3 of the biggest UK pressing plants for many years and have shaped the sound of vinyl releases for thousands of artists, from household names to independents.

    “We’ve been working with Fat As Funk for over 10 years and Loz is my go-to guy for pre-vinyl mastering. His expertise is always on point, and he knows how to get any masters sounding great on vinyl. It’s always a smooth ride with clear communication and quick turnaround.” – Graham Worsfold, Key Production (a top pressing plant)

    We have used Loz and Fat As Funk mastering as our ‘In House’ mastering engineer for some years now and we have absolutely no intention of changing that any time soon. Loz’s versatility and attention to detail when mastering across all genres and for all physical media and digital media outputs is second to none in the business. Fat As Funk is a genuine 5 star service.” – Adam M – Director: Cram Duplication & Vinyl (a top pressing plant)

    “We have been using Loz/Fat as Funk Mastering through Breed Media for years and always receive a friendly, timely and quality service/results from him for vinyl mastering, as well as level checking and DDP conversions for CD work. We have trusted him with projects ranging from household name artists to customers putting out their first release and would gladly recommend his services whenever we can.” – Ben Ward, Breed Media (a top pressing plant)

    “Always a pleasure to work with Loz. Turns jobs around quickly for me when time is of the essence! And what he does is always amazing – Top job!” – Liz Brown, Key Production (a top pressing plant)

    The Package Details

    1: Vinyl + Digital Release:

    Option 1A: Analogue mastering for vinyl + digital release, with pre-mastering mix optimisation advice

    • Detailed Mix Evaluation on every track to refine your mix at home pre-mastering. Better mix in = better master out!
    • High-res masters optimised for digital use (& Cassette too!)
    • Pre-vinyl optimised masters for an unmatched quality vinyl cut
    • Streaming-optimized masters to stand out in the crowd
    • 16 bit / 44.1 masters for CD (and some digital distributors)
    • Best-quality MP3s made from our 32 bit highest-quality files with metadata text included

    £68 per track (usually £91), 4 tracks minimum. Save ~25%

    Option 1B: Analogue mixing + mastering for vinyl & digital Release

    • Pro mixing and mastering of up to 10 instrument stems per song (more stems are OK with a surcharge of £7 per stem)
    • High-res wav masters optimised for digital use (& Cassette too!)
    • Pre-vinyl optimised masters for an unmatched quality vinyl cut
    • Streaming-optimized masters to stand out in the crowd
    • 16 bit / 44.1 masters for CD (and some digital distributors)
    • Best-quality MP3s made from our 32 bit highest-quality files with metadata text included

    £136 per track (usually £181). 4 tracks minimum. Save ~25%

    Deluxe Vinyl + Digital Release Packages

    Price range: £272.00 through £1,904.00

    2: Digital-Only Release:

    Option 2A: Analogue mastering for digital release, with pre-mastering mix optimisation advice

    • Detailed Mix Evaluation on every track to refine your mix at home pre-mastering. Better mix in = better master out!
    • High-res masters optimised for digital use (& Cassette too!)
    • Streaming-optimized masters to stand out in the crowd
    • 16 bit / 44.1 masters for CD (and some digital distributors)
    • Best-quality MP3s made from our 32 bit highest-quality files with metadata text included

    £53 per track (usually £71), 4 tracks minimum. Save ~25%

    Option 2B: Analogue mixing + mastering for digital Release

    • Pro mixing and mastering of up to 10 instrument stems per song
    • High-res wav masters optimised for digital use (& Cassette too!)
    • Streaming-optimized masters to stand out in the crowd
    • 16 bit / 44.1 masters for CD (and some digital distributors)
    • Best-quality MP3s made from our 32 bit highest-quality files with metadata text included

    £121 per track (Usually £161), 4 tracks minimum. Save ~25%

    Deluxe Digital Release Packages

    Price range: £212.00 through £1,936.00

    Due to the extra workload, we can only do a few of these packages per month. Book now to secure your deluxe release package.

    The Release You Always Hoped For, Delivered

    “Loz! WOW. They sound beautiful. Kind of crying. Been 2.5 years to get here. Can’t believe it. That you got such round bottom-end with such depth to the mix as well, no loudness madness, is really impressive and everything I’d hoped for.” – Jung Jungle

    “Fat As Funk has changed average recorded music into tracks suitable for national exposure on radio stations for me.” – Rob Saunders, Deuce Management

    Nothing Quite Like Vinyl

    Vinyl isn’t just a format—it’s a legacy. Your tracks deserve that warm, rich depth. Plus digital masters that cut through on Spotify and beyond. I’ve got the gear, the experience, and the pressing plant connections to make it happen effortlessly. There’s nothing like the feeling of unwrapping your first vinyl record! This is your shot to create something that stands the test of time and sounds as good as the best. Something to be truly proud of.

    (From a client with his own vinyl cutting lathe) “I did a test cut of your demo master alongside a demo master from another mastering engineer and I can confirm your master was really good, translated to vinyl well and was far better than the other engineer. I liked the way that you didn’t slam the mix too hard and the integrity of my mixdown was still there but you just made it come alive more and made it sound nice & punchy and also louder without destroying the dynamics.”  – Ben, I & I Musik

    Getting Physical?

    CD and Cassette releases are gaining popularity again, and our masters for digital use will sound perfect on these formats too. We can also give you a master Cassette for you to duplicate from for an additional fee.

    “We’re delighted with those masters you sent us. They really are perfect and everyone on our end is happy.” – A Futurist Theatre

    Your dream sound, elite and affordable

    “These masters are phenomenal ! I still can’t get over how you can take a stereo stem and make it groove and move more with mastering… You’ve brought out details that I haven’t heard before and I’ve been obsessing over these mixes for two years. The vox sound front and centre without compromising the music. We love them and we’re delighted with the overall service – brilliant communication and a speedy turnaround without impacting the quality. All magic. We haven’t even considered trusting our music to another mastering engineer – that won’t change ! Thank you again.” – Strange Crazy

    Reserve your package now!

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    Happy 18th Birthday To Us!

    18 years today I registered my website & sent my first email as Fat As Funk.

    I consider this the birth of my company.

    I’d like to thank each of you for joining me on this quest for excellent audio.

    Some of you have been working with me since right back in 2006. This is incredible, and a testament to how strong relationships can be in a very competitive & fickle industry.

    People can stop making music for all sorts of reasons. Labels fold, managers retire, family life gets in the way. But the musical spark lives within.

    So many times people come back several years later with a new project. “Remember me?” – of course I do!

    Every record I’ve worked on has touched me in some way.  I am extremely grateful, & especially that most new clients come to me from heartfelt recommendation (which is great as I’m rubbish at social media!).

    18 years is a long time to be doing the same job, & I still love it every day. It’s always refreshing, exciting, fun, rewarding and interesting. I lost count years ago but must be up to about 16,000+ tracks mixed &/or mastered by me. That’s a lot of audio.

    I love hearing your new music from literally all around the world.

    Right now (6/6/2024) I am working on a returning client’s album from Russia. They asked if I was still working on Russian music – worried I would boycott them due to their government’s war. They don’t want it. They just want to live a good life & make tunes. Music transcends politics & policies. Of course I’ll work on it! It was a major hassle getting the money over, and eventually they had to send it via a friend in Kazakhstan, but we got there in the end. It’s a great album too, a little bit Nirvana / Pixies vibe. I’m on track to deliver it tomorrow.

    I’ve made some good friends along the way, and had the pleasure of meeting quite a few of you in person. Seen babies born & grow up, marriages, divorces, deaths, wins & losses all soundtracked by authentic, visceral & interesting music.

    It’s a real honour being a part of your musical journey, and I look forward to hearing your next material.

    All the best,

    Loz.

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    Free Stem Mastering Upgrade until July!

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    Try our stem mastering service for free with the purchase of stereo mastering !

    Make your musical ambition a reality, and start by getting your audio quality slick and professional. In this email I give some tips on stem mastering, and when it’s most needed.

    Add 2 x FREE stems per track (£14 value) with code: 2022FreeStemsOffer
    Order “Stereo Mastering” then select “Add Stems” and use the code at checkout to get 2 x free stems!
    (You can use the code up to 5 times! Get 5 x stem mastered tracks done & save £70! Code doesn’t expire until the end of June 2022. Scroll down for more details)
    Topics covered:
    What is Stem Mastering?
    How can it help improve your music productions?
    How is it different to “regular” stereo mastering?
    The difference between a good master & a fantastic master is subtle but important…. A great one just has “something special” about it, which noticeably adds to the overall impact of the track, but isn’t always easy to pin down why. It just sounds “quality”! Labels, sync agents, music supervisors and playlist curators notice the difference.Mastering is like most things in life – the better the input, the better the output.
    So today we are going to talk about Stem Mastering, which can help optimize a few of the most demanding parts of a mix as an integral part of the mastering job.

    What is Stem Mastering?
    Stem mastering is like a mini-mix combined with mastering. It can optimize a mix that’s already great, or correct a few difficult elements and rescue a mix that would otherwise have major issues.A mediocre mix will be massively improved by an experienced mastering engineer anyway, but think how much slicker the end result would be if the tricky mix elements were perfected.Stem mastering is the process of sending certain parts of your mix separately, so the mastering engineer can adjust key elements individually during the mastering process.Often during mastering certain elements get highlighted and mix flaws revealed. It’s really useful for the engineer to be able to adjust these aspects on the fly to get the best end result.For example, there may be an instrument that overlaps the frequency band of a vocal performance, and during the mastering process the vocal needs a little EQ tweak… but this makes the other instrument sound harsh. Or vice-versa and adjusting a harshness in the other instrument then dulls the vocal. It would be helpful to be able to adjust these elements with a little more separation (there are A.I. tools that can be useful, but they are hit-and-miss sometimes).

    When do you need stem mastering?
    Low-end problems (kick, bass, sub):Many technically excellent, talented producers don’t have the luxury of a fully accurate listening environment which can cause problems balancing their low-end. Matching the kick & sub levels between each other is a very common problem which relies on both accurate monitoring AND environment.There are a few A.I. driven tools on the market which are helpful, but in my experience they don’t quite get it right most of the time. I often use one in my chain, but the majority of the time (90%+) I don’t actually follow its suggestions completely, and use it more as a quick way to check another approach, like a second pair of ears to ask an opinion of. The neutral room + human ears still give the best results tailored to your track.Vocal balancing:A vocal is one of the most tricky parts to make sit naturally inside a mix, and because we all know the sound of a human voice intimately, a vocal that’s not quite blended perfectly is the easiest way to make an otherwise amazing mix go downhill. So many talented producers find getting the vocal to sit right the most challenging part of a mix. If this is you, you are not alone!The highest level mix optimisation:Even if your mix is pretty damn great already, and you just want to get the most optimized mastering possible, then stem mastering can make that happen. It gives the engineer full flexibility to tweak micro aspects of the master and get really precise for ultimate results.Weak sounding drums:A classic problem, especially when using live drums. The track is banging, guitars sound huge, vocal is great, bass is thumping, but the drums sound weak and let the whole track down. By sending the drums as a separate stem we can give the extra push needed to fatten them up in the mix.Any instrument that isn’t “sitting right”:Don’t let it annoy you. Send it separately as a stem and let the engineer fix this in the mastering.

    How To Set Up A Stem Master:
    It is good general practice when mixing a song to group various elements to different subs/buses before the master output fader. This is helpful for many reasons: You can pull down just 1 fader to adjust all the drum channels for example, or effect all vocal channels with 1 effect. Or send different parts of your track to 1 reverb… Or many other cool things beyond the scope of this article! Sending grouped parts to buses is also useful in optimizing your gain structure to avoid clipping. It’s generally a good habit to have when mixing.When you export your mix, you will choose the option that exports all these different buses separately – these individually grouped wav files will be your stems.
    There’s no specific rules for what parts to use as stems – it will vary depending on how many instruments are causing issues, or how complex your track is.Often you will only need 1 or 2 stems to get an optimized result. Vocals and Drums are common choices in this scenario.

    For a rock stem mastering job, you might have the following stems:
    vocals
    drums
    bass
    rhythm guitars
    lead guitar
    synth
    Or for an electronic track:
    kick drum
    other drums
    bass sounds
    soft sounds
    hard sounds
    This is a common stem setup for a dance track:
    kick drum
    Bass sounds
    everything else
    Tricky vocal?:
    lead vocal
    backing vocals
    everything else
    (also makes it a breeze to bounce an instrumental master version at the same time)
    Lots of options! Note how sometimes I’ve grouped them as “hard” & “soft” sounds – really it depends on the track and what elements work most naturally together.

    Once you have chosen the best stem configuration for your mix, export them (“Export – Buses” or similar), then load them up in a new project and check to make sure they play back exactly the same as your normal stereo mix.

    Feel free to reach out to us for advice if you have any problems making stems.

    Send them all separately in a zip file to us HERE, along with a regular stereo copy of your full mix as a reference so the engineer can check all is correct.

    Final thoughts:
    Stem mastering is not essential for every track. But on a tricky or complex mix it can make the difference between a good final result and a fantastic final result.

    It doesn’t have to be expensive either. For example, at Fat As Funk Mastering, you can add a stem for just £7 on top of the mastering cost (or free with this offer!).Try stem mastering on your new track and see how much difference it can make.

    Try our stem mastering for free: Add 2 x free stems per track with code: 2022FreeStemsOffer (Order Stereo Mastering + Add Stems, & add the code at checkout for the 2 x free stems discount per track. You can use it up to 5 separate times to get 5 x tracks stem mastered & save up to £70! Code doesn’t expire until the end of June 2022)