WCA #212 with Gentry Studer
Working Class Audio #212 with Gentry Studer!!!\nGentry Studer grew up with a definitive love of music. He played various instruments from an early age, later joining rock bands in high school. But with a name like \u201cStuder\u201d, although no actual relation to the famous tape machine, he was bound for the engineering world. Gentry graduated from the prestigious Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences program in 2013. He moved to Los Angeles and worked under one of the most iconic mastering engineers.\xa0In 2015 Gentry started his own company, Epicenter Mastering. In 2016 the operation moved into Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. In 2018 Epicenter Mastering relocated down south to Nashville, Tennessee in the historic RCA Studio A building.\nHis combined creative and technical backgrounds have informed Gentry\u2019s approach to the art of mastering\u2013 not only to preserve and enhance the sonic qualities of an artist\u2019s vision in the mix but also to bring across its feel and emotional intentions.\xa0As he puts it, \u201cit\u2019s amazing the advances on the technical side and what it allows us to do but you can also fall into its trap. My musical background and extensive ear training allow me to go off feel, not just a spectrum analyzer.\u201d \u201cThe idea is to preserve the recordings life, passion and blood sweat and tears the artist has poured into their work.\u201d\xa0\nGentry loves to stay busy in the studio \u2013 equating mastering projects with \u201chaving the privilege of meeting new interesting people everyday.\u201d\xa0When he\u2019s not working he spends time seeing live music, enjoying the outdoors, trying craft beers and whiskeys, and eating endless amounts of hot chicken and BBQ.\n\nAbout this Interview:Gentry joins me to talk about interning with Howie Weinberg, moving around the US, his new studio located in the RCA building in Nashville and communication with remote mastering clients. Enjoy! \u2013 Matt\nShow Notes and Links\nGentry\u2019s Site: http://www.workingclassaudio.com