Bear Call Mastering

12/03/2022

Hi All,

I'm excited to share a year-long project to explore spatial audio for narrative podcasts in close partnership with R&D and the Audio team at The New York Times.

https://rd.nytimes.com/projects/a-guide-to-creating-spatial-audio-podcasts

Check out some spatial audio mixes from The Daily and other New York Times podcasts – then dive into our guide for tips and best practices. This is from our own experience and research so feedback and suggestions are welcome!

In particular, we were interested in tackling the full pipeline so in addition to the guide, check our spatial audio player on Glitch which can be remixed and used elsewhere.

Spatial audio is changing the way we experience recorded sound, making it possible to add entirely new layers of sonic presence to narrative storytelling mediums. As the emerging field continues to come into focus, standards are being defined in real time — making it a crucial time to experiment a...

01/07/2020

1st record of release of the year! just released a lovely EP thats equal parts intimate lo-fi and just as lush. After mastering it, I was asked to bring back those lo-fi mic plosives that I had cleaned up:) I love attention to detail like that.
Check it out: https://open.spotify.com/album/43EZVIuCnsQUSf06w1Idrl

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11/14/2019

Proud to work on another wonderful record from Bradford Reed

10/17/2019

The Terry EQ, starring Terry. Bright colors, lovely tone.

09/05/2019

The Fugs live at Byrdcliff, 2 weeks latrr. What a great night and lovely piece of and music history from and .

08/23/2019

Its official, Bear Call Mastering is an Apple Digital Masters certified studio, even for Hindi or Greek releases, but then again we've been mastering for Apple MFiT since it was released in 2012.
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08/22/2019

The Sharpening Machine is as a sharp and artful record by violinist and vocalist Dina Maccabee that I mastered with an all-star cast of collaborators. So good! Check out her Pandora playlist:
https://pdora.co/2L1fKQX
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08/21/2019

Fascinating research from into what demographics & musical choice says about candidates and really, that everyone loves Joan Jet.
https://nyti.ms/2KSegbC
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08/20/2019

Sarah Rothberg came up to Woodstock one snowy weekend to record quirky mouth sounds as part of a super playful 3d lab she created for Apple's new [AR]T launch together with New Museum and so many of my fav artists. http://apple.co/2MvvQVr
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07/25/2019

Fantastic new record from Malian guitarist/singer-songwriter Oumar Konaté. Over the last year I've had the pleasure to work on several west african records from Clermont Music. This is one of my favorites.⁠
Oumar "rides a tumultuous, constantly morphing six-beat Malian rhythm with raw vocal incantations and plenty of wah-wah." - Jon Pareles, NYTimes⁠
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07/19/2019

All week long, Aaron Novik is in residence at John Zorn’s experimental nonprofit venue The Stone. To celebrate, he's releasing his EP, "The Fallow Curves of the Planosphere" mastered here at . He's set to unveil five EPs’ worth of material that have been incubating amidst the bass clarinetist’s myriad musical involvements, which include Fred Frith’s Gravity band, his own ensembles No Signal, O+O+, Dante Counterstamp, and his comic book/album series Frowny Frown. ⁠

⁠Aaron Novik (clarinets) Kasey Knudsen (sax) Sam Ospovat (drums) Shayna Dunkelman (percussion) Ches Smith (congas) Michael Coleman (piano) Michelle Amador (voice) Lisa Mezzacappa (bass) Dina Maccabee (violin, voice) Ava Mendoza (guitar)
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07/18/2019

Our mailman keeps us up-to-date on music shows by writing on our mail. I love it. .
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07/13/2019

A journal dedicated to Metal Music Studies. http://www.metalstudies.org/
In a study last year, "When fans of metal listen to the music, they don’t feel rage, anger, or despair, but “power, joy, peace, and wonder,”
so on that logic =

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07/10/2019

Be Kind Rewind: Super catchy 80's inspired pop and synthwave album from Starunner was released last week. Emmett made some amazing video mashups to go with the album. 🌴 ⁠
We mastered the album a few months back at https://BearCallMastering.com
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07/03/2019

Alpha Ousmane “Hama” Sankaré (aka Pedro) is a legend. He is a renowned composer, arranger, vocalist, and calabash player from Mali whose reputation grew rapidly working with Ali Farka Touré as well as le Troupe Regionale de Niafunké, l’Orchestre de Gao, Songhoy Allstars, and Mamadou Kelly. We are super excited to to be part of his second release, Niafunke. The album continue to explore the traditions of the city of Niafunké in Mali, in West Africa. Both of Sankare's albums released on and available now.
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06/24/2019

◢ ◤ Little Hustle long-awaited debut album, "Notepasser," is out! Congratulations the band on this fantastic milestone. We are thrilled to have been part of the making of your new record. ⠀
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Little Hustle sets vocal harmonies against shoegaze guitars and synth. The Brooklyn band's debut album, "Notepasser," mixes danceable anthems with shades of 90s indie rock, riot grrrl, and psych. ⠀
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Marcus Geisler (bass)⠀
Eli Jacobowitz (guitar, vocals)⠀
Rebecca Keith (vocals/keys)⠀
Mike Morini (drums)⠀
https://littlehustlenyc.com/⠀
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Music Video --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylcaUdQ1Ko

"Hall of Gems" by Little Hustle http://littlehustlenyc.com www.facebook.com/littlehustlenyc twitter.com/littlehustlenyc www.instagram.com/littlehustlenyc Dir...

06/20/2019

Super excited about the re-release of Tara Jane O’Neil’s album “A Ways Away”. It’s one of my favorite albums of the last 10 years. It’s always a pleasure to work on TJO records, starting with with ‘You Sound, Reflect’ 15 years ago.

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06/14/2019

We are excited about Sam Ospovat’s new work, Ride Angles. Released last month on Skirl Records. Bear Call Mastering had the pleasure to master this wonderful off-kilter solo release. ⠀
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Sam Ospovat-drums/electronics⠀
Kim Cass-bass ⠀
Matt Mitchell-piano ⠀
Brandon Seabrook-guitar ⠀
Nick Lyons-alto sax ⠀
Lorin Benedict-scat vocals ⠀
Recorded and mixed by Eli Crews () at in Brooklyn⠀
Mastered by Jon Cohrs at Bear Call Mastering. ⠀
All compositions by Sam Ospovat, Copyright 2019 ⠀
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02/10/2019

It's true, the times have changed but it's going to be ok. https://nyti.ms/2DYdW8T

02/05/2019

Candles and gregorian chants. Spirituality for the casual bystanders.

12/27/2018

The finished speakers with new tweeters and crossovers. 70s double horns, 15” woofer. Sound great but not for ;)

12/27/2018

Rebuilding some old klipsch speakers with some new titanium tweeters and new caps in the rebuilt crossovers. They are LoUD! @ Woodstock, New York

12/23/2018

The nice vintage sound on a new custom Foote Control Systems mastering compressor. The dual detectors follow the human ear response. So smooth.
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10/16/2018

Bear Call Mastering was a proud sponsor of the O+ festival. It was a fantastic weekend of live music and a celebration of health, two things dear to me. Congrats to all the organizers and bands that played!🤩

O+ empowers communities to take control of their collective wellbeing through art, music and wellness

10/15/2018

Listen to the bear

10/15/2018

Bear Call Mastering is LIVE, replacing 15 years of Spleenless Mastering! Same quality mastering with new and improved studio and mission. http://BearCallMastering.com

Bear Call Mastering offers world-class audio cd mastering for professional musicans, bands and artists at affordable rates.

10/05/2018