Stargazer Music & Audio
Mark W. Harvey
songwriter & artist
Including music production, mixing
and mastering services
About Me
Music has always been my passion whether it be creating original compositions, playing guitar and other instruments, tracking in the studio, or mixing and mastering for artists/bands both locally and remotely. I believe strongly in preserving the artists/bands vision for the final steps regarding the mixing and mastering process, and will not stop until all involved are completely happy. While being highly skilled both musically and technically, I have the ability to bring songs and other productions to life with the commercial grade quality expected today.
Although my focus is geared more towards mixing and mastering services, I've found other passions along the way as well. For example, making music for music production libraries. In particular though, I really enjoy creating music and sfx for video games using Wwise middleware for implementation of said music and audio. The same is true for post production regarding film and video work. Examples can be found using the post production and game audio link above. The use of digital audio workstations like Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Reaper are second nature to me, and I’ve used them throughout my life of music creation and production.
Services Offered
TRACKING:
This includes for example, having a killer lead guitar part added to your production, a tight bass guitar, keyboard and synths, programmed drums or samples.
EDITING:
This includes fixing timing, comping tracks, clicks and pops, adding fades and crossfades, arranging material (etc).
MIXING:
After having all of your different tracks ready, this involves your song being professionally balanced in all the different levels, tones, and ambiences between tracks into a stereo file. Audio sweetening is added here as well (delay, reverb, saturation, etc.).
MASTERING:
This is where the final polish is added to your stereo track. The level for your production will be brought to commercial standards, as well as given final touches on overall tonal balance. The final delivery format for your song(s) is done with this step, for example, streaming, CD, (etc).
