A s a happiness and workplace wellbeing researcher, i hear this question all the time. Receive part one straight away and then one every day for four more days. The mastering show podcast with ian shepherd and jon tidey. Mastering audio provides leadingedge audio concepts in an easytograsp, holistic manner, including an earopening investigation of the mysteries of jitter, dither and wordlengths, high sample rates, distortion, headroom, monitor calibration, metering, depth perception, compression and expansion, equipment interconnection and much more. Online difficult conversations course stitt feld handy group. Newsmastering is the process by which a human being identifies, aggregates, handpicks, edits and republishes a highlyfocused, thematic news via rss. To date only a few books have attempted the task with varying degrees of success, and a growing number of internet forums, blogs, and websites talk a lot about the subject. It often falls on the leader to have difficult conversations. Whats the best way to master difficult conversations. Newsmastering allows dedicated news editors newsmasters to remix and contextualize the existing tsunami of breaking news for very specific audiences in one thousand and more ways.
Cps mastering is a vancouver music mastering studio run by brock mcfarlane. Its for musicians and engineers who cant afford to pay a professional mastering engineer thousands of dollars to master their music, but who still want to get professionallevel results when releasing their songs to the web or on cd. Therapy in london therapy london hypnotherapy life. Amy gallos five essential books for having difficult conversations. Telegraph is the studio of mastering engineer adam gonsalves and features the finest analog gear and the latest digital technology. This is a mind map outline of the content of the topic mastering difficult conversations in a. The art of mastering difficult conversations with staff. Im one of the most successful online mastering engineers, having worked with over 7,500 highly satisfied clients on over 40,000 songs since 1999. The mastering show podcast page 2 with ian shepherd. Ask them what they believe the solution could be and then brainstorm together.
Twenty one lessons for mastering the difficult conversation. Each book prints on one side of one sheet of paper and can be folded into a booklet easily. Unlike some audio reference books, it neither skips the difficult bits, nor seeks to patronise or counfound the reader. Crazy daisy productions professional online mastering, mixing, and editing services.
If you want to have a productive conversation, youve got to master the art of communicating effectively. It will give an understanding of the importance of good communication skills for their personal development and career. Before you conduct the conversation, you must assess whether it is a content, pattern, or relationship problem. You might argue that reading about audio is like dancing about architecture. I listen to your material in perfect acoustic conditions, judge it from a strictly technical point of view and decide what kind of processing should be used to achieve the results you expect. Mastering difficult conversations, how to tell anyone anything. This twoday workshop has been designed to help health care professionals and administrative staff to handle difficult conversations and difficult situations related. Difficult conversations are a normal part of life we have them with friends, colleagues, relatives, in a variety of settings. This is so because we tend to handle difficult conversations with a flight or flight response rather than with prethought, patience and planning.
Poraths research on how and why weve gotten meaner to each. Proofmastering offers topnotch online mastering sessions by renowned mixing and mastering engineer morris capaldi. There are a number of phrases that can politely signal the end of a chat. Twenty one lessons for mastering the difficult conversation fiorenzo, leslie c on. As a leader, having difficult conversations is an inevitable part of the job. Ntmastering was established by artist, producer and engineer dan gresham. Do you hesitate to give feedback to employees whose performance needs improvement. Born in 2010 to provide topquality services tailored to music labels and publishers active in the media sync field, proofmastering is now open to producers, composers and djs looking to achieve a truly outstanding sonic quality. Independent mastering mastering for vinyl and digital. Mastering difficult conversations in elder care workshop. Eric conn and don cobb at independent mastering have always been able to perfect this very important step on all of my projects. If you are planning to publish your music digitally such as an apple digital masters formerly known asmastered for itunes release or on a cd, it is well worth the investment to have your songs professionally mastered. Evaluate your current conflict style and learn how to prepare for and. Difficult conversations walks you through a proven, concrete, stepbystep approach for understanding and conducting tough conversations.
Someone who wants to learn how to correctly master audio to commercial radio standards, either for themselves in their home recording studio or for their business. Do you avoid tackling disagreements with your coworkers or manager. Providing analog and digital mastering for cd, vinyl, mastered for itunes, and all forms of digital distribution. In these days of podcasts and youtube its easy to forget how many great books there are about audio, and what a fantastic resource they are for getting inspiration, ideas and learning new topics and techniques.
The book creates awareness on several areas, which when neglected, create distress for many relationships at professional and personal areas. A 5step framework for mastering difficult conversations. Difficult conversations by douglas stone, bruce patton. The stitt feld handy group online difficult conversations course is designed to. The best audio mastering video tutorials, courses, classes. Mastering communication with seriously ill patients. When conversations matter the most, many of us do not perform as well as we would have hoped. Online mastering online mastering and audio mixing. Difficult conversations by douglas stone, bruce patton, sheila. How you prepare for the discussions will directly impact their effectiveness. This means that leaders have to become masters in the art of facilitating difficult conversations. Mastering is the term most commonly used to refer to the process of taking an audio mix and preparing it for distribution.
Telegraph also has inhouse lacquer cutting for vinyl. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The art of mastering difficult conversations with staff thursday, 05 september 20 00. This book will help students improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. The 10thanniversary edition of the new york times business bestsellernow updated with answers to ten questions people ask. About usthe purpose of the directory of mastering studios the dms is twofold. The toolbox if applied can be game changing for many people. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Serving bands, artists, studios, labels, individuals, and businesses worldwide, with over 60,000 songs edited, mixed, and mastered in every style and genre of music and sound. The authors say that underlying difficult conversations are three deeper conversation, which are. Mastering the art of conversation takes time but here are 7 steps from research and classic texts that can help you glide through your next interaction. This is a very helpful book for everyone as it is highlighted in the book, we all lead difficult conversations.
Tom peters a userfriendly guide to mastering the talks we dread. Program topics included exploring the patients world, eliciting hopes and concerns, and dealing with conflict about goals. Examples of conversations discussed are breaking up in a relationship, asking for a raise, dealing with an ex on childrelated issues, dealing with perceived racism at work, dealing with perceived poor workmanship. Mastering music at home is for any home or project studio owner or operator. Telegraph mastering is a modern fullservice audio mastering studio located in portland, or offering mastering for stereo cd, vinyl, and download. Some aspects of audio technology move on quickly, but this manual should prove a useful reference for some. Enter your email address and first name to receive your free five part series of printable minibooks all about mastering difficult conversations.
Some examples of conversations that could be challenging or difficult are confrontations, disciplinary action, delivering bad news, delegating tasks or saying no, to name a few. Mastering faq this mastering faq section of this website designed to answer all of the typical and various questions you might have regarding audio mastering. Books, videos, a 6 month to a year audio engineer trade school or course, and then either a hands on apprenticeship at a local studio, or even working at your own home studio using all the techniques youve learned. This will make it easier to find a good fix and hold each other accountable. Clear, concise, and brimming with useful advice, mastering communication with seriously ill patients is one of those rare books that manages to be both eminently practical and thoroughly enjoyable. Difficult conversations are rarely linear and you should not jump to solving them until youre sure both perspectives are on the table. Turn conflict into collaboration by talking about sensitive topics in the right way. As other people avoid them or handle them poorly they escalate up the chain, and the leader is often left to resolve issues that have built in intensity over time. Difficult conversations by douglas stone, 9780143118442, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
And if you have a own working master available, please send it as a package this always works out the best, and will give us the most time for listening and mastering your single or small release. We help you use them to reduce conflict and build better relationships. Tom peters a userfriendly guide to mastering the talks we. When mastering single tracks and small releases, for the best result i like to get some reference track for balance and loudness reference.
Hello my name is john rogers, owner of jr mastering. Mastering difficult conversations metro continuing education. Working closely with a number of labels, especially londonbased hospital records, we are particularly experienced in mixing and mastering all forms of electronic and dance music. It shows you how to get ready, how to start the conversations in ways that reduce defensiveness, and how to keep the conversation on a constructive track regardless of how the other person responds. Our studio features topoftheline gear exclusively sourced to. There is some excellent advice out there but unfortunately, a lot of what ive read seems, well, just wrong to me. And finally we will explore how important making a plan, focusing on the issue, avoiding the blame game and listening are in mastering difficult conversations. Sharing and discussing specific difficult questions and scenarios were encouraged throughout the program. Telegraph mastering mastering for cd, vinyl, and download.