Mastering engineer, speaker, and author Katie Tavini have been working hard to help those often marginalized in the music industry to a fair chance of being heard, including BAME and LGBTQ bands and artists.

Now she has put her money where her mouth is and is offering free mastering to qualifying bands and artists with her Modulation initiative. On her website she says;

Over the past few years, I have done quite a lot of work to help change to balance for women in music. However, women are not the only minority group. I was thinking about ways I could do a little something to help a little bit, and so I pledge to master one EP a month for free to a BAME or LGBTQ+ band or artist. 

After putting my idea out there, fellow mastering engineer and AV specialist Matthew Dempsey got in touch saying he'd love to be involved. Therefore, we will each master one release per month. That's a whopping 24 releases throughout the year!

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So what's the deal? If you identify with the following criteria, go ahead and fill out the contact form on this page to apply for free mastering!

• If you are a BAME or LGBTQ+ artist or band

• You are an unsigned artist

• You are not receiving any funding 

• You are on either your first or second EP

What do you get from this?

• Up to 5 tracks mastered completely free

• All formats needed to release your music

• Feedback on your mixes where necessary 

For more information visit Katie Tavini’s website