Randy Merrill's clients enjoy the benefits of having his full attention and expert ears devoted to each and every project. Randy's range is very broad and clients from all over the world come to his room at Masterdisk. Mastering Highlights include the modern jazz of Darcy James Argue, Bruce Hornsby's sophisticated pop, Franz Nicolay's indie rock and classical music for the Naxos label.

My approach to mastering is to be as attuned to my clients’ aesthetic and practical goals as possible. I’ll go the extra mile to make sure the finished product reflects how you want your music to sound.  

I attended the Sound Recording Technology program at SUNY College at Fredonia, where I studied music, audio engineering, math, science, and acoustics. After Fredonia, I went to work for the Eastman School of Music, where I honed my skills on all phases of music and audio production — from live and studio recording and mixing, to live sound reinforcement, jazz arranging, composition, and percussion performance.  

I moved to New York City in 1999 and started engineering. I spent five years doing technical engineering at Avatar Studios (formerly known as Power Station) where I worked directly under Chief Engineer Roy Hendrickson, who is a prodigious combination of recording and mixing engineer, producer and electronics designer. While at Avatar I worked on the construction of their mastering facility. It was at this point that I switched my focus to mastering.  

I joined Scott Hull Mastering in early 2006 as Scott’s production engineer. Shortly thereafter I started building my own mastering clientele, and today I’m a staff engineer at Masterdisk.

I go out of my way to understand precisely what it is that my clients want to achieve with their sound and their music. I strive to understand the idiosyncrasies of each job because every project is as unique as the artist who produced it.

Contact Randy at randy@masterdisk.com or booking manager Peter Cho at peter@masterdisk.com to discuss your next mastering project.