AudibleOddities was founded in San Francisco during the late 90’s by multi-Grammy, Fryderyk, and JUNO nominated, ADISQ and SOCAN winning mastering engineer, Shawn Hatfield. Passionate about the science and emotion of sound, Shawn’s been fully immersed as a mastering engineer for over 22 years, and his studio has grown to be a top destination for musicians and labels of all genres, the world over. With thousands of albums, billions of streams, and decades worth of experience working for both major and indie labels on virtually every style of music, Shawn has the ear for today’s current trends in mastering, balanced with an understanding of both modern and past technique.

Prior to mastering, Shawn spent his early days forging an illustrious recording career complete with a formidable discography of his own, and toured the world performing live electronic music with his custom designed software at premiere events such as the Sonar Festival in Spain, PS1 in New York, SFMOMA in San Francisco, Transmediale Festival in Berlin, and the Liquid Room in Tokyo. Years of recording and performance gave Shawn deep knowledge in translating music from the studio out into the real world.

These days, you’ll find Shawn working full-time at the mastering console. Never content with just being good at what he does, he works tirelessly in the pursuit of perfection, spending countless hours honing his craft, always in search of ways to refine and enhance his process. For Shawn, mastering isn’t just technical prowess. It’s an unquantifiable blend of emotion and technique. He cares deeply about mastering and sees each and every project as highly important regardless of whether it’s a major artist or someone just starting out. So it’s no surprise he always goes the extra mile to make sure everything is as good as it can possibly be. If you take just a few moments to read some of the testimonials, you’ll realize why so many artists choose Shawn to put that final touch on their music.