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Liner Notes

For the people who deliver music.

Naming, delivery, backups, review and security. Practical, specific, and written for people who already know what a stem is.

  • VERSION CONTROL
  • DELIVERY
  • BACKUPS
  • MIXING
  • COLLABORATION
  • SECURITY
  1. 01 VERSION CONTROL · 3 MIN READ · 30 SEPT 2026 How to name mix versions so nobody plays the wrong one A naming scheme for demos, mixes and masters that survives WhatsApp, email and five collaborators. Song, stage, number, and nothing else.
  2. 02 DELIVERY · 4 MIN READ · 30 SEPT 2026 The delivery checklist: masters, stems, credits and metadata What a label, distributor or sync agent will ask for when a song is finished, and how to check it before you send. A practical list, file by file.
  3. 03 BACKUPS · 4 MIN READ · 30 SEPT 2026 The 3-2-1 backup for music producers Three copies, two kinds of storage, one somewhere else. Back up sessions, bounces and masters so a dead drive costs you an afternoon, not an album.
  4. 04 MIXING · 3 MIN READ · 30 SEPT 2026 How A/B level matching works, and why louder sounds better When two mixes differ by even 1 dB, the louder one tends to win. What integrated loudness (LUFS) measures, how to match two versions fairly, and the limits of matching.
  5. 05 COLLABORATION · 3 MIN READ · 30 SEPT 2026 How to give mix feedback an engineer can act on The difference between "the vocal feels off" and "01:43, lead vocal 1 dB up until the drop". A format for notes that get the mix you want in fewer rounds.
  6. 06 SECURITY · 3 MIN READ · 30 SEPT 2026 How to send unreleased music without losing control of it Practical ways to share mixes and masters before release. Stream-only links, expiry, passwords, signed-in named recipients, and knowing who opened what.

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