John Greenham masters 'Bad Guy' by Billie Eilish

In this sneak peek we take a look at John Greenham's process when mastering the world-wide hit song 'Bad Guy' by Billie Eilish

Step inside the private studio of elite mastering engineer John Greenham! In his debut MWTM series, Greenham takes you through the process of how he mastered Grammy award-winning records for Billie Eilish and songs by the artists K.Flay and Donna Missal. With the sessions open in Sequoia, John demonstrates his approach on four different tracks. You will learn how he set up the elements of his entire analog and digital signal chains to bring the expertly-mixed material to a new level. Greenham shows the impact of his work by referencing the received mixes and bypassing inserts throughout the process. You'll hear the subtle effects of every separate piece of gear and plug-in he combined to enrich the audio with depth and energy. Aside from focussing on the program material, John elaborates on a number of topics pertinent to his field including monitors, clocking, room design, metering, and more!

[zanevandevort]

Giving credit where it’s due! John’s been mastering my bands records since high school. One of the most talented and humble people I’ve ever worked with. Go John!

[nateroberts]

Me listening on my iphone speakers, “ahh yes I see what he did there”

[veerchasm]

This dude understands both the technical and emotional sides of music…super rare

[Heartbeatzofficial]

Oh wow I never expected so much of the character to come from the mastering. I feel like that’s kind of unusual. Usually a finished master just sounds denser and more glued but he actually added a lot of life with the saturation. Very inspiring.

[andkwiat]

Fascinating what you can still do after a one track mixdown. And a few plugins that look pretty down to earth if not dated.

[DerpySwag]

this guy is soo bad ass. you gotta love a man who turns up the bass

[kayokk-]

I could spend all day listening to John discuss mixing and mastering techniques. His approach to music has a humility and calmness to it that I like and understand.

[duckpk]

"I could have made it louder but thought it was really good where it was at"

Oh my fucking god i appreciate those words so much!

[AdityaTripathi]

Me trying to hear the difference between bypass and effects in through my cheap headphones is the real challenge

[_narducci_]

John is a masterful mastering engineer. I've had the fortune of having him master several of my projects and am always thrilled with his work!

[NotebookLives]

I found it very interesting that you set the limiter at -.3db. I've limited my masters at -.1db for years [after doing the appropriate multi-band compression & standard compression] just so that I can get the most out of the dynamics of the song. I used to limit the output to -.3, but felt like I was trimming too much off of the top. I like your approach, though.

I also love how you do minimal EQing on the song as a whole. It's easy to "do too much" when it comes to boosting & cutting for the final master. This definitely showed me that less is more. 🙏🏽

[DennyTV]

John masters all of my music, he is the real deal and one of the kindest folks in the industry

[C-xr]

Amazing. Remember hearing this tune on the radio and thinking wtf is that. As he says, music that stands out makes an impression

[eyesintheskies]

We appreciate you adding the magic touch to that bass ! 🙏

[agarengames]

i be listening to these videos on my tiny earbuds and can't hear a single difference when he switches the plugins on and off but somehow at da end it sounds better

[Lucafelixd]

Love how the inflator in bandsplit works on her voice!

[ronaldescarez]

I love how he says "don't try this at home" 😂

[csilt]

I really like John's work. I've been dabbling in mastering for a very long time and he is definitely doing great work

[ScantlessBeatz]

I love seeing the process of mixing & mastering. I mix & master all my own projects I use that fabfilter L2 & Fabfilter Pro C2 i feel i get a bit more out of and it tightens up my mix in away i could not get it before.

[DanielSRosehill]

I could watch amazing creatives explain how they do what they do all day!