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commie mommy, recording and mastering engineer. also playing songs every once in a while blog.sobig.studio | ther.band

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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New blog post/newsletter out! Just some small updates about what's been going on, shouting out some bands and orgs. I still have some fall mastering availability so don't hesitate to reach out! blog.sobig.studio/late-septemb...
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Late September Updates
This is the first updates newsletter going out! Thanks for checking it out. Hoping to find fun ways to compile some smaller thoughts I've been having, talk about shows that I go to, and shout out the ...
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New blog post up: "the Most Radical Thing We Can Do is Invite the Listener In" I'm trying to break down some ideas I have about what our technological and economic moment in music means for creating, and some tools we can use to protect our humanity blog.sobig.studio/the-most-rad...
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the Most Radical Thing We Can Do is Invite the Listener In
I remember the first time I listened to “Title Track” by Death Cab for Cutie. I was listening to a brand new CD of “We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes” that I got from Borders. I was driving a sti...
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
something terrible happened yesterday --- blog post from last week. I accidentally killed my email and old website. now we're up and running on a private server. will i regret this pivotal change? who knows! more coming soon! blog.sobig.studio/something-te...
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something terrible happened yesterday
I started learning about networking about a year and a half ago, and in that time I've learned a couple things–at least enough to run my own small server at home, operate a private cloud, photo librar...
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
alabama shakes waited for god damn ever to follow up sound and color and all we got was another perfect and shining album
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
another record on the desk today that's like "wow i love my job"
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
posting into the void but MY MASTERING BOOKS ARE OPEN. AS CHEAP AS 35/SONG. I HAVE DONE HUNDREDS OF RECORDS. MY WORK HAS BEEN ON STEREOGUM P4K ROLLING STONE ETC. PAY YOUR LOCAL LEFTY TRANS DYKE INDUSTRY VET. I CAN AND LOVE TO HELP YOU www.sobig.studio
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
the past month or so saw more releases out in the world that came through so big at some point. here are some of them! please shout if I missed your music. more below in thread a couple of mastering slots are still open for august, and sept is very open :)
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
a kobo is waterproof and anna's archive is morally correct to use
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
if we keep replicating industry structures, we will keep replicating the damage they cause. if we want to reject industry, we have to identify what its goals are and choose different ones
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
forgot to post here that tyler burkhart's new record came out today. it's really quite good. i got to master it for streaming and vinyl
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
soft launching my newsletter. im gonna be talking a lot about how we can actually be alternative and different to the industry and tech nonsense that's killing music. we're gonna get into what we're really up against, and how we counteract it substack.com/@sobigauditory
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so big auditory | Substack
sliding scale music studio in west philly | home of the band ther | grassroots radical organizing, community-first art-making | every once in a while: photo
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
this EP totally rips and you def spin it, maybe even a few dozen times. "They cannot kill what springs eternal." My commie heart loves this music
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
went to pittsburgh for a few days and it's already one of my favorite places. anyone part of that community is lucky
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
On Saturday, @izzytrue.com, shande, was, and sarina teamed up with No ICE Philly at Cambria House in Kensington to share ICE defense resources and raise money for No Sanctuary Movement. In recent weeks, the neighborhood has been beset by attempted kidnappings, so it was a life affirming experience
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
provided mastering for this gorge rendition of one of my favorite songs. recorded on a very similar board to the one i have here at the studio. the old tascam thing is nice
lingren.bandcamp.com
waitin' for a superman, by lingren & Born Again Virgin
track by lingren & Born Again Virgin
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Went to the museum of art for my first time! Had an amazing time, was in awe of the building. But it made me realize how uneducated around art I am. It made it difficult to appreciate or even think about the work. How can I learn more? How can I grow an art bone? Lol
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
One of the things about getting involved in community work that i dont see talked about is how its a lot like getting into diy music. you get immersed in this whole layer of community and makes the world feel larger, more connected. when our communities are bigger and stronger, we're safer.
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
i think i don't fit in with other musicians or studio people in the way that i need silence for ideas to germinate. i need space from something to know what it is. probably part of why i don't listen to as much music as other people. but it's hard not to judge myself for this! am i weird?
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
im watch christopher sanchez pitch tonight on a historic scoreless inning streak. he is currently cementing himself as one of the greatest of all time and i get to watch him throw half an hour from my house. i love my country philadelphia
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
the creation of people who are proudly antisocial is actually very sad, and greatly benefits the elite. how do you proudly find yourself to be the only interesting thing in the world?
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna...
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
i love boosters incredible movie
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blaming voters alone ignores the system they’re forced to operate within. People make choices under conditions shaped by propaganda, media narratives, economic pressure, gerrymandering, voter suppression, money in politics, and parties that often narrow what’s considered “acceptable” debate.
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Emily @2amwakeupcall.com · 22/05/2026
every trans suicide is murder
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
reading "the jakarta method" and im almost done. i would never say death to america online, but if you read enough about the cia you are gonna fully understand why some people do. all the disappeared history is the most horrifying shit you can think of. anticounism justifies anything here
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
french toast cone
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
just rewatched crouching tiger and ang lee also directed brokeback mountain? this guy has two of the best films of all time in two languages. if crouching tiger counts as lesbian (duh) then he is also a queer icon
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
subsonic eye really good band
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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
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As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
Cuba is struggling with devastating nationwide blackouts as the United States’ effective oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. But this crisis may also be accelerating a China-backed clean energy revolution that’s been quietly unfolding in the Caribbean nation.
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
its really hard to be a musician without *music being your whole life*. i dont know how to explain the feeling but its like once you learn to love another thing like that, any claim you have to love it is flawed. I love music. but it is Not going to save us. and we need historic levels of saving rn
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
dont sleep on proun prountx.bandcamp.com/album/maybe-...
prountx.bandcamp.com
Maybe Luck, by proun
10 track album
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 13/05/2026
On May 13, 1985, police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house. The fire caused by the explosion killed 11 people, an atrocity that Philadelphia still grapples with today. Listen to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy,” our podcast series with @tulogancenter.bsky.social ⤵️ (1/7)
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‘Untangling the Tragedy’: Our new podcast examines Philly’s decision to bomb the MOVE rowhouse in 1985
The Inquirer is cohosting a podcast that digs into the city’s 1985 decision to drop a bomb on the MOVE house, killing 11 people and destroying a neighborhood.
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
not the best shots but what a bird! bonus geese (psyop) and duck (real)
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
i hopefully got a good pic of a great blue heron the other day on the fancy camera. maybe i can post it later
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
one of my favorite things i dove into this past year is self hosting and open source software. the hand made internet is a special place and the dream of a freer world is not possible without it
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liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
the gen Xers are fighting about poptimism and rockism again when we really need to be fighting about📢unchecked corporate consolidation in the music biz 📢 cmon guys
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Labrador @labrador-tunes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We're down to our last 75 copies of 'My Version of Desire' on vinyl! Once we get down to 50 I'll probably take it off of Bandcamp so we can have records at shows. This is your LOW STOCK warning if you're looking to snag one :-) labradortunes.bandcamp.com/album/my-ver...
labradortunes.bandcamp.com
My Version Of Desire, by Labrador
9 track album
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/05/2026
Six weeks before the World Cup, thousands of Philly-area Airbnbs and hotel rooms remain unbooked.
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Six weeks before the World Cup, thousands of Philly-area Airbnbs and hotel rooms remain unbooked
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
noting that it was this week, at 34, that i can say this music production thing has finally clicked for me. its hard to feel proud if your expectations for yourself are unreasonably high, but with consistent practice (and therapy) you can eventually feel like you Kinda Know What Youre Doing Actually
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
u can criticize the president in china :/
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
please repost and let yr friends know that I'm seeking mixing and mastering work. I have lots and lots of experience with creating records that lots of people listen to, and with the collaborative process with artists that gets those results. sadurn tagabow +others. sliding scale. www.sobig.studio
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Knowing what Kermit Roosevelt and the CIA did in 1953 overthrowing Iran's democracy, installing a torturer, training his secret police I don't hate the Iranian people. I understand them. If they had done that to us, there is not an American alive who wouldn't still be furious. I would be too.
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Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you’re wondering what you would’ve done in 1930s Germany, you’re doing it….
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Bernie Sanders on Lebanon #ethniccleansing #landgrab #warcrimes #Netanyahuisawarcriminal
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You’re told to blame voters, immigrants, or “bad apples” so you never blame the system that creates the crisis.
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David Kindon @dakindon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If the world knows that the President of the United States is about to commit war crimes by bombing the infrastructure of another country, isn’t it imperative that he be prevented from doing so rather than simply watch it happen
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I shouldn't have. I really, really shouldn't have. It goes against the basic rules of librarianship. But I couldn't help it. There's a certain type of person who, when they ask if we have any books by Rush Limbaugh, makes me respond with, "Could you spell that? I'm not familiar with them."
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ceej @ceej.online · 06/04/2026
astronauts sometimes describe a transcendent feeling of connection with all human beings when viewing the earth from space, an effect previously only achievable by taking a little edible and grilling hot dogs in the sunshine
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
please share if you appreciate the ther album "godzilla" which arrived with an earthquake 2 years ago today. i love my friends and this album therrr.bandcamp.com/album/godzilla
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godzilla, by ther
7 track album
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