Mastering is the final creative step in the audio production process, and also a final quality control check before releasing your music. Mastering gives your music a fresh set of ears in a neutral and revealing listening environment, allowing for subtle adjustments that are harder to discern if you have listened to your recordings over and over again while recording and mixing. If you are releasing an album or collection of songs, mastering will give a sense of cohesion that makes the songs work together more naturally. Finally, mastering will help to bring up the overall volume of your track or album so that it is competitive by today’s standards and will sound its best in todays digital music platforms such as Spotify or Apple Music.