Mastering Workshop with Jessica Thompson (SF)

Mastering Workshop with Jessica Thompson (SF)

Join us at at our SF Studios for a Mastering Workshop with grammy-nominated Jessica Thompson

By Women's Audio Mission

Date and time

Thursday, June 26 · 6 - 8pm PDT

Location

Women's Audio Mission

544 Natoma Street San Francisco, CA 94103

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

Join Jessica Thompson for an in-depth, practical workshop on mastering! This class will cover the fundamentals of mastering, including its purpose, process, key deliverables, and the technical aspects of metering, monitoring, and playback codecs. You’ll experience side-by-side comparisons of tracks before and after mastering to understand the transformative power of the process.

In addition, Jessica will take you through a brief historical overview of mastering formats and techniques. To make this experience even more valuable, students will have the opportunity to bring their own tracks for personalized feedback and guidance from Jessica.

Don't miss this chance to refine your skills and take your sound to the next level!


Event Info

  • Date: Thurs, June 26th, 2025
  • Time: 6 PM - 8 PM
  • Location: 544 Natoma St, SF


Register:

  • General Admission - $50
  • WAM Member Admission - $40
  • Access Discount - $35

* Please note that the Access Discount is available only to women and gender-expansive individuals. If you are able to pay the General Admission or WAM Member Admission price, we hope you will choose to do so. Each full-price ticket helps WAM support the training of those with limited ability to pay for training.

(WAM members: email education@womensaudiomission.org for the discount code)

About the Instructor

Jessica Thompson is a GRAMMY-nominated mastering and restoration engineer and studio owner based in the SF Bay Area. A champion of independent creators, she has helped the Louie and Bebe Barron Archives, the Arhoolie Foundation, and radio producers the Kitchen Sisters kickstart their audio preservation projects. She has worked on recordings across formats, eras, and genres, including archival recordings from jazz pianist Erroll Garner, Ghanaian highlife icon Ata Kak, and singer-songwriter Margo Guryan. She has mastered new records for indie guitarist Kurt Vile, reggae multi-instrumentalist Pachyman, and many more. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Recording Academy.

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Website: https://www.jessicathompsonaudio.com/

Women's Audio Mission courses focus on increasing the gender balance in audio production and technology sectors since fewer than 5% of the population employed in these sectors are women and gender-expansive individuals. There are limited spots available in WAM classes, and they often sell out, so we ask that if you are not woman-identified (cisgender or transgender), nonbinary, or gender-expansive, you reconsider enrolling in the class. We will not turn anyone away, but please be mindful that if you take up a seat in the class, that is one less woman, non-binary, or gender-expansive individual that we can serve. We thank you for your understanding in advance and for joining us in our mission to advance women and girls in music production and the recording arts.


By purchasing a ticket for this event, I grant Women's Audio Mission and its staff, volunteers, professional photographers, and the media the absolute right and permission to take during the Event, and to use and publish, photographs of me, still or moving, with or without my name, and to reproduce same through any media, for artistic, promotional, advertising, web content or other commercial and non-commercial purposes, and I shall not be entitled to any monetary compensation of any kind in respect thereof.

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Frequently asked questions

What is an Access Discount ticket?

This ticket price allows you to register at the economic tier that honors your resources and this course offering. Please note that the access discount is available only to women and gender-expansive individuals.

Why is this being offered for this event?

Selecting the right ticket for you ensures we can make the course accessible for all interested women and gender-expansive participants, while compensating our instructors and staff for their time and labor.

How do I get a refund?

Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before the course start date. Please email education@womensaudiomission.org for any other questions.

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Women's Audio Mission

Founded in 2003, Women's Audio Mission is an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to closing the gender gap in music production, the recording arts, and technology. In a field where women and gender-expansive individuals are chronically under-represented (less than 5%), WAM is changing the face of sound through providing training, mentoring, recording studio access, and learning and job placement for more than 20,000 girls, women, and gender-expansive people.

By purchasing a ticket for this event, I grant Women's Audio Mission and its staff, volunteers, professional photographers and the media the absolute right and permission to take during the event, and to use and publish, photographs of me, still or moving, with or without my name, and to reproduce same through any media, for artistic, promotional, advertising, web content or other commercial and non-commercial purposes, and I shall not be entitled to any monetary compensation of any kind in respect thereof.

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