Staff/Contact Info

Clint Holley – Chief Mastering Engineer | clint@wellmademusic.net

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Clint Holley is the Chief Mastering Engineer and Owner of Well Made Music. Clint began the company in 2010 after purchasing his first Neumann VMS-70 lathe system from his friend and mentor, the late Albert Grundy. Prior to 2010, Clint spent a decade working at the historic Beachland Ballroom & Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio. Clint is a self-described lover of Roots Music, Country, Soul, R&B, and Classic Jazz titles. Clint has won several GRAMMY Awards as the lacquer cutting engineer for Bobby Rush’s Porcupine Meat and Otis Redding’s Live at the Whisky A Go Go. In addition to his mastering work, Clint has also appeared as a panelist at the Making Vinyl conference and at Welcome to 1979’s Recording Summit event. In his spare time, Clint enjoys honing his cooking skills, collecting records, and hosting his vinyl-centric radio show Pressing Matters on WBCM-Radio Bristol. Clint also assists with the production of several podcasts series for the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Virginia.

Some of Clint’s favorite projects he has worked on include:

  • Eugene McDaniels – Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
  • Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
  • John Coltrane – Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings
  • Merle Haggard – Working In Tennessee
  • Miles Davis – The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection

Dave Polster – Senior Mastering Engineer | dave@wellmademusic.net

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Dave Polster is a Senior Mastering Engineer at Well Made Music. Dave joined Clint in the summer of 2014 after working at Gotta Groove Records in Cleveland, Ohio. While at Gotta Groove, Dave learned the craft of vinyl record manufacturing and expanded upon his music recording and engineering background. Early on, Dave jumped at the opportunity to learn how to cut master lacquers and has since spearheaded the Digital Mastering services at Well Made Music. Dave is a fan of New Wave, Psychedelic Rock, American Folk Music, Indie Rock, Jazz, and World Music. He has won two GRAMMY Awards as the lacquer cutting engineer for both Billy Strings’ Home (2020) album and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway’s Crooked Tree (2022). Dave has appeared as a panelist for the Audio Engineering Society’s International Convention, as a reoccurring panelist at Webster University’s AES Student Summit, and as a lecturer for iN Education’s Mentorship Series. In his spare time, Dave enjoys live music performances, hiking outdoors, and thoroughly researching lots of technological topics online. One of Dave’s favorite aspects of his job is the unifying power of music and the timelessness of the recording and mastering process.

Some of Dave’s favorite projects he has worked on include:

  • The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle (2022 Reissue)
  • 49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold
  • Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi
  • Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
  • Trevor Something – Ultraparanoia

Michael Fanos – Vinyl Mastering Engineer | mike@wellmademusic.net

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Michael Fanos is a Vinyl Mastering Engineer at Well Made Music. Michael joined the Well Made team in 2018 after hearing of the studio via other audio engineers working in the Cleveland live music and radio scene. A keen vinyl fan and former radio DJ at WKHR-FM, Michael sent Clint a résumé. After months of intense training and mentorship, Michael began working on thousands of vinyl projects for artists ranging from independent to internationally acclaimed. Michael is a proponent of Indie Rock, Hip Hop, and Electronic Music. In addition, Michael is also a musician and visual artist himself, releasing projects under the pseudonym of hollow castle. He has a passion for analog tape machines, analog film, stop-motion animation, and other creative endeavors. Complimentary to his work as an engineer, Michael enjoys reading, watching classic films, and dabbling in music production in his spare time.

Some of Michael’s favorite projects he has worked on include:

  • Parquet Courts – Content Nausea
  • Injury Reserve – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
  • Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
  • Slayyyter – Troubled Paradise

Harrison Hunt – Mastering Engineer | harrison@wellmademusic.net

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Harrison Hunt is a Mastering Engineer at Well Made Music specializing in Lacquer Cutting and Digital Mastering. Harrison joined the Well Made crew in February of 2022 and has quickly become an asset to the team. Harrison’s interest in music began with Heavy Metal and Psychedelic Metal at an early age and has transpired into an appreciation for Avant-Garde, Noise, Drone, Outsider Music, and Novelty Halloween Music, amongst others. His interest in Psychedelia is rooted in its ability to transport the listener to new and surreal places not otherwise attainable. Analog synthesizers and a fervent devotion to the band Ween are also strong passions of his. Harrison earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Middle Tennessee State University with a dual major in Audio Production and Music Business. An album he had the pleasure of mixing and mastering (Croak by Escaping Aghartha) was featured as an Album of the Week on Bandcamp’s front page in the Spring of 2022. In his spare time, he also enjoys watching lots of lower-budget 1980’s slasher films, volunteering at Tilted Tavern Animal Sanctuary, and traveling and camping with friends.

Some of Harrison’s favorite projects he has worked on include:

  • Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta II
  • Smash Mouth – Fush Yu Mang
  • Tangerine Dream – Three O’Clock High OST
  • Love Cry Want – Love Cry Want
  • Various Artists – Grease 2 OST

Well Made Music is Located at:

120 Wood St.
Bristol, VA, 24201