Da Goose Mastering is driven by Jeffrey de Gans (Gans is dutch for Goose). Jeffrey was born in 1971 and was obsessed with music, sound and technique from the day he was born. At the age of 10 he started messing with tapedecks, mixers and turntables while playing his sisters disco records. Later he had his own (illegal) radio-station, worked for a drive-in-show, worked for several radio-stations, produced and released over 80 vinyl-records and played worldwide on countless parties as a DJ.

 One of his passions is making espresso; always fine-tuning the machines to make the perfect espresso. This is something that can be found back in his mastering skills; always looking for the best and even push it just a bit more.

Da Goose Mastering (Da Goose Music) was founded as a music-production company in 1996. Jeffrey’s first real mastering-job dates back to the end of the nineties and in 2015 Jeffrey was nominated as one of the 4 best mastering-engineers from the Netherlands. Needless to say that he has a lot of experience, a great set of ears and serious knowledge of what he is doing.

“Mastering is a craft, a science and some people even call it an art-form. It’s an obsessive look at the details, without losing focus of the big picture. It’s an objective opinion, It’s about quality, presentation, and translation, and most of all, it’s about your music, and doing everything I can to help realize your vision.”

Besides being a renowned mastering-engineer, Jeffrey is also a well-known lecturer and inspirer in mastering and audio-standards. Jeffrey is lecturer for SoundEducation, Albeda Music Producer and in the past at SAE Amsterdam/Rotterdam. Jeffrey is praised for his inspiring seminars and masterclasses for Izotope, Dance-Fair, ADE, SoundEducation.nl, AMP/Albeda etc.

“I believe in the fact that a better and healthier environment starts with yourself. That is why I have taken a lot of care about how to deal with the energy consumption.”

• Da Goose Mastering runs on Solar-power since 2012.
• Lighting is done with energy friendly led-lights.
• The studio roof holds a sola-tube daylight system; less artificial lighting needed.
• Studio isolation with mineral eco wool.
• Triple layer walls and the frontwall even has 4 layers.
• The roof is covered with grass and flowers forming an ecological isolation.
• Because of the isolation, no airco is needed and electrical high-efficient econo-heaters in winter.
• Equipment not in use is switched off (which can even be done remotely).
• Equipment is shutdown during lunch-breaks and fully shutdown after work.
• Amplifiers are Class-D which are known for extremely low power consumption.
• Computer/DAW makes use of SSD disks and low-power screens.
• For backups, a synology NAS with eco hard-drives and automatic powersave mode.
• All network, NAS and computer devices are automatically switched of during nighttime.
• Energy consumption is monitored in real-time and per set time using various monitoring systems.

Friendly service and superb, constant quality are key at Da Goose Mastering, that is why the list of satisfied customers is growing constantly.