June, 2019 - Blake Shelton, 'God's Country'

This month we will look at a song from the country genre, 'God's Country' as sung by Blake Shelton.
This is a well written song that is arranged well, recorded well, sung well, and mastered...well it could certainly be done better there.  It is a good song with a good message and transcends the genre.  It is a good song no matter what style you want to call it.  Here are the numbers...

LKFS/LUFS                      -7.6 dB
Clipped Samples Left        720
Clipped Samples Right    1254
DC Offset                       -.0001%, +.005%
Dynamic Range                6.6 dB
RMS Level Left              -7.55 dB
RMS Level Right            -6.87 dB


The LUFS is a standard overcompressed -7.6 dB.  The clipped samples are 1974 more than they should be.  The right channel is louder than the left by .68 dB, which is why you see almost twice as many clipped samples in the right channel.  The DC offset is close to 0, but not quite there.  The dynamic range is a nice 6.6 dB.  So, to sum up, this is a great song with typical sloppy mastering that we have come to expect in this day and age.

​Here is the whole picture...