About Us

Thomas W. Bethel, Acoustik Musik, Ltd./Room with a View Productions’ owner and principal mastering engineer has over 40 years of professional recording, mastering, and broadcast experience and is a voting member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).  In the 18 years Acoustik Musik, Ltd. has been in business, he has mastered and or recorded countless CD and vinyl projects.  Previously, he served as director of Audio Services and Concert Sound at Oberlin College for 26 years.  In that time, he recorded over three thousand concerts.  He is well versed in today’s technology and comfortable with a wide range of musical genres.

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We are positive that what you hear while mastering with us will translate well in other listening environments. Acoustik Musik Ltd. Is committed to friendly, reliable and professional service, tailored to meet your needs. We strive to respond quickly to requests and provide high-quality services at a reasonable rate. We are fully involved in the every step of the mastering or restoration process, from the initial consultation until the final master.

We are straightforward, open, and honest with our clients concerning costs, scheduling, and deadlines. Our staff is resourceful and open to your ideas. We believe that the end results of any project will reflect the best of the client’s initial vision.

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Here is a selected discography of CD and Vinyl projects.  For all projects listed, Thomas W. Bethel has credits as Mastering Engineer or Recording Engineer.

CDs:

Amichi Trio – Michael Debost, Monique Duphil, Jay Humeston

Peter Dominguez – How About This

Apollo’s Fire, Jeanette Sorrell – Messiah

Monique Duphil – Venezuela

Brittany Kotheimer, Lei Wang – Passions from the Romantic Era

Judith Bentley, Robert Spano – Hindemith Und Seine Freunde

Dan Asia – Oberlin Contemporary Chamber Ensemble

Mozart for Modulation

Kari Kandel – Sings the Songs of Larry Kass

Guy Mendilow – Soar Away Home

Oberlin Choristers – Songs for the Season

Lisa Goode Crawford – Pieces de Clavecin – Rameau Royer

Jay Harmon – Self Titled

The Oberlin Trio – Ives, Persichetti, Kirchner – Twentieth Century Piano Trios

The Six Strings Quartets, The New Hungarian Quartet – Bartok

Lisa Goode Crawford – J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations

St. Ambrose Choirs – Today Is Born Our Savior

Blue Lunch, Saxophone Shootout II Live! – Various

Keith McKelly – Self-Titled

The English Singers of London – Various

Twin B Project – Beyond the Birkdale Basement

Ancient Path – Christmas Carols From Long Ago And Far Away

The Toth Duo – Duos for Violin and Cello

Dvorak, Lobos, Caracas

Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble – Hot and Sweet Sounds of Lost New Orleans

Jeffery Mumford – The Promise of the Far Horizon

Dick Wooley – Wolfie Jammin’ at the Y2K

The Smithsonian Chamber Players, Arcangelo Corelli – The Twelve Trio Sonatas of Opus 3

Oberlin Consort of Viols – Five and Six Part Fantasies of William Lawes

Al Bauhof – Through the Darkness

Zao/Outcast – Within The Chamber Of My Soul I Find I Don’t Know As Much As Most But I Know My Destiny

Church on the Rise, RISE UP!

WorldView Community Church – No God but God

Mark Arlia – Liberations from Any Given Day

Survivalist – Self-Titled

Blue Lunch – Big Sounds Blues

Blue Lunch – Eyes Wide Open

Blue Lunch – Sideswiped

Audible Distraction

Ladykiller – Furnace St.

State Fair – Someday We Will

Michael Wagner – Spirit Of The Soul

Phantom Redemption – No One Ever Looks the Same

Ancient Paths – Rivers of Living Water

Rip Smops – Songs To Get Depressed About

Ron Richerson – A Touch of Heaven

Saint Ignatius High School Chorus and Cat-O-Tonics – Awake, My Soul, and Sing!

Mark Freeman – Cold Feet

Bob Gatewood – Finally Home

Gambie – L’art de la kora Jali Nyama Suso

Oberlin Choristers – Sleep My Baby

Saint Ignatius High School and Saint Joseph Academy – Together at Christmas

Strange – Space V

Al Bauhof – Edge Of The World

The Dirty Rooks – Self-Titled

Art4Art – A Futile Rebellion

The Loud – Beautiful Assassins Vol. VII, Fall of the Morning Star

Long Overdrive – Appetizers

Tim Roark – The Unseen Exit Machine

JustPlainBill – My Thinkin’ Was Slanted

Ryan Thompson – The Complete Opposite

Unknown Reason – Reality Won’t Do

Adina Bloom – Hot Mama!

Rip Smops – Life is Sad

Laura Lindauer – If We Were Just Together Again

Rip Smops – Eliminate Freedom

Patrick and Christine Janson – sing the songs of Larry Kass

Tim Culver – This Could Be The Moment

Kari Kandel – Where I Belong

Erik Von Rippy – The Sound No One Wants To Hear

Vinyl:

Mozart Requiem in D minor – Robert Fountain, Conductor

Oberlin Black Ensemble: Shadows

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah from the kids at Lake Ridge

Sedmara Zakarian – Works for Piano

Sedmara Zakarian – Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin

The Oberlin College Choir – Daniel Moe, conductor

Emil Danenberg – Performances at Oberlin College

Dary John Mizelle – New Percussion Music

Oberlin Woodwind Quintet, Schoenberg – Quintet for Wind Instruments, Op. 26

Oberlin Orchestra, Kenneth Moore, Conductor – Music for the Magic Theater, George Rochberg

Robert Willoughby, Flute – Roussel, Pierne

The Collegium Musicum, Oberlin College – A Visit to the Toledo Museum of Art

Olly Wilson – Piece for Four

The Oberlin Baroque Ensemble – Chamber Music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble – Hot and Sweet Sounds of Lost New Orleans

Robert Willoughby, Flutist – Max Reger

Austrian Court Music – Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin, 1979

Music of the Berlin Court – Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin, 1981

Pieces de Clavecin – Rameau Royer – Lisa Goode Crawford, Harpsichord

Oberlin College Choir – Harriet Simons, Conductor

Oberlin Baroque Ensemble – Music of the French Baroque

Dangus Kincaid Experience – Self Titled

The Kinsey Report- On the Record

Dwayne Dopsie and The Zydeco Hellraisers – Get Down

The Oberlin Baroque Ensemble – The 250th Commemoration of Marin Marais

 

We have also provided on location live recording and/or live broadcast services for the following:

The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center

The Canton Orchestra at Umstattd Hall

The Cleveland Opera

Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra

The Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour

WCLV-FM (various locations and artists)

WKSU-FM (various locations and artists)

The Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras

The Oberlin Choristers

And others!

Acoustik Musik, Ltd.“Where your dreams become reality”

Call us at 440-775-3681 or Email us at acoustikmusik@gmail.com for more information.