Piper Payne is a Mastering Engineer based out of Nashville, TN, where she works on albums for independent artists and major labels.

Piper Payne lives for quality and equality in audio.

Piper Payne, a Mastering Engineer based in Nashville, TN, is known for her dedication to audio quality and equality. After moving her mastering studio to Nashville, she ventured into vinyl manufacturing, opening Physical Music Products, which, through Piper's innovations, has set industry leading turn times and quality benchmarks. As a former National Trustee of the Recording Academy and Co-Chair of the P&E Wing Steering Committee, Piper actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the industry. With a background in music and a focus on technical excellence, she approaches mastering and manufacturing as a blend of feel and precision. Piper shares her expertise in mastering and recording as an esteemed audio professor and frequent guest lecturer. Her impressive discography includes notable artists like Janis Ian, Madame Gandhi, Dolly Parton, The Go-Go's, and more.

Piper moved to Nashville to master records in May of 2019 after a decade in the Bay Area mastering scene.

Piper then opened her vinyl record pressing plant, Physical Music Products, in the Spring of 2022 and as they continue to grow and add capacity, they also innovate in the vinyl manufacturing world and produce quality records for a range of clients and project sizes.

Piper is a former National Trustee of the Recording Academy and former Co-Chair of the P&E Wing Steering Committee. She is a former Governor of the Audio Engineering Society and she was the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the AES’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee as well as an active member of Women's Audio Mission, Women In Vinyl, and she serves on the Board of SoundGirls.org.

She has been an audio professor and guest lectures often about mastering and recording.

 Piper began her career with a BFA in Audio from The University of Michigan, continuing her graduate education in Audio at the University of Stavanger in Norway.

Piper has a diverse background in musical styles. As a drummer, she knows that the best outcome of every project is that it has to feel good. As an engineer, Piper is focused on technical quality and correctness. But, at the end of the day, mastering is about format conversion and quality control so the project gets just what it needs.

Piper has mastered a wide variety of music including nationally renowned artists such as Janis Ian (Best Folk Album Grammy Nomination 2023), Dolly Parton, Third Eye Blind, LeAnn Rimes, The Go-Go’s, Madame Gandhi, Olive Klug, The Stone Foxes, Geographer, The Steven Universe Soundtrack’s composers Aivi and Steven, Basement, Hundredth, Kat Robichaud, Siobhan Moore, Jai Jagdeesh, Ram Dass Khalsa, David Elettrodomestico (Jane Wiedlin/The Go-Go’s), Blithe, ANIIML, Shamir, Betsy, Between You & Me, and Fritz Montana to name a few. See more of her sample discography at infrasonicsound.com/piper

Feel free to reach out to contact Piper with any questions.
Piper Payne, 313.580.6660, piper@piperpayne.com