i put up some downloadable samples from my solo CD thing

Now that's what I call teaser-samples! Hard to conjure up a context for 'em...

Intriguing though, that's for sure.

Are you considering Tzadik at all?
 
Going from top to bottom: I really like the first one, the next two I won't be able to tell without hearing more of the song, and the last one sounds angry in a good way.

Note: Only one speaker was knocked over, but it was done intentionally (I'm trying to fit in).
 
I really liked the samples. Will the mastering take away the rumbling bass frequences and compress loud stuff while boosting quiet bits? If so, don't do it!

PS I don't really know what mastering is.
 
I guessed something like that, but isn't compression part of mixing? Oh wait, I guess compressing idividual patterns, tracks and voices would be compression on the mixing level, and the overal compression/shelving/equalizing of a song would be mastering?

If so, the guys that say 'fix it in the mastering' are jerks.