Today is my 6th Anniversary of being hired full-time at Terra Nova Mastering. As chance would have it, it’s also the birthday of a convenience store with a particularly famous (free on this day) frozen refreshment. I stopped in on my way home from work and treated myself to the drink. It always reminds me of middle school bike rides home from school. . .

Austin-based mastering studio, Terra Nova Digital Audio, Inc., will celebrate 20 years in the music industry this week.

Thousands of musicians, including Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Marcia Ball, Johnny Cash, Eric Johnson, John Lennon and other well-known artists, have made their way through the studio, which opened in October of 1990.