sheeet son, that's harsh.
7 figs seems pretty high, but hey, all the extra time, and unfortunatly money, goes for something right?

and as if it's taken this long, or this many takes, to master the whole LP. I don't think it's unfair to be annoyed at the engineers, they have to deal with crap all the time and try and 'fix' problems in the mix, their way. Each person is different, so I can see this being a rather tedious affair.

Keep up fam, it'll be worth it; mastering is what makes or breaks the majority of records, nowadays especially.