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Your music sounding legit? People taking you seriously as an artist? Opportunities to make money with your music? That all begins with getting your music mastered. I'm Jamal Patton, and I master music for artists. Is your music recorded and mixed and now needs mastering? Then let's take that first step to you having a music career together!

I started off as an artist, and then my interest in the technical side of music creation developed. I have helped artist achieve a professional sound through music mastering for the last 7 years. I primarily master music but I also offer music mixing services too. My job as a mastering engineer is to get your music ready for releasing to the public. I describe it like this: you bring me the cake mix ingredients mixed together properly, and I'll bake it into a cake and put the frosting and decorations on it. I'll even put words on the cake but that will cost you extra! Lol...ok no words on the cake but you get the idea. Also, remember it's mostly about the mix of the music. There's an old saying in music mastering circles and that saying is, [you can't polish a turd]. So make sure that your music is mixed as good as possible no matter who masters it. Why hire me? Because as a fellow artist I understand what it feels like when your music sounds like it belongs with any other music, on any other level. And I can deliver that feeling to you!

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Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I mastered a project for an artist names Zach Seiden. It actually was primarily a Pop music project. He is a great artist and whoever mixed his music also did a great job. That ended up being a great sounding master.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Currently I'm recording a project that I will also mix and master.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: I have no idea if there is anyone on SoundBetter that I know lol. As far as I know I don't.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. This is really a matter of preference. It's a sound that I prefer, the combination of analog and digital; but neither or both are necessarily better than the other.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: My promise to my clients is if their song is suitable for mastering, then I will deliver what they want.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I like helping artists to get their music ready for release. I know how exciting it can be to hear your song sounding professional and polished.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Most common question from customers is: can you make my song as loud as Artist X's song? My answer is usually yes.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: The biggest misconception about what I do as a mastering engineer is that I can correct problems that I can't correct like if the song is already too loud and clipping, or major mix issues. Simply put, the better the mix of the song, the better the master of the song.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: I don't usually have any questions for prospective clients.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: My advice is to be clear about what you want, but also be realistic about what to expect. Don't send a bad mix to a mastering engineer expecting a good sounding song in return. Most likely you will get a slightly better sounding bad mix.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Well hopefully there would be some electricity there so that I could use the gear lol. 1. Computer with Logic Pro and plugins 2. Headphones that I trust 3. Summing mixer 4. Midi controller keyboard 5. Microphone
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started off as an artist. I used to have my music mixed and mastered by others. I had 2 mastering engineers who also mastered major label releases. I became interested in the technical side of music creation. I learned to mix music and then I learned to master music. I have been mastering music for other artists for 7 years.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: My style is straight forward mastering. I don't do mid side processing unless absolutely necessary. And I don't consider Stem Mastering to be mastering. I see Stem Mastering as mixing.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: There aren't any artists in particular that I want to master their music.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Don't clip your mixbus unless you want that clipped sound. It's ok if the signal goes to zero, but not above.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I usually work on Hip Hop music, but I have worked in different genres.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is delivering at least a good master. I want your music to sound good, almost as much as you want it to sound good.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: As a mastering engineer I have 2 primary goals: 1, balance the EQ. And 2, do as little as possible. I'm there to master the song, not remix the song. At the end of the day I'm aiming to give your song/ music the ability to sound good on whatever playback device that it's played on. I do what's needed, so I will do minor corrections if needed.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Typically for mastering I start with making sure that the low, middle, and high frequencies are balanced with each other. I don't want any frequency range to jump out. A subtle amount of saturation, and de-essing to tame harsh higher frequency material. I mono the low end at 80 Hertz and below, with a small amount of stereo widening. Then I get the loudness with a combination of compression and limiting. And lastly, cuts and fades.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio setup is very minimal. I'm mostly in the box but I do use a summing mixer for analog summing. Monitor speakers complete my setup with 3 different sets of headphones that I use. I mix on one set, I master on another set, and then I listen to both the completed mix and completed master on the third set of headphones...when I use headphones.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Dr. Dre inspires me.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common type of work that I do for clients is mastering their music.