Hello, I've been an audio engineer for some time now and have worked with several Major Label & Independent Artists/Producers including: Calvin Harris, French Montana, Austin Mahone, Aloe Blacc, Sonny Digital, Young Thug, and several others in a variety of genres.
Your favorite artists, favorite engineer.
I'm a RIAA certified audio engineer. I've worked with a lot of artist in a variety of genes. Your sound is very important to me. I always make sure every record I'm a part of is of sound quality.
Below are a few recent records I've produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
French Montana Feat. Young Thug - Black Out
Austin Mahone - Double Up
Calvin Harris - Heatstroke Ft Young Thug Pharrell Williams & Ariana Grande
Juicy J Feat Slim Jxmmi - Gimme Gimme
Juicy J Feat Wiz Khalifa & Ty Dolla $ign - Aint Nothin
Hasse De Moor Feat Mike Jay - Tonight
Kirko Bangz Feat. Fetty Wap - Worry Bout It
Divine Council - Dick In Da Dope
Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.
40 Reviews - 6 Repeat Clients
Endorse Shawn "Source" Jarrett
check_circleVerifiedGood work and fast turn around!
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Awesome! Communication was on point. The minimal changes I asked for were accommodated. Quick turnarounds and industry quality mixes! He also creatively rearranged parts of the beats and added his own flare to them that matched my sound. You can tell he really cares about the music and not just the technicals. Dope!
check_circleVerifiedShawn is the man. I wish that I could actually go and sit down with him to see him work his magic. This guy knows how to mix and follow revisions to the T. I know that I will continue to use him for all of my mixing projects.
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Shawn is an absolute professional! Great to work with great communication great accommodations.
Every song is crispy and clean but always diffent and suprising elements. Can’t wait to work with him Again! 
check_circleVerifiedGreat master, quick delivery! 5/5 :)
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After the success of these two songs, I’m definitely kidnapping Shawn to be my personal engineer on all projects. Very talented and skillful!
check_circleVerifiedShawn is a pleasure to work with! Very fast and high quality service. Will be working with again!
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Shawn gave me a memory, and I'll be with him if there's a conundrum like him next time.
check_circleVerifiedShawn is a professional.
He can do a excellent mix/master to a pop song and it will sound very clean and clear.- check_circleVerified
Awesome mix! We WILL be working together again!
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Shawn is an incredibly talented engineer who should be in your top 10. He is professional, timely, and most importantly has a great ear for music. He is an engineer who you can trust to do great work while bringing their own creativity to a project.
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I am blown away by Shawn's skill and attention to detail. He delivers incredible results.
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Very fast service, very high quality.
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Shawn is a true professional. Amazing quality, fast service, affordable rates.
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Quality was good for what it was, but not very good service and poor professionalism
late turnaround, Didn't answer questions, sent me messages I couldnt understand
Both times when I was waiting a long time to receive a mix, I had to message the dude to see what was going on and he would respond two hours later with it done. Gave me impression that he forgot about me and was rushing to get it done. Dude clearly has strong credentials, but he didn't make me a priority.. - check_circleVerified
Great results!! Can tell he puts effort in his craft.
check_circleVerifiedIn the pass I've worked with several engineers & never felt like they nailed the mix. That wasn't the case here. Shawn has a really good ear for music & pays attention to detail. He is naturally creative in a good way. which is hard to come by in a engineer. It was a pleasure to work with him. Very talented dude! five stars!
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His turnaround time is crazy fast, he will work with you and kills it on his mixes.
check_circleVerifiedImpressive work, fast delivery rate and everything went fantastic in the first mix.
Will be sure working again in the future.
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Shawn is fantastic mixing/mastering engeneere. His sound is so clean.
Shawn makes high quality mix and master.
Perfect quality!
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Once again Source delivered on 3 great sounding songs mix/mastered thanks agains bro!
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Source not only mix/mastered my song, he added flavor and creativity. He gave the song fresh sound that was needed. Thanks again bro look forward to working with you more in the future I am 100% satisfied
check_circleVerifiedShawn kept working til we got it done! Big shoutout for all the hard work he did for our project. Great communications, really listened when we spoke & DELIVERED.. get it from the source !
check_circleVerifiedVery talented and sympathic person! He did a great job and we had a perfect communication!
I gladly will work soon on other projects!Thank you Shawn, you're great!
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How many times that I have already run to him to put his creative spin on my project should be worth more than anything that I write in this review panel. Shawn is quick and dope.
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This dude is so good makes me wanna hide him and keep him to myself as an engineer, but whoever reading this post should give bro a chance and I promise you won't regret it at all. He's getting me much more excited about releasing my songs.
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Shawn is the truth for real. All disrespect to Paul Pierce. I've never seen the type of fast turn around, on point mixing that I have seen with this guy and I have worked with a few SoundBetter engineers. I love his creativity, passion and work ethic. This is my pick and should be yours too!
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good work delivered
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Listened to reference tracks, and mixed and mastered with style, technique and fast. Quality work
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hell yea hell yea nigga grade a plus. he has soul and can feel the music, he has the power. for real for real
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Decent results, good communication and a fast turn-around!
check_circleVerifiedShawn did a great job mastering my EP
He’s very easy to work with and communicate with
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Super professional. Whole new level of mastering!
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Does great work and really makes an effort to get you the sound your trying to achieve. I’ll be coming back soon.
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DUDE IS P R O F E S S I O N A L
IT WAS ALREADY GREAT WHEN HE SENT IT BACK, THEN HE TOOK NO TIME TO ADJUST LITTLE TWEAKS FOR ME. CALL SHAWN
check_circleVerifiedShawn is a master at his craft. He's a good guy, very patient and has a lot of knowledge. Quality engineer, he'll bring your project to life.
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The final mix was outstanding. It sounded good across the board on many devices. Shawn responds quickly to every communication. He used his experience to improve the sound quality and offered his insight to advance the song. His turnaround time is fast, completing first mix within a couple of hours. His prices are very reasonably.I recommend him.
Best engineer I've worked with hands down. He gets stuff done fast too.
Let Source handle any of your mixing / mastering needs.
One of the realest in the game. You won't be let down.
Source is by far the best in the game hands down no one is better .
Interview with Shawn "Source" Jarrett
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: French Montana - Jungle Rules was a very important project to me. Several hours went into working on this, and it is my first RIAA Gold certified project.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Currently I'm working on Cassie's album.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Mike Jay, Mickey Shiloh
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Hybrid. i love the analog sound, but i love the speed of digital. i was raised on both so i have a sense of each. And Slate Digital and UAD are really blurring the lines of sound quality.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Everything i do will always be of quality. My name and reputation are very important to me.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I love taking someones visions and making it tangible.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Who have you worked with previously? I can provide references of some of the people i've worked with. My recording doesn't sound that well, can you fix it? Recording is an important step in the right mix. However, i will make whatever you send me sound as good as possible.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Not everyone is an engineer because they can use presets and make something sound decent. Engineering and producing are both arts with a specific science to them. It takes time to really grasps what that EQ is doing or what this compressors color is.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: what is your vision or type of sound? who are your favorite artists? do you have any reference songs where i can hear your voice? Do you have stems or session files? was it recorded in Pro Tools, Logic, or some other DAW? When would you like the record to be completed?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: You get what you pay for. In this industry you'll always find someone who can do something for cheaper or lower quality. Listen to references, make sure that you're happy with the sound of any engineer or producer. Value yourself, and pay for better quality.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My laptop, hard drive, headphones, apollo twin Duo,
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've always been a musician. I started with piano and moved on to horn instruments in a variety of jazz bands. When i was about 15 i started working in a recording studio in Mt. Vernon NY as a producer and engineer. One of my mentors Johnathan Lewis and Wayne Lewis from Atlantic Starr, saw my potential and allowed me to work on their album with them. (This album was recently released and is called "metamorphosis". After that i got my first major placement at 17 and moved to Orlando, Florida for school. within the first few years i began the head engineer at KDS recording studio (Previously Transcontinental studios) where the backstreet boys, brittany spears, and several other pop acts started. started working in studios when i was 15. Few years later i decided to move to California where i worked for a private recording studio called MSM Studios and the head engineer. Within my first few months I worked with everyone from French Montana, to Austin Mahone, to Young Thug, Aloe Blacc, and everyone in between. I'm currently 28 years old, and in my first year working in Los Angeles, i've received a RIAA Gold Certification for an engineer on French Montana - Jungle Rules album, and have positioned myself as a producer an engineer amongst this industry.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: New age with old school clarity.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I've always wanted to work with Pharrell Williams. Even though we recently did a song together on Calvin Harris new album, i would like to be able to be in the room with him while he creates.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Less is More. Always leave room for a vocalist. Their voice is also an instrument.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Urban, Pop, Top 40, Dance, Urban AC
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skills would have to be the time it takes for me to complete a project at industry quality.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring my own taste of creativity and clarity to each mix
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I always start with the artists vision. from there i take the vision and the sounds provided and i tailor make the sound fit their vision. I always start with the instrumental to build a good foundation, from there i work on getting the vocals clean and sitting right in the mix.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I work out of a variety of studios in Los Angeles, California: No Name Studios (Previously Track Record), Chalice Recording Studios, Ultrium Studios, and Paramount.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I"ve always been inspired by Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Dr. Luke, Sonny Digital, Cirkut, and Max Martin.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I primarily work in Urban and Pop as a composer, producer, recording engineer, songwriter mixing engineer, and mastering engineer.
I was the Recording Engineer and Mixing Engineer in this production
- Calvin Harris - Heatstroke feat. Young Thug, Pharrell Williams, and Ariana Grande
- Juicy J - Aint Nothing feat. Wiz Khalifa, and Ty Dolla $ign
- French Montana - Black Out feat. Young Thug
- Austin Mahone - Double Up
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $800 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
- EditingAverage price - $100 per track
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $75 per track
- Beat MakerAverage price - $300 per song
- YouTube Cover RecordingAverage price - $300 per song
For Mixing/Master, I Provide 2 Revisions. My Turn Around time is typically 24-48 Hrs depending on the complexity of Mix. Radio Edits, TV, and Show Mixes are not included.
- Pro Tools HD
- SSL 9000j
- SSL Matrix
- UAD Plugins
- Melodyne
- Ableton
- Logic Pro
- FL Studio
I provide discounts on mixes/masters for first time clients.
