Seeking a mentor with knowledge for achieving sonic clarity. I greatly will appreciate the help.

Hey fam! What’s the one thing you do to make sure your music hits that professional level? Whether it's mixing, mastering, or production tricks, I’d love to hear what works for you! Let’s share some knowledge! 🔥🎶

Hey everyone, let's discuss what techniques, tools, and strategies you use—whether it's production, engineering, mixing, mastering, or vocal treatments—to achieve pro-quality sound in your music, and share any tips you've learned along the way!

Admins, please remove this post (or DM me to remove it) if it's not allowed. I've completed the Mastering training in The Reverse Engineer a while back and got the thumbs up from Caleb, Dane, and Jake after they reviewed an album I mastered to move on to the Mixing training. I've decided to really start promoting my mastering services to the public while I continue to work on the mixing training. After a quick review of where I'm at with Jake, I need some more songs in my portfolio that aren't course material. So, this is where you come in. Do you have a good stereo mix in the rock / pop genres that I can make really stand out for you? Even if you've already mastered and released it, that's fine. I would just re-master your mix, and I'll do it for free. My ask back in return would be that if you like the master I did, that you write me a quick testimonial for my website and give me permission to put the before and after example audio on my website. Don't worry, I'd never release anything. It would be for example purposes only to get future work. If you want some social proof, just ask @Timothy Shay as I've done a master for him that he was happy with. My website is a work in progress, thus the reason for my post. For those of you who have been using AI mastering services, I'd be happy to go head to head against it and deliver something that sounds better. If you're interested and you have a good mix that you are proud of, shoot me a DM here on Skool (or comment and I'll get in touch with you). If for some reason your mix isn't ideal to be mastered, I'll tell you why so you can go back and make the adjustments. Thanks for your help. 🙂

To those of you who have paid for mastering before, was it worth it? More specifically, did your mix improve much beyond what you could have achieved on your own with basic saturation, clipping, limiting, and/or Ozone? If yes, could you share your source with me? Asking for a friend ;)