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Howie Weinberg

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Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer. Over the course of his career, he has received over 2,257 mastering credits,[1] three TEC Awards,[2] 21 Grammy Awards,[3] two Juno Awards,[4][5][6] and one Mercury Prize.

Career

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Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album Future Shock.[7] Other mastering works include the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and Nirvana's Nevermind.[8]

Weinberg began working in the mail room at Masterdisk in 1977,[9] delivering recording tapes in New York City. Mastering engineer Bob Ludwig acted as his mentor. In January 2011, he left Masterdisk to set up his own mastering company in Los Angeles, Howie Weinberg Mastering, which appeared in Voyage LA's "Most Inspiring Stories" on February 11, 2021.[10]

In 1982, Weinberg worked on the Payolas' song "Eyes of a Stranger".[6][11] In 1997, Polythene by Feeder was met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 75.[12]

He appeared on a panel discussion at the 2009 SXSW music festival titled Producers "On Making Classic Records" sometimes working in a teaching capacity.[13]

Weinberg also consults with new technologies, new media, and education. In 2020, Weinberg began consulting with LANDR, an online, cloud-based, automated mastering service developed by MixGenius in Montreal, Quebec. The service digitally masters uploaded audio tracks using artificial intelligence algorithms.[14][15]

Awards and nominations

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Weinberg was nominated for the Mix Foundation's TEC Awards (Technical Excellence & Creativity) for mastering engineer in 1997.[16] He was named among the winners for Outstanding Creative Achievement in 2003 as part of the team for Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up the Sun" and C'mon, C'mon,[17] the album also earned two TEC Awards.[2] In 2006, for Record Production as part of the team for Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc".[18] In 2001, he received a Mercury Prize for mastering PJ Harvey's album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea.[19]

In 2017 his work on Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[20] That year, he also won a Juno Awards of 2017 for The Strumbellas.[21][22]

Grammy Awards

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Year Artist Album Grammy Nominations Category Result
1983 Herbie Hancock Future Shock Best R&B Instrumental Performance[23][24] Won
1984 Herbie Hancock Sound-System Best R&B Instrumental Performance[25][26] Won
1988 Jethro Tull Crest of a Knave Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance[27][28] Won
1991 LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out Best Rap Solo Performance[29][30] Won
1991 Nirvana Nevermind Best Alternative Music Album[31][32] Nominated
1992 Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... Best New Artist Won
Best Rap Performance Duo or Group[33][34] Won
1996 Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Best Hard Rock Performance Won
Album of the Year[35][36] Nominated
1997 Smashing Pumpkins The End Is the Beginning Is the End Best Hard Rock Performance[37][38] Won
1997 U2 Pop Best Rock Album[39][40] Won
1998 Garbage Version 2.0 Album of the Year Nominated
Best Rock Album[41][42] Nominated
1998 Beastie Boys Intergalactic Best Alternative Music Performance Won
Best Rap Performance.[43][44] Won
2000 Madonna Music Best Pop Vocal Album[45][46] Nominated
2001 PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Best Rock Album.[47][48] Nominated
2002 Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel Best Rock Album Nominated
Best Alternative Music Album[49][50] Nominated
2003 Sheryl Crow C'mon, C'mon Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Won
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Nominated
Best Rock Album Nominated
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical[51][52] Nominated
2006 Gustavo Cerati Ahí vamos Best Rock Solo Vocal Album - Latin Grammy Won
Best Rock Song-Latin Grammy[53][54] Won
2006 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones Best Alternative Music Album[55][56] Nominated
2006 UB40 Who You Fighting For? Best Reggae Album[57][58] Nominated
2008 Daft Punk Alive 2007 Best Electronic/Dance Album[59][60] Won
2013 Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel..., Best Alternative Music Album.[61][62] Nominated
2017 Twenty One Pilots Blurryface Best Pop Duo/Group Performance[63][64] Won
2019 Mon Laferte Norma Best Alternative Music Album[65][66] - Latin Grammy Won
2020 Gary Clark Jr. This Land Best Contemporary Blues Album Won
Best Rock Performance Won
Best Rock Song[67][68] Won

Personal life

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Weinberg married Rachel Felder, the director of artists and repertory at Columbia Records, in July 1999.[69]

Weinberg's brother Marty (died Oct. 2018) [70] was one of the first Grateful Dead fans who recorded and distributed the band's shows.[71]

Partial discography

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References

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