February 9th, 2006 12:15 PM |
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
Portland Press Herald
Portland's master of mastering takes home award
Bob Ludwig, founder of Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, won his first individual Grammy Award on Wednesday. Adam Ayan, a mastering engineer at Gateway, also won. Both attended the ceremonies in Los Angeles.
Ludwig won for best surround-sound album, for his work on "Brothers in Arms 20th Anniversary Edition" by Dire Straits. Ayan won in the best historical album category for his work mastering a reissue of a Jelly Roll Morton collection.
Until separate categories were added in the past few years, mastering engineers could not win their own Grammys.
Ludwig, one of the leading mastering engineers in the industry, moved to Portland from New York about 14 years ago.
His clients get Grammy nominations every year; this year, he and Ayan mastered 19 recordings that collected a total of 32 Grammy nominations.
Mastering is the final creative step in making an album. The Gateway clients who were nominated for Grammy awards this year included Beck, Steven Curtis Chapman, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Dire Straits, Faith Hill, Foo Fighters, Martina McBride, Sarah McLachlan, Nine Inch Nails, Bonnie Raitt, Seal, Bruce Springsteen, Rob Thomas and Trisha Yearwood.
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