Howie Weinberg

{{Short description|American audio engineer}}

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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,{{cite web|title=Howie Weinberg {{!}} Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/howie-weinberg-mn0000828374/credits|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=AllMusic}} three TEC Awards,{{cite web|title=The TEC Awards 2003 Winners|url=http://legacy.tecawards.org/tec/03winners.html|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=legacy.tecawards.org}} 21 Grammy Awards,{{cite web|last=Stories|first=Local|title=Meet Howie Weinberg - Voyage LA Magazine {{!}} LA City Guide|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-howie-weinberg-los-angeles/|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=voyagela.com|date=February 11, 2021 |language=en-US}} two Juno Awards,{{cite news|title='We're designed to create': Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gord Downie feted at Junos gala, Drake gets snubbed {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/juno-awards-gala-dinner-1.4051712|access-date=April 18, 2021}}{{cite web|title=Payola$ {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/payola-emc|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}{{cite web|title=Payola$ – Eyes of a Stranger|url=http://tedmartin.ca/Canada150/Content/Songs/102-Payola$-Eyes_of_a_Stranger.htm|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=tedmartin.ca}} and one Mercury Prize.

Career

Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album Future Shock.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/herbie-hancock|title=Herbie Hancock|date=November 19, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=April 20, 2020}} Other mastering works include the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and Nirvana's Nevermind.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/nirvana|title=Nirvana|date=November 19, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=April 20, 2020}}

Weinberg began working in the mail room at Masterdisk in 1977,{{cite web | url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/30/howie-weinberg/ | title=Howie Weinberg: Mastering engineer of the stars }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-howie-weinberg-los-angeles/|title = Meet Howie Weinberg – Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide| date=February 11, 2021 }}

In 1982, Weinberg worked on the Payolas' song "Eyes of a Stranger".{{cite web|title=Payola$ {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/payola-emc|access-date=December 23, 2021|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}} In 1997, Polythene by Feeder was met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 75.{{Cite web|title=Feeder hometown, lineup, biography|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Feeder/+wiki|access-date=January 5, 2022|website=Last.fm|language=en}}

He appeared on a panel discussion at the 2009 SXSW music festival titled Producers "On Making Classic Records" sometimes working in a teaching capacity.[http://www.sxsw.com/music/talks/schedule/?action=bio&id=16515 SXSW] {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

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.{{cite web|title=LANDR: Creative Tools for Musicians|url=https://network.landr.com/users/howie-weinberg|access-date=April 30, 2020|website=LANDR}}{{cite web|title=Network - Hire Mixing, Mastering, Musicians and Promotion for your Music {{!}} LANDR|url=https://network.landr.com/users/howie-weinberg|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=network.landr.com|language=en}}

Awards and nominations

Weinberg was nominated for the Mix Foundation's TEC Awards (Technical Excellence & Creativity) for mastering engineer in 1997.{{cite web|title=1997 TEC Awards winners|url=http://www.mixfoundation.org/tec/1997.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914065954/http://www.mixfoundation.org/tec/1997.html|archive-date=September 14, 2012|access-date=May 5, 2009}} 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,{{cite web|title=2003 WINNERS FOR OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT|url=http://www.mixfoundation.org/tec/03winners.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027154821/http://www.mixfoundation.org/tec/03winners.html|archive-date=October 27, 2008|access-date=May 5, 2009}} the album also earned two TEC Awards. In 2006, for Record Production as part of the team for Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc".{{cite web|title=2006 TEC Awards Winners|url=http://www.mixfoundation.org/tec/06winners.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606090908/http://mixfoundation.org/tec/06winners.html|archive-date=June 6, 2009|access-date=May 5, 2009}} In 2001, he received a Mercury Prize for mastering PJ Harvey's album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea.{{cite web|date=September 12, 2001|title=PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize - after witnessing Pentagon attack|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/12/september11.usa5|access-date=December 23, 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

In 2017 his work on Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.{{cite web|date=January 17, 2018|title=Nirvana's "Nevermind" Inducted Into Grammy Hall Of Fame|url=https://www.95wiilrock.com/nirvanas-nevermind-inducted-grammy-hall-fame/|access-date=December 23, 2021|website=95 WIIL ROCK|language=en-US}} That year, he also won a Juno Awards of 2017 for The Strumbellas.{{cite news|date=April 2, 2017|title=The Strumbellas, Leonard Cohen win big while Drake gets snubbed at Junos gala dinner|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/juno-awards-gala-dinner-1.4051712}}{{Cite web | url=https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-JUNO-Award-Winners.pdf | title=2017 JUNO Awards Winners | access-date=2024-06-23 | website=junoawards.ca}}

=Grammy Awards=

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!Year

!Artist

!Album

!Grammy Nominations Category

!Result

1983

|Herbie Hancock

|Future Shock

|Best R&B Instrumental Performance{{cite web |last=Herbie Handcock |first=Grammy site |date=2022 |title=Herbie Hancock |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/herbie-hancock/9477}}{{Citation |title=Future Shock - Herbie Hancock {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/future-shock-mw0000188142/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-29}}

|{{won}}

1984

|Herbie Hancock

|Sound-System

|Best R&B Instrumental Performance{{cite web |date= |title=Sound-System - Herbie Hancock | Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-system-mw0000649552/credits |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2021-12-24}}{{cite web |last=Handcock |date= |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/herbie-hancock/9477 |publisher=www.grammy.com |accessdate=2021-12-24}}

|{{won}}

1988

|Jethro Tull

|Crest of a Knave

|Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance{{cite web |date= |title=Jethro Tull | Artist |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jethro-tull/8293 |publisher=www.grammy.com |accessdate=2021-12-24}}{{Citation |title=Crest of a Knave - Jethro Tull {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crest-of-a-knave-mw0000193313/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-07-01}}

|{{won}}

1991

|LL Cool J

|Mama Said Knock You Out

|Best Rap Solo Performance{{Citation |title=Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J | Credits | AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mama-said-knock-you-out-mw0000309159/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-24}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=LL Cool J |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ll-cool-j/4008 |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}

|{{won}}

1991

|Nirvana

|Nevermind

|Best Alternative Music Album{{Cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Nirvana |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/nirvana/8026 |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Nevermind - Nirvana {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nevermind-mw0000185616/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-07-01}}

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2"|1992

|rowspan="2"|Arrested Development

|rowspan="2"|3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...

|Best New Artist

|{{won}}

Best Rap Performance Duo or Group{{cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Arrested Development |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/arrested-development/17623 |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... - Arrested Development {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/3-years-5-months-2-days-in-the-life-of-mw0000276051/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}

|{{won}}

rowspan="2"|1996

|rowspan="2"|Smashing Pumpkins

|rowspan="2"|Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

|Best Hard Rock Performance

|{{won}}

Album of the Year{{cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Smashing Pumpkins |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/smashing-pumpkins/8392 |access-date=2021-12-15 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness-mw0000645152/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-28}}

|{{nom}}

1997

|Smashing Pumpkins

|The End Is the Beginning Is the End

|Best Hard Rock Performance{{Citation |title=The End Is the Beginning Is the End - The Smashing Pumpkins {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-end-is-the-beginning-is-the-end-mw0001018539/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}{{Cite web |last=Smashing Pumpkins |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/smashing-pumpkins/8392 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.grammy.com}}

|{{won}}

1997

|U2

|Pop

|Best Rock Album{{Citation |title=Pop - U2 {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pop-mw0000090394/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}{{Cite web |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/u2/7858 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.grammy.com}}

|{{won}}

rowspan="2"|1998

|rowspan="2"|Garbage

|rowspan="2"|Version 2.0

|Album of the Year

|{{nom}}

Best Rock Album{{Citation |title=Version 2.0 - Garbage {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/version-20-mw0000032128/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}{{Cite web |last=Garbage |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/garbage/15813 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.grammy.com}}

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2"|1998

|rowspan="2"|Beastie Boys

|rowspan="2"|Intergalactic

|Best Alternative Music Performance

|{{won}}

Best Rap Performance.{{cite web |title=Beastie Boys |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/beastie-boys/17626 |access-date=December 16, 2021 |website=GRAMMY.com}}{{Citation |title=Intergalactic - Beastie Boys {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/intergalactic-mw0000934151/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-28}}

|{{won}}

2000

|Madonna

| Music

|Best Pop Vocal Album{{Cite web |title=Release "American Pie" by Madonna - MusicBrainz |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/52a52076-a482-419f-96bc-00cefbfa9c81 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=musicbrainz.org}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Madonna |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/madonna/5068 |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}

|{{nom}}

2001

|PJ Harvey

|Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

|Best Rock Album.{{cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=PJ Harvey |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/pj-harvey/9488 |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea - PJ Harvey {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stories-from-the-city-stories-from-the-sea-mw0000098863/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2"|2002

|rowspan="2"|Elvis Costello

|rowspan="2"|When I Was Cruel

|Best Rock Album

|{{nom}}

Best Alternative Music Album{{Cite web |date=2020-12-15 |title=Elvis Costello |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/elvis-costello/10970 |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=When I Was Cruel - Elvis Costello {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-i-was-cruel-mw0000212988/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-28}}

|{{nom}}

rowspan="4"|2003

|rowspan="4"|Sheryl Crow

|rowspan="4"|C'mon, C'mon

|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

|{{won}}

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

|{{nom}}

Best Rock Album

|{{nom}}

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical{{Citation |title=C'mon, C'mon - Sheryl Crow {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cmon-cmon-mw0000220088/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-28}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-19 |title=Sheryl Crow |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/sheryl-crow/1553 |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2"|2006

|rowspan="2"|Gustavo Cerati

|rowspan="2"|Ahí vamos

|Best Rock Solo Vocal Album - Latin Grammy

|{{won}}

Best Rock Song-Latin Grammy{{Cite news |date=2014-09-04 |title=Argentina's Grammy-winning Gustavo Cerati dead at 55 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-argentina-cerati-idUSKBN0GZ28B20140904 |access-date=2021-12-24}}{{Citation |title=Ahí Vamos - Gustavo Cerati {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ah%C3%AD-vamos-mw0000535433/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-07-02}}

|{{won}}

2006

|Yeah Yeah Yeahs

|Show Your Bones

|Best Alternative Music Album{{Citation |title=Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/show-your-bones-mw0000700572/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-28}}{{Cite web |last=Yeah Yeah Yeah |date=2022 |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/yeah-yeah-yeahs/15944 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.grammy.com}}

|{{nom}}

2006

|UB40

|Who You Fighting For?

|Best Reggae Album{{Citation |title=Who You Fighting For? - UB40 {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/who-you-fighting-for--mw0000353614/credits |language=en |access-date=2022-06-28}}{{cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=UB40 |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ub40/7855 |access-date=2021-12-23 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}

|{{nom}}

2008

|Daft Punk

|Alive 2007

|Best Electronic/Dance Album{{Citation |title=Alive 2007 - Daft Punk {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/alive-2007-mw0000750377/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}{{Cite web |last=Daft Punk |date=2022 |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/daft-punk/8207 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.grammy.com}}

|{{won}}

2013

|Fiona Apple

|The Idler Wheel...,

|Best Alternative Music Album.{{Citation |title=The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-idler-wheel-is-wiser-than-the-driver-of-the-screw-and-whipping-cords-will-serve-you-more-than-ropes-will-ever-do-mw0002332951/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}{{Cite web |last=Fiona Apple |date=2022 |title=Grammy site |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/fiona-apple/558 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.grammy.com}}

|{{nom}}

2017

|Twenty One Pilots

|Blurryface

|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance{{Citation |title=Vessel/Blurryface - Twenty One Pilots {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vessel-blurryface-mw0003002341/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-16}}{{cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Twenty One Pilots |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/twenty-one-pilots/20162 |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}

|{{won}}

2019

|Mon Laferte

|Norma

|Best Alternative Music Album{{cite web |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Mon Laferte Wins Latin GRAMMY Best Alt. Album |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/mon-laferte-wins-best-alternative-album-norma-2019-latin-grammys |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=GRAMMY.com}}{{Citation |title=Norma - Mon Laferte {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/norma-mw0003224318/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}} - Latin Grammy

|{{won}}

rowspan="3"|2020

|rowspan="3"|Gary Clark Jr.

|rowspan="3"|This Land

|Best Contemporary Blues Album

|{{won}}

Best Rock Performance

|{{won}}

Best Rock Song{{cite web |date=2020-12-15 |title=Gary Clark, Jr. |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/gary-clark-jr/17798 |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=This Land - Gary Clark, Jr. {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-land-mw0003243644/credits |language=en |access-date=2021-12-22}}

|{{won}}

Personal life

Weinberg married Rachel Felder, the director of artists and repertory at Columbia Records, in July 1999.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/18/style/weddings-rachel-felder-howie-weinberg.html?sec=&spon= |title=WEDDINGS; Rachel Felder, Howie Weinberg |work=The New York Times |date=July 18, 1999}}

Weinberg's brother Marty (died Oct. 2018) {{cite news | url=https://www.ncadvertiser.com/past_obituaries/article/Obituary-Martin-Jay-Weinberg-14043376.php | title=Obituary: Martin Jay Weinberg | newspaper=New Canaan Advertiser }} was one of the first Grateful Dead fans who recorded and distributed the band's shows. {{cite podcast| url= https://www.dead.net/deadcast/wake-flood-50-let-me-sing-your-blues-away| title= Wake Of The Flood 50 : Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast)| website= Dead.Net| publisher= dead.net| host= Jesse Jarnow| date= 2023-09-14| time= 1:03:45 | access-date= 2023-09-19}}

Partial discography

{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/howie-weinberg-mn0000828374/credits|title=Howie Weinberg {{!}} Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 28, 2020}}

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