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

Career

Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album Future Shock. Other mastering works include the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and Nirvana's Nevermind. Weinberg began working in the mail room at Masterdisk in 1977, 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. In 1982, Weinberg worked on the Payolas' song "Eyes of a Stranger". In 1997, Polythene by Feeder was met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 75. He appeared on a panel discussion at the 2009 SXSW music festival titled Producers "On Making Classic Records" sometimes working in a teaching capacity. 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.

Awards and nominations

Weinberg was nominated for the Mix Foundation's TEC Awards (Technical Excellence & Creativity) for mastering engineer in 1997. 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, the album also earned two TEC Awards. In 2006, for Record Production as part of the team for Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc". In 2001, he received a Mercury Prize for mastering PJ Harvey's album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. In 2017 his work on Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. That year, he also won a Juno Awards of 2017 for The Strumbellas.

Grammy Awards

Personal life

Weinberg married Rachel Felder, the director of artists and repertory at Columbia Records, in July 1999. Weinberg's brother Marty (died Oct. 2018) was one of the first Grateful Dead fans who recorded and distributed the band's shows.

Partial discography