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 LAs "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.SXSW
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 YearArtistAlbumGrammy Nominations CategoryResult1983Herbie HancockFuture ShockBest R&B Instrumental Performance1984Herbie HancockSound-SystemBest R&B Instrumental Performance1988Jethro TullCrest of a KnaveBest Hard Rock/Metal Performance1991LL Cool JMama Said Knock You OutBest Rap Solo Performance1991NirvanaNevermindBest Alternative Music Album1992Arrested Development3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...Best New ArtistBest Rap Performance Duo or Group1996Smashing PumpkinsMellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessBest Hard Rock PerformanceAlbum of the Year1997Smashing PumpkinsThe End Is the Beginning Is the EndBest Hard Rock Performance1997U2PopBest Rock Album1998GarbageVersion 2.0Album of the YearBest Rock Album1998Beastie BoysIntergalacticBest Alternative Music PerformanceBest Rap Performance.2000Madonna MusicBest Pop Vocal Album2001PJ HarveyStories from the City, Stories from the SeaBest Rock Album.2002Elvis CostelloWhen I Was CruelBest Rock AlbumBest Alternative Music Album2003Sheryl Crow C'mon, C'monBest Female Rock Vocal PerformanceBest Pop Collaboration with VocalsBest Rock AlbumGrammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical2006Gustavo CeratiAhí vamosBest Rock Solo Vocal Album - Latin GrammyBest Rock Song-Latin Grammy2006Yeah Yeah YeahsShow Your BonesBest Alternative Music Album2006UB40Who You Fighting For?Best Reggae Album2008Daft PunkAlive 2007Best Electronic/Dance Album2013Fiona AppleThe Idler Wheel...,Best Alternative Music Album.2017Twenty One PilotsBlurryfaceBest Pop Duo/Group Performance2019Mon LaferteNormaBest Alternative Music Album - Latin Grammy2020Gary Clark Jr.This LandBest Contemporary Blues AlbumBest Rock PerformanceBest Rock Song
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
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Source Tags & Codes (2002) 13 Engines – Perpetual Motion Machine (1993) 24-7 Spyz – Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound (1996) 2nd II None – 2nd II None (1991) 3 Doors Down – Seventeen Days (2005) 3 Colours Red – The Union of Souls (2004) 3rd Bass – The Cactus Album (1989), Derelicts of Dialect (1991) 54-40 – Since When (1998) 7horse – Songs for a Voodoo Wedding (2014), Livin in a Bitch of a World (2016) A Dozen Furies – A Concept from Fire (2005) A Giant Dog – Pile (2016) A Perfect Murder – Unbroken (2004), Strength Through Vengeance (2005) A – 'A' vs. Monkey Kong (2000) Abiodun Oyewole – 25 Years (1996) Acid Test – Drop (1993) Active Child – You Are All I See (2011), Rapor (2013) Adele Bertei – Little Lives (1988) Aerosmith – Done with Mirrors (1985) After the Fall – Always Forever Now (2005) Alabama 3 – Exile on Coldharbour Lane (1997) Aleks Syntek – 89–99 (2000) Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation (1994) Alien Crime Syndicate – Dust to Dirt (2000), From the Word Go (2000), Ten Songs in the Key of Betrayal (2004) All Hail the Yeti – All Hail the Yeti (2012) The Almighty – Psycho-Narco (2001) AM Taxi – We Don't Stand a Chance (2010) American Hi-Fi – Blood & Lemonade (2014) Amusement Parks on Fire – Out of the Angeles (2005) Andrew Dice Clay – 40 Too Long (1993) Andrew W.K. – I Get Wet (2001), The Wolf (2003) Angelo Badalamenti – Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (1990) Antenna – Hideout (1993) Anthrax – Spreading the Disease (1985) Anti-Flag – For Blood and Empire (2006) Apoptygma Berzerk – Rocket Science (2009) Arctic Monkeys – Humbug (2009) Arid – Little Things of Venom (2000) Arlen Roth – Arlen Roth (1987) Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992), Zingalamaduni (1994) Arsonists – As the World Burns (1999) Art Bergmann – Crawl with Me (1988), Art Bergmann (1991) Arto Lindsay – Mundo Civilizado (1996) Ash – Meltdown (2004) Atreyu – The Curse (2004), Lead Sails Paper Anchor (2007), Long Live (2015) Authority Zero – Andiamo (2004) Autopilot Off – Autopilot Off (2002), Make a Sound (2004) Awaken the Empire – Aurora (2015) Axel Bauer – Simple Mortel (1998) B'z – Action (2007) Babasónicos – Dopádromo (1996), Miami (2000), Jessico (2002), Infame (2004) Babe the Blue Ox – People (1996) Baby Chaos – Safe Sex Designer Drugs & the Death of Rock 'n' Roll (1995) Babylon A.D. – Nothing Sacred (1992) Bad Brains – Rise (1993), Black Dots (1996) Barkmarket – Vegas Throat (1990), Gimmick (1993) Barrington Levy – Turning Point (1992) Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill (1986), Hello Nasty (1998) Beatsteaks – Launched (1999) Ben Folds – Way to Normal (2008) Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen (1997), Naked Baby Photos (1998), The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999) Ben Kweller – Go Fly a Kite (2012) Ben Lee – Breathing Tornados (1999), Hey You. Yes You. (2002) Best Coast – California Nights (2015) Biffy Clyro – Puzzle (2007), Only Revolutions (2009) Big Country – The Crossing (1983) Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Strategem (1994) Big Sugar – Hemi-Vision (1996), Heated (1999), Hit & Run (2003) Billy Corgan – TheFutureEmbrace (2005) Björk – Family Tree (2002) Blind Melon – Nico (1996) Blonde Redhead – Fake Can Be Just as Good (1997), In an Expression of the Inexpressible (1998) Blues Traveler – Save His Soul (1993), Live from the Fall (1996) Blur – 13 (1999), Think Tank (2003) Bob Mould – Workbook (1989) Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. – New Funky Nation (1990) Boss Hog – Boss Hog (1995) Bowling for Soup – The Great Burrito Extortion Case (2006) Brand New Heavies – Get Used to It (2006) BT – ESCM (1997) Buckethead – Bucketheadland (1992), Giant Robot (1994) Built to Spill – Perfect from Now On (1997) Burn – Do or Die (2017) Butch Walker – The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites (2006), Afraid of Ghosts (2015) Cage the Elephant – Cage the Elephant (2009), Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011) Camper Van Beethoven – Key Lime Pie (1989) Caviar – The Thin Mercury Sound (2004) Cheap Trick – Lap of Luxury (1988) Chevelle – Wonder What's Next (2002) Cidadão Instigado – Fortaleza (2015) Circa Survive – Blue Sky Noise (2010) CKY – Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild (2002), An Answer Can Be Found (2005), Carver City (2009) The Clash – Combat Rock (1982), Cut the Crap (1985) Clutch – The Elephant Riders (1998), Jam Room (2000) Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension (2012), The Afterman: Descension (2013) Cold – Cold (1998) Cop Shoot Cop – Ask Questions Later (1993), Release (1994) Cracker – The Golden Age (1996) Craig G – Now, That's More Like It (1991) Crash Test Dummies – Give Yourself a Hand (1999), I Don't Care That You Don't Mind (2001) Creed – My Own Prison (1997) The Crystal Method – Vegas (1997) The Cult – Electric (1987) Cyclone Temple – I Hate Therefore, I Am (1991) Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1991) Damageplan – New Found Power (2004) Danzig – Danzig (1988), Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) Das Pop – Das Pop (2009) David Lee Roth – Crazy From The Heat (1985) Def Leppard – On Through the Night (1980), High 'n' Dry (1981), Pyromania (1983), Hysteria (1987) Deftones – White Pony (2000), Saturday Night Wrist (2006), Gore (2016) Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030 (2000), Event 2 (2013) Dire Straits – Love over Gold (1982) Disagree – To Prevent the Earth from Moving with You (2009) Disturbed – The Sickness (2000), Believe (2002) The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury (1992) DJ Quik – Quik Is the Name (1991) Dog Eat Dog – All Boro Kings (1994) Dope – Felons and Revolutionaries (1999) Double X Posse – Put Ya Boots On (1992) Dream Theater – When Dream and Day Unite (1989), Train of Thought (2003), Live at Budokan (2004) Dredg – Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy (2011) Dropkick Murphys – Blackout (2003) Dynamite Hack – Superfast (2000) Earshot – Two (2004) East Cameron Folkcore – For Sale (2013) Easterhouse – Contenders (1986) Eddie Money – Can't Hold Back (1986) Elefant – The Black Magic Show (2006) Elliott Waits For No One – EWFNO- Ghost Behind The rainbow (2018) EWFNO/ CMurder – Mama's Bad Boy (2019) Elvis Costello – When I Was Cruel (2002) End of Fashion – End of Fashion (2006) Eve's Plum – Envy (1993) Everlast – Eat at Whitey's (2000) Extreme – Extreme (1989) Faith No More – King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (1995), Album of the Year (1997) Fastball – Make Your Mama Proud (1996) Fear Factory – Archetype (2004) Fear of Pop – Fear of Pop: Volume 1 (1998) Feeder – Polythene (1997) Feist – The Reminder (2007) Filter – Crazy Eyes (2016) Finch – Back to Oblivion (2014) Finger Eleven – Tip (1998) Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel... (2012) Fishbone – Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe (1993) Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks" (2010) The Frames – Dance the Devil (1999) Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better (2005) The Fray – Helios (2014) Fuel – Natural Selection (2003) Funeral for a Friend – Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (2003) Gang Starr – Step in the Arena (1990), Daily Operation (1992) Garbage – Garbage (1995), Version 2.0 (1998) Geddy Lee – My Favourite Headache (2000) Geto Boys – The Geto Boys (1990) Gizmachi – The Imbuing (2005) GOD – Possession (1992) Gorillaz – Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010) Gustavo Cerati – Ahi Vamos (2006) Handsome Boy Modeling School – So... How's Your Girl? (1999), White People (2004) Hammerbox – Numb (1993) Hed PE – Hed PE (1997) Helmet – Meantime (1992), Betty (1994), Dead to the World (2016) Herbie Hancock – Future Shock (1983), Sound-System (1984), Perfect Machine (1999) The Human League – Hysteria (1984) Hüsker Dü – Candy Apple Grey (1986) Ian Brown – Music of the Spheres (2001), Solarized (2004) Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990) Iggy Pop – Instinct (1988), Beat 'Em Up (2001) Irish Leo – Wicked Cruel Chicken (2001)