Emily Lazar
| Emily Lazar | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Mastering Engineer |
Emily B. Lazar is an American Grammy nominated mastering engineer.[1] She is the founder, president, and chief mastering engineer of The Lodge, an audio mastering facility that has operated in New York City's Greenwich Village since 1997.[2][3]
Career
Lazar has worked on over 2,000 albums with such artists as David Bowie, Foo Fighters, The Subways, The Shins, Shiny Toy Guns, Lou Reed, Barbra Streisand, The Raveonettes Björk, Cults, Boy & Bear, Goldfrapp, Moby, Paul McCartney, The Naked and Famous, Garbage, Sonic Youth, Nada Surf, Sinéad O'Connor, Rza, Wu-Tang Clan, Sleigh Bells, Tiesto, Fucked Up, Chromeo, The Raveonettes, Thievery Corporation, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, BT, The Velvet Underground, Morgan Page, Jedi Mind Tricks, John Mayer, Anti-Flag, Third Eye Blind, The Donnas, The All American Rejects, The Prodigy, Morrissey, Vampire Weekend, Destiny's Child, Matthew Shell & Arun Shenoy, and Vanessa Carlton.[4][5][6]
Current articles on Emily Lazar include features in NPR,[7] Artist Pro (cover story), Bust, Electronic Musician (cover story), Home Recording Magazine, Mix Magazine, Billboard Magazine, Pro Sound News, Medialine, Remix Magazine, and Tape Op. She has been a featured panelist lecturing on college campuses and in numerous music business and recording conferences.[8][9][10] Lazar has also been awarded the prestigious Palamountain Award for Young Alumni Achievement from Skidmore College and has served as an adjunct faculty of New York University in the Music Technology Department.[11] She is also a highly publicized product endorsee for Avalon Design (audio equipment), Apple Computers, Antelope Audio and Dangerous Music.[12][13] Emily resides in New York and presently serves on the Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Early years
Born and raised in New York, Emily Lazar earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing and Music from Skidmore College, graduating Cum Laude with honors distinction in her major. During college, she wrote music, played in bands, and worked as a freelance engineer, producer and mixer. After college, Lazar worked in some of New York City's most prominent studios.[14] Later she earned a Master of Music Degree from New York University’s prestigious Music Technology program. While there, she pursued Tonmeister studies and was awarded a Graduate Fellowship.[15] Lazar’s thesis on Sonic Solutions, combined with an internship at Sony Classical, eventually led to a position at New York City based mastering facility, Masterdisk.[10][16]
The Lodge
The Lodge, an audio mastering facility, opened in 1997 in Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan.[9]
Awards and Nominations
GRAMMY Nominations
2012 - Album of the Year [17] Foo Fighters - "Wasting Light".
Pensado Awards
2014 - Emily Lazar was nominated for the 'Master of Mastering - Mastering Engineers Award' at the first annual Pensado Awards show.[18]
TEC Awards
2012 - Emily Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards[19] in the "Record/Production Album" category for her work on Foo Fighters's Wasting Light.
Recent work
2015
2014
| Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Sia | 1000 Forms of Fear | RCA |
| The Reassure | Echoe | Örange Penguin Studio |
| Linkin Park | The Hunting Party | Warner Bros |
| Linkin Park | The Hunting Party: Live From Mexico | Warner Bros |
| Say Anything | Hebrews | RCA Records |
| Mimicking Birds | Eons | Glacial Pace Records |
| Garbage | 10" Single Record Store Day Release | STUNVOLUME |
| Hamilton Leithauser | Black Hours | Ribbon Music |
| Christina Perri | Head or Heart | Sony Records |
| Neon Hitch | 301 to Paradise | Warner Bros |
| TRUST | Joyland | Arts & Crafts |
| Dive Index | Lost In The Pressure | Neutral Milk |
| La Dispute | Rooms of the House | No Sleep Records |
| Twofish | Zero Crossing | Self-released |
2013
2012
| Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Killers | Battle Born | Mercury Records |
| Alanis Morissette | Havoc and Bright Lights | Collective sounds |
| Shiny Toy Guns | III | Five Seven Music |
| Santana (band) | Shape Shifter | Starfaith Records |
| Garbage (band) | Not Your Kind Of People | STUNVOLUME |
| Tiesto | Club Life: Volume 2 - Miami | Musical Freedom |
| Sondre Lerche | Bootlegs | Mana Records |
| Diamond Rings | Free Dimensional | Astralwerks |
| Bush Tetras | Happy | Reachout International Records, Inc. |
| The Cringe | Hiding In Plain Sight | Listen Records |
| Eleni Mandell | I Can See The Future | Yep Roc Records |
| Trust | TRST | Arts & Crafts Productions |
| Nigel Dupree | Up To No Good | Mighty Loud |
| Jeff Wayne | War of the Worlds: The New Generation | 101 Distribution |
| Shoes | Ignition | Black Vinyl Records |
| Olof Arnalds | Olof Sings | One Little Indian |
| Matt Boerum | ''Cold Hearted Disaster | Matthew Boerum |
| Misstress Barbara | Many Shades Of Grey | MapleMusic Recordings |
| Say Anything | ...Is A Real Boy | Doghouse Records |
| Indochine | Paradize +10 | Sony Music |
2011
| Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Naked & Famous | Passive Me, Aggressive You | Polydor Ltd/Fiction |
| Brand New | Your Favorite Weapon (Reissue) | Razor & Tie|Triple Crown Records |
| The Raveonettes | Rarities & B-Sides | The Orchard (company) |
| White Denim | D | Downtown Records |
| Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | SAM Records| Roswell Records |
| Morgan Page | In The Air | Nettwerk Music Group |
| Ben Lee | Deeper Into Dream | Gold Village |
| Cubic Zirconia | Follow Your Heart | Fool's Gold |
| Olof Arnalds | Olof Sings | One Little Indian |
| Against Me! | White Crosses/Black Crosses | Total Trebel Music |
| CANT | Dreams Come True | Warp Records |
| Boy & Bear | Moonfire | Universal Music Australia |
| Fucked Up | David Comes To Life | Matador |
| Big Talk | Big Talk | Epitaph Records|ANTI Records |
| Thievery Corporation | Culture Of Fear | ESL |
| Above & Beyond | Group Therapy | Anjunabeats |
| Tiesto | Club Life: Volume II - Las Vegas | Musical Freedom |
| Cults (band) | Abducted | Columbia Records |
| Against Me! | Total Clarity | Fat Wreck Chords |
2010
References
- ↑ The Lodge Mastering. "The Lodge Mastering wraps up 2007 with the Grammy’s | PRLog". prlog.org. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "Music: Fran Healy Masters 'Wreckorder' at The Lodge | Mixonline". mixonline.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "The Lodge Masters The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Tiësto, The Raveonettes & More | SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". sonicscoop.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "Emily Lazar | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ The Lodge Mastering. "Vampire Weekend Master Debut Album with Emily Lazar at The Lodge | PRLog". prlog.org. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "The Lodge’s Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta Master “Massive” New Foo Fighters Album | SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". sonicscoop.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "The Woman Behind The Curtain, Making Good Songs Sound Great : The Record : NPR". npr.org. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 62. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- 1 2 "The Lodge". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- 1 2 "404 Page Not Found". emusician.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "Emily Lazar - Selected Alumni Bios - NYU Steinhardt". steinhardt.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ Hummingbird Media. "Antelope Audio Brings Back Popular OCXmas, Offering Special Discounts on OCX Master Clock and More | PRLog". prlog.org. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "Avalon New Users". avalondesign.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "Major in Music Technology at Skidmore College". skidmore.edu. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4605341-1.html.
- ↑ "BT Remakes Mastering at The Lodge with "These Hopeful Machines" | SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". sonicscoop.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1158181/complete-list-of-grammy-winners-nominees
- ↑ "PENSADO AWARDS - JUNE 28TH, 2014 LOS ANGELES, CA". pensadoawards.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "The TEC Awards". The Tec Foundation. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ↑ "Emily Lazar | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ↑ "Emily Lazar Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
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