{"id":29693,"date":"2015-11-13T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T01:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2015\/11\/14\/grammy-winner-talks-music-at-necc-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:20:16","slug":"grammy-winner-talks-music-at-necc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/11\/13\/grammy-winner-talks-music-at-necc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy Winner Talks Music at NECC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12421\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2015\/11\/20131106_AdamAyan_1018.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12421\" class=\"wp-image-12421 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2015\/11\/20131106_AdamAyan_1018-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Adam Ayan\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four-time Grammy Award winner Adam Ayan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Grammy Award winner Adam Ayan, who has worked with\u00a0 music giants such as Madonna, Foo Fighters, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Pearl Jam, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, the Rolling Stones, and Rascal Flatts, will give a presentation, sponsored by Northern Essex Community College, on album mastering on Wednesday, December 9th, at 7 p.m. in TC103 at\u00a0the David Hartleb Technology Center on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St.<\/p>\n<p>This event, which is free and open to the public, will explore the mechanics of music mastering from a leader in the field. Music mastering is the final creative step in transforming a recording into a record.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2015\/11\/20131106_AdamAyan_1057.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12422 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2015\/11\/20131106_AdamAyan_1057-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"20131106_AdamAyan_1057\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Ayan, who grew-up in Malden and Windham, NH, graduated from Pinkerton Academy (Derry, NH). He is also a graduate of UMass Lowell\u2019s Sound Recording Technology (SRT) Program. He works as a mastering engineer at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine, where he has collected more than 90 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 Ayan won his first Grammy Award in the category of \u201cBest Historical Album\u201d for his mastering work on the Jelly Roll Morton box set \u201cThe Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Ayan won 2 Latin Grammy Awards in the categories of &#8220;Best Engineered Album&#8221; and &#8220;Album Del Ano (Album of the Year)&#8221; for his mastering work on the Juan Luis Guerra album &#8220;La Llave De Mi Corazon&#8221;. His win in the category of &#8220;Best Engineered Album&#8221; marked the very first time a mastering engineer had been awarded a Grammy in that category.<\/p>\n<p>Ayan was nominated again in 2008 (the 50th Annual Grammy Awards) for a Grammy Award in the prestigious &#8220;Album of the Year&#8221; category for his mastering work on Vince Gill&#8217;s latest release &#8220;These Days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMastering is all about bringing my clients\u2019 music to its fullest sonic potential, and always respecting their artistic vision,\u201d Ayan says. \u201cI have been in the fortunate position of mastering recordings across many musical genres, maintaining the same philosophy of crafting my clients\u2019 recordings to best serve their musical message. Be it rock, pop, metal, country or jazz, the concept is always the same: master to best convey my clients\u2019 recordings to the listener.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAyan is one of the most celebrated music professionals who most people have never heard of,\u201d according to Mike Lecuyer of NECC&#8217;s Music Department. \u201cRock legends and country crooners alike trust him to make the final adjustments to their recordings when cutting an album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers a certificate in music technology and an associate\u2019s in general studies: music.\u00a0 For additional information on the music certificate or degree programs visit www.necc.mass.edu<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on this event contact NECC music instructor Michael Lecuyer <a href=\"mailto:atmlecuyer@necc.mass.edu\">atmlecuyer@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy Award winner Adam Ayan, who has worked with\u00a0 music giants such as Madonna, Foo Fighters, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Pearl Jam, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, the Rolling Stones, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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