Joe LaPorta

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Joe LaPorta
Birth nameJoseph J. LaPorta
Born (1980-01-19) January 19, 1980 (age 45)[ citation needed ]
OriginNew York City, U.S.
OccupationsMastering engineer, record producer
Website sterling-sound.com/engineers/joe-laporta

Joseph J. LaPorta (born January 19, 1980) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

LaPorta was born in New York and grew up there; he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in music technology. He began his mastering career at The Lodge and then joined Sterling Sound in 2013 as a senior engineer. [4] [5]

He has worked with artists including David Bowie, The Weeknd, Future, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend, FKA Twigs, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Tiesto, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Fleet Foxes, Bon Jovi, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, Run the Jewels, Young Thug, Gunna, Twenty One Pilots, Beach House, and others. [3] [6]

In addition to mastering, LaPorta also works as a music consultant on forensic musicology/copyright infringement cases. He has consulted on cases like The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Prince, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Shakira, Guns N' Roses, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Sting, Phil Collins, Diddy, Alicia Keys, and others. [7]

LaPorta also has experience in music production; he has worked with various artists in both hip hop and electronic dance music for over the past decade as of August 2012. He has written and produced for artists such as 50 Cent, GZA, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Cunninlynguists [8] as well as licensing tracks to television and film clients like MTV, Showtime, and Fox Network. [3] [7] [9]

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards [10] [11]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 Wasting Light Album of the Year Nominated
2014 "Radioactive" Record of the Year Nominated
2017 Blackstar Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Won
2018 Every Where Is Some Where Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Nominated
2022 Cinema Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Nominated
2024 Endless Summer Vacation Album of the Year Nominated
"Flowers" Record of the Year Won
2025 Empathogen_(album) Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Nominated


Latin Grammy Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2014 Multi Viral Album of the Year Nominated
2014 Respira El Momento Record of the Year Nominated


TEC Awards [12]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 Wasting Light Record Production/AlbumWon
2016 Smoke + Mirrors Record Production/AlbumNominated
2017 Blackstar Record Production/Single or TrackWon
Record Production/AlbumWon
2019 America Record Production/AlbumNominated


Pensado Awards [13]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2016Joe LaPorta"Masters of Mastering"Won

References

  1. "Joe LaPorta | MASTERING ENGINEER".
  2. "Tieline Delivers Sterling Service – Tieline Technology". Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
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  4. Weiss, David (March 7, 2013). "NYC Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta Joins Sterling Sound". www.sonicscoop.com. sonicscoop.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  5. "Joe LaPorta joins Sterling Sound as Senior Engineer – Music Connection Magazine". June 4, 2013.
  6. "Joe LaPorta Discography". sterling-sound.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Joe LaPorta Biography". sterling-sound.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  8. "JL discography @ rolldabeats – dance music discography resource". Rolldabeats.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  9. "Joe LaPorta Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  10. "2024 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.
  11. "Joe LaPorta | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.
  12. "Nominees for 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards Announced | TEC Awards".
  13. "usurped title". Toto80. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)