Joseph M. Palmaccio also credited as Joe Palmaccio was an American mastering engineer born in rural South Carolina.
Palmaccio has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has won 4 in the Best Historical Album category for mastering. Those projects are:
* 1998: "
The Complete Hank Williams
''The Complete Hank Williams'' is a 1998 box set collecting almost all of the recorded works of country music legend Hank Williams, from his first recorded track in 1947 to the last session prior to his untimely death in 1953 at the age of 29. Whi ...
" Hank Williams
* 2003: "
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues--A Musical Journey" various artists
* 2004: "
Night Train to Nashville--Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970" various artists
* 2014 "The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums" Bill Withers
Palmaccio began his formal musical training at age eight after moving to a small town outside Chicago. First as a trumpet player and later as a drummer, his love of music led him to record his first demo at Hedden West Studios as a teenager.
After completing a
B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
from
Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Campuses
Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI.
*Indiana Universit ...
in Telecommunications with a minor in
Religious Studies, he went on to work as a mastering engineer for
Bonneville Broadcasting
Bonneville International Corporation is a media and broadcasting company, wholly owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) through its for-profit arm, Deseret Management Corporation. It began as a radio and TV network ...
(1988–1990),
PolyGram Records
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...
(1990–1995),
Sterling Sound
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
(1995–1998), and
Sony Music Studios
Sony Music Studios was an American music recording and mastering facility in New York City. The five-story building was a music and broadcasting complex located at 460 W. 54th Street, at 10th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan. I ...
(1999–2006).
He founded The Place...For Mastering in
Nashville, TN
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
, where he was president and chief engineer.
Palmaccio died on October 16, 2021, while recovering from a motorcycle accident.
References
External links
Joseph M. Palmaccio worked at The Place...For Mastering
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Living people
1965 births
American audio engineers
Grammy Award winners