Tony Dawsey is an American mastering engineer at Masterdisk in

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. He has been active since 1980.Tony Dawsey bio
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. Dawsey grew up in

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. He got a job at Masterdisk in the mail room and making cassettes in 1980. While at Masterdisk, he learned to be a mastering engineer and has since been an extremely notable mastering engineer in the industry, particularly well known for his work with Hip-Hop."De-mystifying the mastering process with hip-hop's favorite sound wizard"
redbullmusicacademy.com. Accessed December 23, 2022. He mastered his first #1, multi-platinum album in 1987, which was the

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to the film ''La Bamba''.

References

American hip hop record producers Living people Mastering engineers Year of birth missing (living people)

External links

Tony Dawsey interview at the Red Bull Music Academy (2004)
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