Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1963) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at

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in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground floor of the Marlin Hotel. Lord-Alge received two

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s for his work on Steve Winwood's ''

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'' (1986), and '' Roll with It'' (1988), both winning in the 'Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical' category. His third Grammy was for Santana's '' Supernatural'' (1999), which won Album of the Year. Lord-Alge has mixed records for U2, Simple Minds,

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, Peter Gabriel, OMD,

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, Avril Lavigne,

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, Sum 41, Live,

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and Marilyn Manson, among others.

Career

After doing live sound engineering for some time, Lord-Alge joined his older brother

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at Unique Recording in New York City in 1984. He began working as an assistant to Chris, who was then a staff engineer, and later became staff engineer until 1988. Lord-Alge's first major project was engineering Steve Winwood's Grammy winning album ''

'' (1986) including its number one hit song " Higher Love". He went on to engineer Winwood's follow up '' Roll with It'' (1988) including its chart-topping title track. He then left Unique Recording to work as a freelance engineer and mixer. Lord-Alge's turning point as a mixing engineer was in 1993 after mixing

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' '' God Shuffled His Feet'', featuring their hit "

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". Shortly thereafter he mixed Live's multi-platinum ''

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'', which to date has sold over eight million copies in the United States. The success of these albums marked the beginning of Lord-Alge's professional career as a mix engineer. He mixed out of South Beach Studios in Miami prior to it closing, and is represented exclusively by Global Positioning Services Management in Santa Monica. Like his brother Chris, Lord-Alge is well known for his extensive use of compression in mix down as both a creative and functional technique.

Personal life

Lord-Alge is one of four brothers and two sisters (Meg and Lisa), two of whom are audio and mixing engineers, namely

and Jeff Lord-Alge. Their mother, Vivian Lord, was a jazz singer and pianist, while their father sold jukeboxes for a living. Tom Lord-Alge credits his brother Chris as being a strong influence on his early development as an engineer and mixer.

References

External links

* AllMusic.com entry* *
S.O.S. Article

Artist Direct entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lord-Alge, Tom 1963 births Living people Record producers from New Jersey American audio engineers Mixing engineers Grammy Award winners Place of birth missing (living people)