Greg Calbi is a partner and senior mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New York City. Combining technical skill and an innate sense of how music should sound, he manipulates frequency balance, dynamic range, and other characteristics of a mix, aiming to create a heightened emotional response for listeners. Over forty years, Calbi has mastered more than 7,500 albums in various genres, including the work of rock artists such as John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, James Taylor, John Mayer, Norah Jones, and David Byrne. In the jazz world, his credits include Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Brad Mehldau, Joe Lovano, and Branford Marsalis, and in the current indie rock field, he’s worked with Bon Iver, Alabama Shakes, Yo La Tengo, and Passion Pit.
Greg Calbi
Senior Mastering Engineer, Sterling Sound, New York
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Apr 13th
2013
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2013
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Music to Whose Ears? Music, Emotion, and Mind
This roundtable will examine how music conveys meaning and evokes emotion, considering whether its effects are rooted in the work itself, formal structure, extra-musical associations, or listeners’ emotional responses, and whether these experiences are individual or universal.