Mandy Parnell

Summary

Mandy Parnell is a British audio mastering engineer, founder and senior mastering engineer at Black Saloon Studios in London, England. Parnell has worked on projects with a wide variety of artists including Aphex Twin, The XX, Feist, Sigur Ros, Bjork, The Knife, Frightened Rabbit and Brian Eno.[1]

Career edit

Mandy Parnell studied music and music technology throughout her school, college and university years, training and working in recording studios, until landing an internship at a mastering studio where she worked her way up through the ranks.[2] She has over 25 years of experience, with her work being nominated and awarded numerous prizes including Grammy Awards and Mastering Engineer of the Year 2015 at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards.[3]

Mandy Parnell is an active member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and has lectured about mastering at international AES conventions in Los Angeles, Paris, New York and the UK.[4][5][6]

Awards and nominations edit

  • Short listed, Mastering Engineer of the Year,[7] MPG Awards 2014.
  • Winner, Mastering Engineer of the Year,[8] MPG Awards 2015.
  • Short listed, Mastering Engineer of the Year (Jamie xx: In Colour),[9] MPG Awards 2016.

References edit

  1. ^ "Mandy Parnell Goes Green". Music Producers Guild. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2016. wide variety of artist including The XX, Feist, Sigur Ros, Bjork, The Knife, Frightened Rabbit, Brian Eno.
  2. ^ "About". BlackSaloon. Retrieved 12 December 2016. studied music and music technology through her school, college and university years, training and working in recording studios until landing an internship at a mastering studio, where she worked her way up through the ranks.
  3. ^ "Interview: Mandy Parnell". M-Magazine. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016. with her work being nominated and awarded numerous prizes including a Grammy and, most recently, the gong for Mastering Engineer of the Year 2015 at the MPG Awards
  4. ^ "AES New York 2013". Audio Engineering Society. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  5. ^ "AES Los Angeles 2016". Audio Engineering Society. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. ^ "'Up our Output 2016'". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ^ "2014 Short Lists". Music Producers Guild. MPG. Mastering Engineer of the Year
  8. ^ "MPG Awards event 2015 - the winners!". Music Producers Guild. MPG. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016. Mastering Engineer of the Year
  9. ^ "MPG NEWS". Music Producers Guild. MPG. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016. Mastering Engineer Of The Year