Mangini started his career in the music industry in 1985 at studios in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] He also started writing songs, singing, and playing guitar for the band China Blue.[citation needed] Mangini and the band relocated to Los Angeles to record songs at various studios, which is where he first learned music engineering and programming.[3] He went from being an assistant at Chung King Studios to becoming a multi-Platinum award-winning mixing engineer within two years.[3]
Mangini has worked with various artists, including Little Jackie, Diane Birch, Hailey Knox and others.[16][17] In 2016, along with Peter Zizzo, co-produced the Jackie Evancho song "Apocalypse".[18][19] He also produced the 2018 debut album by Elise LeGrow, Playing Chess, a collection of covers of songs produced by the early record label Chess Records.[20] In 2019, he produced Evancho's album The Debut.[21]
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^Evancho, Jackie. Liner notes, The Debut, JE Touring, Inc., April 2019