Jay Frigoletto is a Grammy-winning, veteran mastering engineer, having owned high-end mastering studios in both Los Angeles and Atlanta. He has just completed construction of a new, world class mastering facility northwest of Boston that caters to both to major labels and independent artists.

 

His clients have included a who's who of artists in rock, hip hop, jazz, latin, and country, including Blondie, Oasis, Alice in Chains, INXS, Saliva, Tesla,India.Arie, Clay Walker, Crossfade, Skindred, Damage Plan, The Yellowjackets, Spock's Beard, Intocable, and the X-Men 2 soundtrack. His work has earned a Grammy award, several Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations, and gold and platinum record awards. He is also an accomplished pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and alumnus of Berklee College of Music.  

 

He began as a touring and recording musician, later moving into engineering. Choosing the mastering specialty in 1992, he apprenticed at a mastering facility in the northeast and then struck out on his own. Answering the growing demand for his mastering services from clients including Arrested Development, Speech, and DARP, Jay built Atlanta's first dedicated high-end mastering facility, opening in the spring of 1996. Jay was actively involved in the music community through membership in organizations like NARAS, lecturing on digital audio and surround sound, and helping to support the growth and prosperity of Atlanta's music scene, particularly the rising Neo-Soul movement.

 

In summer of 1999 Jay moved to Los Angeles and soon was doing work for clients including Babyface,Giant Records and Clay Walker, for whom he lent his skills to the top ten country single, "Chain Of Love". He soon began work on a new independent mastering studio, collaboraing in setting up a new adjunct complex with 5 smaller independent studios attached to the SSL 9000J equipped Studio Atlantis. He worked out of Sony Music Studios in Santa Monica until the project's completion in early 2002. The new studio also attracted the attention of former A&M chief of mastering, Dave Collins, who based himself at Mastersuite L.A. starting in December, 2002. Jay operated the studio through summer 2004, working on projects including the X-Men 2 soundtrack, Blondie, INXS, War, Fu Manchu, Intocable (a #1 Latin album), Maverick, Rhino, Warner Brothers, EMI, Inside Out, Telarc/Heads Up, Trauma, Beyond Music/Universal, and a large variety of independent clients.