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Adam Ayan is a Grammy Award, 7x Latin Grammy Award, and TEC Award-winning mastering engineer and owner and chief mastering engineer at Ayan Mastering in Portland, ME.
Adam has had the pleasure of mastering thousands of recordings in his career. His credits are diverse and exemplary – including recordings for superstar artists such as Paul McCartney, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry, Lana del Rey, Gwen Stefani, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Father John Misty, The Pretty Reckless, Madonna, the Foo Fighters, the Rolling Stones, Kelly Clarkson, Barbra Streisand, Juan Luis Guerra, Rush, Rascal Flatts, Pearl Jam, The Animals, and Keith Urban to name a few.
Adam has mastered several Grammy Award-winning recordings (75 to date!), countless #1 singles and albums, and has hundreds of Gold, Platinum or Multi-Platinum projects to his credit to date.
In 2022 he was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the Grammy Awards for his mastering of the Father John Misty album “Chloë and the Next 20th Century.”
The recording industry’s best producers, engineers, and artists rely on Adam’s ears and expertise to fully realize their artistic vision.
Adam has been an adjunct faculty member at USM’s Osher School Of Music since 2000—creating the curriculum for and teaching classes in digital audio and music production.
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Grammy Awards – Statuette Wins and Nominations
2005 – Grammy Award – Best Historical Album – Jelly Roll Morton “The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax”
2007 – Latin Grammy Award – Album of the Year– Juan Luis Guerra “La Llave de Mi Corazon”
2007 – Latin Grammy Award – Best Engineered Album – Juan Luis Guerra “La Llave de Mi Corazon”
2007 – Grammy Award Nomination – Album of the Year – Vince Gill “These Days”
2010 – Latin Grammy Award – Album of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra “A Son de Guerra”
2015 – Latin Grammy Award – Album of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 “Todo Tiene Su Hora”
2016 – Latin Grammy Award – Record of the Year – Carlos Vives & Shakira “La Bicicleta”
2017 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Album of the Year – Shakira “El Dorado”
2017 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Shakira “Chantaje (ft. Maluma)”
2019 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Marc Anthony “Paracen Viernes”
2019 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra “Kitipun”
2021 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Album of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra “Privé”
2022 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Album of the Year – Marc Anthony “Pa’lla Boy”
2022 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Marc Anthony “Pa’lla Boy”
2022 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Shakira & Rauw “Te Felicito”
2022 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra “Valelapena”
2022 – Grammy Award Nomination – Best Engineered Album, Non- Classical—Father John Misty “Chloë and the Next 20th Century”
2024 – Latin Grammy Award – Record of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra “Mambo 23”
2024 – Latin Grammy Award – Album of the Year – Juan Luis Guerra “Radio Güira”
2024 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Record of the Year – Camilo & Carin Leon “Una Vida Pasada”
2024 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Album of the Year – Shakira “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”
2024 – Latin Grammy Award Nomination – Album of the Year – Camilo “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”
TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Award – Wins and Nominations
2012 – TEC Award Nomination – Record Production/Single or Track – Carrie Underwood “Good Girl”
2009 – TEC Award – Surround Sound Production – Foo Fighters “Live at Wembley Stadium”
2007 – TEC Award Nomination – Surround Sound Production – Barenaked Ladies “Barenaked Ladies Are Me”
2007 – TEC Award Nomination – Surround Sound Production – Dream Theater “Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour live with the Octavarium Orchestra”
2007 – TEC Award Nomination – Record Production/Single or Track – Rascal
Flatts “What Hurts The Most”
2006 – TEC Award Nomination – Surround Sound Production – Nine Inch Nails “With Teeth”
Others:
2018 – Audio Engineer of the Year nomination – Academy of Country Music
2022 – Golden Melody Award Nomination – Cui Jian”A Flying Dog”
2016 – Inducted into the Pinkerton Academy Hall of Fame
Award winning mastering engineer.
"Modern Recording Fidelity and the Digital Download World" - Adam contributed this essay to the book "Less Noise, More Soul: The Search for Balance in the Art, Technology, and Commerce of Music"
