Feb. 8, 2014: Portland sound engineer Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering Studios wins three Grammy awards for his work on new musical releases, after having won four the previous year.
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His 2014 haul includes Album of the Year for “Morning Phase,” by Beck; Best Engineered Album, Non-classical, for “Morning Phase”; and Best Surround Sound Album, for Beyoncé’s self-titled “Beyoncé.”
As of January 2020, Ludwig has won a total of 11 Grammys over his career and has been nominated 31 times.
In a 2017 Portland Press Herald interview, Ludwig says he and his wife moved to Portland in 1992, thinking that “if the business fails, at least we’ll be in a place that we like.”
The only professional offer Ludwig claims to regret having turned town, just after splitting up with a girlfriend, was one to work on Pink Floyd’s 1979 album “The Wall.”
His explanation: “I didn’t think I could muster listening to depressing songs all day.”
Joseph Owen is a retired copy desk chief of the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal and board member of the Kennebec Historical Society. He can be contacted at: jowen@mainetoday.com.
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