João Carvalho (musical engineer)
João Carvalho (born 1964) is a Canadian recording and mastering engineer, producer and musician who is the owner of João Carvalho Mastering in Toronto, Canada.
Biography
[edit]Carvalho was born in São Miguel, Azores.[1] In 1967, at the age of three, he emigrated with his family to Montreal, Quebec. The Carvalho family moved to Windsor, Ontario four years later, where his mother was a seamstress and his father worked at the Ford Motor Company. He started a rock band while attending the University of Windsor.[citation needed]
Carvalho moved to Toronto where Jamie Stanley, a recording producer took him.[1] The two eventually became partners at a studio called Umbrella Sound. He started mastering studio recordings there in 1994,[2] and in 2003, he set up the João Carvalho Mastering.[3]
João lives in Toronto with his family and says he has "a somewhat (un)healthy passion for cars and fine audio equipment".[3]
Works
[edit]Carvalho has worked with many Canadian bands and musicians, including many indie artists. Credits include recordings by Alexisonfire, Arkells, Jill Barber, The Barra MacNeils, Barzin, Black Cabbage, Blue Rodeo, Liona Boyd, By Divine Right, Cadence Weapon, George Canyon, Change of Heart, City and Colour, Tom Cochrane, The Constantines, Rose Cousins, Crown Lands, Cuff The Duke, The Dears, Death From Above 1979, Great Lake Swimmers, Matthew Good Band, Jenn Grant, Emm Gryner, Chris Hadfield, Sarah Harmer, Harrow Fair, Hayden, The Headstones, Carly Rae Jepsen, July Talk, Kandle, k. d. lang, King Cobb Steelie, Treasa Levasseur, Lights,The Lowest Of The Low, Max Webster, Shawn Mendes, Sophie Milman, Pilate, Protest The Hero, The Rankin Family, Reuben And The Dark, Rheostatics, Sam Roberts, Stan Rogers, Rush, Justin Rutledge, The Sadies, Ron Sexsmith, The Sheepdogs, Dave Sills, The Skydiggers, Sarah Slean, Tannis Slimmon, Sloan, Sue Smith, The Superfriendz, Tanya Tagaq, The Tea Party, Tegan and Sara, The Tragically Hip, Treble Charger, The Trews, The Watchmen, Walk Off the Earth, The Weakerthans, The Weather Station, Whitehorse, Charlotte Day Wilson, Donovan Woods, Hawksley Workman and Yukon Blonde.[4]
He has also worked with artists from outside of Canada including Death Cab For Cutie, Brian Eno, FUN, Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton John, Passenger, Smashing Pumpkins and The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.[4]
Awards and Recognition
[edit]Carvalho was nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award in the category of Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical (Rose Cousins - Natural Conclusion).[5] He was nominated for a 2004 Juno Award in the category of Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (Pilate - Into Your Hideout)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "João Carvalho". Movimento Perpétuo. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ McCluskie, Earl, ed. (January 2010). "Mastering in 2010: The State of the Art" (PDF). The Audio Engineering Society Toronto Bulletin.
- ^ a b "Engineers". www.joaocarvalhomastering.com. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ a b "Joao Carvalho Discography". Discogs.
- ^ "'Such an honour:' Windsor native nominated for Grammy Award". Windsor. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Past Nominees + Winners". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2024-08-15.