Gavin Lurssen is an American

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. He owns Lurssen Mastering in

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for MixOnline.com. Retrieved December 1, 2007. Lurssen's Grammy Award–winning work includes '' Raising Sand'', a collaborative album featuring

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and

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, and the

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for the

Coen Brothers Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002''. Minnesota Department of Health. collectively known as the Coen brothers (), are American film ...

film, ''

O Brother, Where Art Thou? ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' is a 2000 comedy drama film written, produced, co-edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and ...

''. He has also mastered recordings by

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, Matchbox Twenty,

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and many others. Lurssen is an alumnus of

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Discography

This is a partial discography of recordings mastered by Gavin Lurssen.

Albums

Soundtracks

Reissues

Assistant

Awards

Grammy Awards

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

- '' O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack'' *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

: Best Historical Album - '' Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey'' *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

- '' Raising Sand'' (

)

Latin Grammy Awards

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Best Engineered Album: '' Distinto'' ( Diego Torres) *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

: Best Rock Album: ''B'' (

Diamante Eléctrico Diamante Eléctrico is a Colombian Rock music, rock band formed in 2012. The band consists of Juan Galeano (vocals and bass), Daniel Álvarez (guitar) and Andee Zeta (drums). The band has released six studio albums and has received three Latin Gram ...

)

References

External links

Official site for Lurssen Mastering
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AllMusic Credits AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lurssen, Gavin Living people American audio engineers Grammy Award winners Latin Grammy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Mastering engineers