Tony Maserati

Tony Maserati is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in mixing. He was involved in the development of the New York R&B and hip-hop scene in the 1990s, working with Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, and Queen Latifah. Since then he has worked on Grammy nominated projects with Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé (who he won Best R&B Album with on her 2003 Dangerously in Love), Jason Mraz, Robin Thicke, and Usher. Maserati won a Latin Grammy in 2006 for his work on Sérgio Mendes’s Timeless. He has been nominated for a total of 10 Grammys, with four for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

In the 2020s, his work has included mixes on Beyoncé's GRAMMY winning Cowboy Carter (2025 Album of the Year and Best Country Album), RAYE's 2026 album This Music May Contain Hope and hit single "Where Is My Husband!", and other releases with Jimin, Jessie Reyez, Big Sean, Renée Rapp, Lola Young, Tate McRae, Selena Gomez, and Tomorrow X Together among others.

Early life Maserati began college at Northeastern University before transferring to Boston’s Berklee College of Music in the early 1980s. He originally majored in Composition, but switched to the Music Production and Engineering major when it was first offered in 1983. While at Berklee, he learned to mix by doing the sound for the Marsells.

Career

New York hip hop and R&B Maserati went to work in New York City at Sigma Sound Studios where he assisted Glenn Rosenstein. Rosenstein introduced him to Full Force, who helped Maserati learn to arrange and mix. While at Sigma Sound he worked with Whitney Houston and James Brown, and was able to mix his first song, Samantha Fox's "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)". He credits much of the musical sound he developed on his work at Berklee and the influence of Full Force. During his time at Sigma Sound, Maserati had befriended studio managers around the city, and he contacted them requesting work on R&B and Hip-Hop. According to Sound on Sound, the result was a "huge low end and a smooth, velvety high," In 2008, he began working with his long-time collaborator Jason Mraz on the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things, for which Maserati was nominated for a Grammy in Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Los Angeles While his upstate barn provided the needed space for his equipment, Maserati disliked being so far from the city and the intimate collaborations of the studios. Maserati and Skarbek offered their production services in the space, allowing whole albums to be produced, published, and recorded on site.

Grammy Awards Winner

2025 Album of the Year: Beyoncé Cowboy Carter 2025 Best Country Album: Beyoncé Cowboy Carter 2003 Best Contemporary R&B Album: Beyoncé Dangerously in Love

Nominee 2017 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: K. Flay Every Where is Some Where 2016 Album of the Year: Beyoncé Lemonade 2014 Album of the Year: Beyoncé Beyoncé 2013 Record of the Year: Robin Thicke “Blurred Lines” 2012 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Jason Mraz Love is a Four Letter Word 2008 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things 2004 Album of the Year: Usher Confessions 2003 Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: The Black Eyed Peas, Elephunk 2003 Record of the Year: The Black Eyed Peas “Where is the Love” 2003 Record of the Year: Beyoncé “Crazy in Love”

Selected discography