Massy Sylvia
Nome
Massy Sylvia
Birth date
desconhecido
País
USA 
Cidade
desconhecido
History
Massy started out in San Francisco circa 1985 as producer, engineer, and mixer for Rat Music for Rat People, Vol. 3, a compilation album released on the CD Presents label. It featured several notable acts, including Adolescents, Raw Power, and Mojo Nixon, among several others. Towards the end of that decade and into the 1990s, Massy was an engineer on recordings from a diverse group of internationally-known artists, including Aerosmith, Babyface, Big Daddy Kane, The Black Crowes, Bobby Brown, Danzig, Prince, Geto Boys, Julio Iglesias, Seal, Skunk Anansie, Paula Abdul, Seigmen, and many others.
From Green Jellÿ to Tool
During the early 1990s, Massy was working on a project with Green Jellÿ when one of the members of that band invited Massy to produce a fledgling band known as Tool.
Rubin and Beyond
In the late 1990s, Massy connected with veteran producer Rick Rubin, for whom she engineered and mixed several projects, including Johnny Cash's album Unchained, which won a Grammy award for Best Country Album in 1997. With Rubin, she also recorded Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Slayer, Donovan Leitch, and System of a Down's debut album. During this time, Massy also produced many popular artists, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sevendust, and Powerman 5000.
Current Status
Massy lives in Weed, California. She had operated RadioStar Studios LLC out of the Weed Palace Theater until its closing in 2012, now working as an independent producer, educator and music promoter. She acquired the Weed Palace Theater property in 2001 and operated it as a recording studio, with notable clients having been Sublime, Econoline Crush, Cog, Spiderbait, Lisa Haley, Norma Jean, Built To Spill and From First To Last (featuring Sonny Moore of Skrillex). Massy has been a long-standing member of music industry organization NARAS, where she has served on the P&E Wing Steering Committee and Advisory Boards. She travelled to Washington D.C. to lobby for Musician's Performance Rights in 2009, and continues musician, producer and educational advocacy work for NARAS today. Massy also co-founded the 4&20 Blackbird Festival, renamed the Blackbird Underground Music Festival starting in 2013.
Massy started out in San Francisco circa 1985 as producer, engineer, and mixer for Rat Music for Rat People, Vol. 3, a compilation album released on the CD Presents label. It featured several notable acts, including Adolescents, Raw Power, and Mojo Nixon, among several others. Towards the end of that decade and into the 1990s, Massy was an engineer on recordings from a diverse group of internationally-known artists, including Aerosmith, Babyface, Big Daddy Kane, The Black Crowes, Bobby Brown, Danzig, Prince, Geto Boys, Julio Iglesias, Seal, Skunk Anansie, Paula Abdul, Seigmen, and many others.
From Green Jellÿ to Tool
During the early 1990s, Massy was working on a project with Green Jellÿ when one of the members of that band invited Massy to produce a fledgling band known as Tool.
Rubin and Beyond
In the late 1990s, Massy connected with veteran producer Rick Rubin, for whom she engineered and mixed several projects, including Johnny Cash's album Unchained, which won a Grammy award for Best Country Album in 1997. With Rubin, she also recorded Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Slayer, Donovan Leitch, and System of a Down's debut album. During this time, Massy also produced many popular artists, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sevendust, and Powerman 5000.
Current Status
Massy lives in Weed, California. She had operated RadioStar Studios LLC out of the Weed Palace Theater until its closing in 2012, now working as an independent producer, educator and music promoter. She acquired the Weed Palace Theater property in 2001 and operated it as a recording studio, with notable clients having been Sublime, Econoline Crush, Cog, Spiderbait, Lisa Haley, Norma Jean, Built To Spill and From First To Last (featuring Sonny Moore of Skrillex). Massy has been a long-standing member of music industry organization NARAS, where she has served on the P&E Wing Steering Committee and Advisory Boards. She travelled to Washington D.C. to lobby for Musician's Performance Rights in 2009, and continues musician, producer and educational advocacy work for NARAS today. Massy also co-founded the 4&20 Blackbird Festival, renamed the Blackbird Underground Music Festival starting in 2013.
