# Emily Lazar

Emily B. Lazar is an American mastering engineer. She is the founder, president, and chief mastering engineer of The Lodge, an audio mastering facility that has operated in New York City's Greenwich Village since 1997. She won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Beck's album Colors, becoming the first female mastering engineer to win in this category.

## Early life and education

Lazar was born and raised in New York. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing and Music from Skidmore College, graduating cum laude with honors distinction in her major. During college, she wrote music, played in bands, and worked as a freelance engineer, producer and mixer. After college, Lazar worked in some of New York City's most prominent studios. Later she earned a Master of Music Degree from New York University's prestigious Music Technology program. While there, she pursued Tonmeister studies and was awarded a Graduate Fellowship. Lazar's thesis on Sonic Solutions, combined with an internship at Sony Classical, eventually led to a position at New York City based mastering facility, Masterdisk.

## Career

Lazar has worked on over 3,000 albums with such artists as The Offspring, Panic! At The Disco, Lady Gaga, Sia, Coldplay, Destiny's Child, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, The Prodigy, The Killers, Morrissey, Linkin Park, Vampire Weekend, Maggie Rogers, Depeche Mode, Dolly Parton, Angel Olsen, The Walkmen, Donald Fagen, Sky Ferreira, Alanis Morissette, Tiësto, The Shins, Lou Reed, Chainsmokers, Barbra Streisand, HAIM, The Raveonettes, Björk, Broken Social Scene, Cults, Boy & Bear, Goldfrapp, Moby, Paul McCartney, The Naked and Famous, Garbage, Sonic Youth, Nada Surf, Sinéad O'Connor, RZA, Wu-Tang Clan, Tegan and Sara, Sleigh Bells, Fucked Up, Chromeo, The Raveonettes, The Subways, Thievery Corporation, Death Cab for Cutie, Heffron Drive, BT, The Velvet Underground, Morgan Page, Armin Van Buuren, Jedi Mind Tricks, John Mayer, Anti-Flag, Third Eye Blind, Shiny Toy Guns, The Donnas, The All American Rejects, Vanessa Carlton, Jacob Collier and many more.
Current articles on Emily Lazar include features in NPR, Artist Pro (cover story), Bust, Electronic Musician (cover story), Home Recording Magazine, Mix Magazine, Billboard Magazine, Pro Sound News, Medialine, Remix Magazine, and Tape Op. She has been a featured panelist lecturing on college campuses and in numerous music business and recording conferences. Lazar has also been awarded the prestigious Palamountain Award for Young Alumni Achievement from Skidmore College and has served as adjunct faculty of New York University in the Music Technology Department. She is also a highly publicized product endorsee for Avalon Design (audio equipment), Apple Computer, Antelope Audio and Dangerous Music. Emily resides in New York and presently serves as a Trustee of the Recording Academy. She also serves on the NY Chapter's Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and previously Co-Chaired the NY Chapter's Producer & Engineer's Wing. Currently Lazar serves on the Recording Academy's P&E Wing National Steering Committee, P&E Wing National Advisory Council, and the Recording Academy's National Advocacy Committee.
In 2012, Emily Lazar was the first female mastering engineer to receive a Grammy Nomination for Album of the year for Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light.
In 2014, She was also the first female mastering engineer nominated for Record of the Year for Sia's hit "Chandelier” in 2014.”
In 2019, Lazar became the first female mastering engineer to win the Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) Grammy, which she won for her work on Beck's Colors.
In 2021, Emily became the first mastering engineer to land 3 Grammy nods for Album of the Year. Leading up to the Grammy Awards, Chris Martin from Coldplay admitted that their latest album could have sounded terrible if it wasn't for one person — mastering engineer Emily Lazar.

### The Lodge

Lazar's studio, The Lodge, is an audio mastering facility, opened in 1997 in Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan. In 2023, The Lodge relocated to Stamford, Connecticut, with newly built state of the art recording, immersive mixing & mastering studios.

## Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards
* 2012 – Album of the Year for Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
* 2015 – Record of the Year for Chandelier by Sia
* 2016 – Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Recreational Love by The Bird and the Bee
* 2019 – (Win) Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) for Colors by Beck
* 2020 – Album of the Year for Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend
* 2021 – Album of the Year for Women in Music Pt. III by Haim
* 2021 – Album of the Year for Djesse Vol. 3 by Jacob Collier
* 2021 – Album of the Year for Everyday Life by Coldplay
* 2025 – Album of The Year for Djesse Vol. 4 by Jacob Collier
Latin Grammy Awards
* 2022 – Album of the Year for Deja by Bomba Estéreo
Pensado Awards
* 2014 – Lazar was nominated for the Master of Mastering - Mastering Engineers Award at the first annual Pensado Awards show.
TEC Awards
* 2012 – Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award in the "Record/Production Album" category for her work on Foo Fighters's Wasting Light.
* 2016 – Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award in the "Record/Production Single or Track" category for her work on Beck's "Dreams".
* 2019 – Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award in the "Record/Production Album" category for her work on Beck's Colors.
Billboard Magazine: Women in Music: Hitmakers from Behind the Scenes
* 2015 – Lazar was featured in the December issue of Billboard's Women in Music: Hitmakers from Behind the Scenes "Fine-tuned ears are the trademarks of these four creators. Emily Lazar's golden ears are in high-demand. Just ask clients like Foo Fighters, Beck and Coldplay, whose new album A Head Full of Dreams, tops Lazar's discography."
Elle Magazine: The Women in Music Power List
* 2017 – Lazar was featured in the June issue of Elle's The Women in Music Power List highlighting 14 women as "the industry's most influential execs, producers and songwriters."
Variety Magazine: Power of Women Impact List
* 2019 – Lazar was featured in the April issue of Variety's The Power of Women Impact List recognizing "women at the forefront of their fields."
Splice Awards: Impact Award (awarded to those who refuse to leave change up to chance)
* 2021 – Lazar received the Impact Award from music technology company, Splice, for her work in advocating for diversity and inclusion for producers and engineers in the recording industry.
Resonator Awards: Hall Of Fame
* 2024 – Lazar was inducted into the first class of We Are Moving The Needle’s Resonator Hall of Fame, which honors legendary producers and engineers who paved the way. Fellow inductees include – Alicia Keys, Leslie Ann Jones, Darcy Proper Marcella Araica, Ann Mincieli and Claudia Brant.
Music Producer's Guild UK - Inspiration Award
* 2024 – Lazar was awarded the 2024 Inspiration Award by the Music Producers Guild on Thursday, April 25th in London. This is awarded by the Music Producers Guild Awards Committee and will be presented to a person working in production in recognition of a body of work over several years which has significantly inspired others.

## Credits
### 2010

| Artist | Album | Label |
| BT | These Hopeful Machines | Nettwerk |
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL Recordings |
| Crime in Stereo | I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone | Bridge Nine Records |
| Minus the Bear | Omni | Dangerbird Records |
| Envy on the Coast | Lowcountry | Photo Finish Records |
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom and Pop Records |
| Against Me | White Crosses | Sire Records |
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk Records |
| Kathryn Calder | Are You My Mother? | File Under: Music |
| Matt Pond PA | The Dark Leaves | Altitude Records |
| Chromeo | Business Casual | Atlantic Records |
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino Records |
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther Sounds |
| Tiësto | Kaleidoscope: Remixed | Musical Freedom |
| Armin van Buuren | Mirage | Armada Records |
| Ólöf Arnalds | Innundir skinni | One Little Indian |
| Fran Healy | Wreckorder | Wreckord Label |
| Twin Shadow | Forget | 4AD Records |
| Mt. Desolation | Mt. Desolation | Island Records |
| The Suzan | Golden Week for the Poco Poco Beat | Fool's Gold Records |
| Raphael | Pacific 231 | EMI France |
| The Xcerts | Scatterbrain | Xtra Mile Recordings |
| The Naked and Famous | Passive Me, Aggressive You | Universal/Republic |
| BT | These Humble Machines | Nettwerk |
| The Postelles | Spend the Night | Astralwerks |
| Skuli Sverrisson | Seria II | Seria Music |

### 2011

| Artist | Album | Label |
| The Naked & Famous | Passive Me, Aggressive You | Polydor Ltd/Fiction |
| Brand New | Your Favorite Weapon (Reissue) | Razor & Tie/Triple Crown Records |
| The Raveonettes | Rarities/B-Sides | The Orchard |
| White Denim | D | Downtown Records |
| Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | SAM Records/Roswell Records |
| Morgan Page | In The Air | Nettwerk Music Group |
| Ben Lee | Deeper into Dream | Ten Finger Records/Gold Village |
| Cubic Zirconia | Follow Your Heart | Fool's Gold Records |
| Ólöf Arnalds | Ólöf Sings | One Little Indian |
| Against Me! | White Crosses/Black Crosses | Total Trebel Music |
| CANT | Dreams Come True | Terrible Records/Warp Records |
| Boy & Bear | Moonfire | Universal Music Australia |
| Fucked Up | David Comes to Life | Matador |
| Big Talk | Big Talk | Epitaph Records/ANTI Records |
| Thievery Corporation | Culture of Fear | ESL |
| Above & Beyond | Group Therapy | Anjunabeats |
| Tiësto | Club Life: Volume II - Las Vegas | Musical Freedom |
| Cults | Cults | Columbia Records |
| Against Me! | Total Clarity | Fat Wreck Chords |

### 2012

| Artist | Album | Label |
| The Killers | Battle Born | Mercury Records |
| Alanis Morissette | Havoc and Bright Lights | Collective Sounds |
| Shiny Toy Guns | III | Five Seven Music |
| Santana | Shape Shifter | Starfaith Records |
| BT | If the Stars Are Eternal So Are You and I | Laptop Symphony |
| BT | Morceau Subrosa | Laptop Symphony |
| Garbage | Not Your Kind of People | STUNVOLUME |
| Tiësto | Club Life: Volume 2 - Miami | Musical Freedom |
| Sondre Lerche | Bootlegs | Mana Records |
| Diamond Rings | Free Dimensional | Astralwerks |
| Bush Tetras | Happy | Reachout International Records, Inc. |
| The Cringe | Hiding in Plain Sight | Listen Records |
| Eleni Mandell | I Can See the Future | Yep Roc Records |
| Trust | TRST | Arts & Crafts Productions |
| Nigel Dupree | Up to No Good | Mighty Loud Records |
| Jeff Wayne | War of the Worlds: The New Generation | 101 Distribution |
| Shoes | Ignition | Black Vinyl Records |
| Matt Boerum | Cold Hearted Disaster | Matthew Boerum |
| Misstress Barbara | Many Shades of Grey | MapleMusic Recordings |
| Say Anything | ...Is A Real Boy | Doghouse Records |
| Indochine | Paradize +10 | Sony Music |

### 2013

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | XL Recordings |
| Weeknight | Post Everything | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| Various artists | Saint Heron | Saint Records |
| The Killers | Direct Hits | Mercury Records |
| BT | A Song Across Wires | Armada Music |
| Sound City: Real to Reel | Sound City | Roswell Records |
| Haim | Days Are Gone | Polydor |
| James Vincent McMorrow | Post Tropical | Vagrant Records |
| The Julie Ruin | Run Fast | Dischord Records |
| Party Supplies | Tough Love | Fool's Gold Records |
| The Fatty Acids | Boléro | Kribber Krown Records |
| Tyler Ward | Honestly | Sony Music |
| Sky Ferreira | Night Time, My Time | Capitol Records |
| Emily Jane White | Bloodlines | Important Records |
| Hellogoodbye | Everything Is Debatable | Old Friends Records |
| Various artists | Grand Theft Auto V Soundtrack | Rockstar Games |
| Balance and Composure | The Things We Think We're Missing | No Sleep Records |
| The Living Sisters | Run for Cover | Vanguard |
| Golden Suits | Golden Suits | Yep Roc |
| Various artists | This Is the End: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | RCA Records |
| Bernard Fanning | Departures | Dew Process |
| Candlelight Red | Reclamation | Imagen Records |
| The Boxer Rebellion | Promises | Absentee Recordings |
| Armin van Buuren | Intense | Armada Music |
| The Postal Service | Give Up:10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition | Sub Pop |
| Matthew Shell & Arun Shenoy | "Genesis" (single) | MTS Music/Narked Records |

### 2014

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Sia | 1000 Forms of Fear | RCA Records |
| The Reassure | Echoe | Örange Penguin Studio |
| Linkin Park | The Hunting Party | Warner Bros. Records |
| Linkin Park | The Hunting Party: Live From Mexico | Warner Bros. Records |
| Say Anything | Hebrews | RCA Records |
| Mimicking Birds | Eons | Glacial Pace Records |
| Garbage | 10" Single Record Store Day Release | STUNVOLUME |
| Hamilton Leithauser | Black Hours | Ribbon Music |
| Christina Perri | Head or Heart | Sony Records |
| Neon Hitch | 301 to Paradise | Warner Bros. Records |
| TRUST | Joyland | Arts & Crafts |
| Dive Index | Lost in the Pressure | Neutral Milk |
| La Dispute | Rooms of the House | No Sleep Records |
| Twofish | Zero Crossing | Self-released |

### 2015

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams | Parlophone |
| The Front Bottoms | Back On Top | Fueled By Ramen |
| Peaches | Rub | I U She Music |
| Brandon Flowers | The Desired Effect | Island Records |
| Oh No | Welcome to Los Santos | Rockstar Games |
| HOLYCHILD | The Shape of Brat Pop to Come | Glassnote Records |
| The Bird and the Bee | Recreational Love | Rostrum Records |
| Mika | No Place in Heaven | Casablanca Records |
| BT | Electronic Opus | Binary Acoustics |
| Slightly Stoopid | Meanwhile...Back at the Lab | Silver Back Music |
| Smallpools | Lovetap! | RCA Records |
| Robert DeLong | In the Cards | Glassnote Records |
| Kate Pierson | Guitars and Microphones | Lazy Meadow Music |
| Braids | Deep in the Iris | Arbutus Records |
| Morgan Page | DC to Light | Netwerk Music Group |
| Milo Greene | Control | Elektra Records |
| Baio | The Names | Glassnote Records |
| Mas Ysa | Seraph | Downtown Records |
| Natalie Imbruglia | "Instant Crush" (single) | Columbia Records |
| Beck | "Dreams" (single) | Capitol Music Group |
| Duncan Sheik | "Selling Out (Fischer King Remix)" | Atlantic Records |
| FoxTrott | A Taller Us | Little Indians Records |
| Veruca Salt | Ghost Notes | El Camino Records |
| Speedy Ortiz | Foil Deer | Carpark Records |
| Beauty Pill | Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are | Butterscotch Records |
| Title Fight | Hyperview | Good Fight Entertainment |
| Baltimore | Tigers of the Year | Self-released |

### 2016

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Foo Fighters | "Saint Cecilia" (single) | Columbia Records/RCA Records |
| Sia | This Is Acting | Monkey Puzzle/RCA Records |
| Dustin O'Halloran/Hauschka | Lion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Sony Classical |
| Angel Olsen | My Woman | Jagjaguwar |
| Switchfoot | Where the Light Shines Through | Concord Vanguard, Universal Records |
| Garbage | Strange Little Birds | Sony BMG/Vagrant Records |
| Tegan and Sara | Love You to Death | Rhino Entertainment/Vapor/Warner Bros. Records |
| Ronnie Spector | English Heart | Savoy Records |
| Thalia | Latina | Sony BMG/Sony Music |
| Broods | Conscious | Capitol Records/Island Records/Universal Records |
| Margaret Glaspy | Emotions and Math | ATO Records |
| Ben Alessi | U | Big House Publishing |
| Moby/Moby & the Void Pacific Choir | These Systems Are Failing | Arts & Crafts Productions |
| Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams 5.1 Surround Mix | Parlophone |

### 2017

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Beck | Colors | Capitol Records |
| Morrissey | Low in High School | BMG |
| Haim | Something to Tell You | Polydor Records |
| Rostam | Half-Light | Nonesuch |
| Dams of the West | Youngish American | 30th Century Records/Columbia Records |
| Ruth B | Safe Haven | Columbia Records |
| The Chainsmokers | Memories...Do Not Open | Columbia Records |
| Coldplay | A L I E N S | Parlophone |
| Coldplay | All I Can Think About Is You | Parlophone |
| Coldplay | Kaleidoscope EP | Parlophone |
| Mary Lambert | Bold | Mary Lambert Productions |
| Coldplay | "Hypnotised" (song) | Parlophone |
| Thievery Corporation | The Temple of I & I | Eighteenth Street/ESL Music/Ye |
| Baltimore | Summer Rain | Self-released |
| Ben Alessi | PRSSR | Big House Recordings |
| Meresha | Enter the Dreamland | Sonic Dolphin |
| Ha*Ash | 30 de Febrero | Sony Music Latin |

### 2018

| Artist | Album | Label |
| All Hail the Silence | All Hail the Silence | Self-released |
| Panic! At The Disco | Pray for the Wicked | Fueled By Ramen |
| Coldplay | Live in Buenos Aires | Parlophone |
| Coldplay | Live in Buenos Aires/Live in São Paulo/A Head Full of Dreams | Parlophone |
| Dizzy | Baby Teeth | Royal Mountain Records |
| Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse | Gravesend |
| Dolly Parton | Dumplin' | Legacy |

### 2019

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride | Columbia Records |
| Maggie Rogers | Heard It in a Past Life | Capitol Records |
| Coldplay | Everyday Life | Parlophone |
| Clairo | Immunity | Fader |
| Cherry Glazerr | Stuffed & Ready | Secretly Canadian |
| Jacob Collier | Djesse Vol. 2 | Hajanga Records |
| Goo Goo Dolls | Miracle Pill | Warner Records |
| Charly Bliss | Young Enough | Barsuk Records |
| Sara Evans | TBD | Born To Fly Records |
| Sour Widows | Sour Widows EP | Self Released |

### 2020

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Alanis Morissette | Such Pretty Forks in the Road | Epiphany Music / Thirty Tigers |
| Haim | Women in Music Pt. III | Columbia Records |
| Wallflower | Teach Yourself To Swim | Self-Released |
| My Morning Jacket | The Waterfall II | ATO Records |
| Jacob Collier | Djesse Vol. 3 | Hajanga Records |
| Soul Asylum | Hurry Up and Wait | Blue Élan Records |
| AWOLNATION | Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders | Better Noise Records |
| Morrissey | I Am Not a Dog on a Chain | BMG |
| The Killers | Imploding the Mirage | Island Records |
| Travis | 10 Songs | BMG |
| Chicano Batman | Invisible People | ATO Records |
| Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews / Little Big Town | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | ATO Records |
| Little Big Town | Nightfall | ATO Records |
| The Struts | Strange Days | ATO Records |
| Marina | Man's World | Atlantic |
| Hamilton Leithauser | The Loves of Your Life | Glassnote Records |
| Hinds | The Prettiest Curse | Lucky Number |
| Dizzy | The Sun and Her Scorch | Royal Mountain Records |
| Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | The Mosaic of Transformation | Ghostly International |

### 2021

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Angels & Airwaves | Lifeforms | Rise Records |

### 2022

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Maggie Rogers | Surrender | Debay Sounds, Capitol Records |
| Momma | Household Name | Polyvinyl, Lucky Number |

### 2023

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Romy | Mid Air | Young |

### 2024

| Artist | Album | Label |
| Jacob Collier | Djesse Vol. 4 | Hajanga Records |
| The Offspring | Supercharged | Concord Records |
| Lady Gaga | Harlequin | Interscope Records |
| Willie Nelson | Last Leaf on the Tree | Legacy Recordings |
| Maggie Rogers | Don't Forget Me | Debay Sounds / Capitol Records |
| Bastille | "&" [Ampersand] | Best Laid Plans Records, EMI |