


This led him to meet with a Sacramento City College counselor to explore his options. He said he worried that if he continued into the profession things would collapse. Straight out of El Camino High School, Mar was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley to study engineering, but declined the offer and instead enrolled in Sacramento City College.Īs an engineering major, Mar said he felt like he was a bit misguided and was struggling with some of his required courses. Those two will give you happiness in the future,” he said reflecting on how one encounter with a counselor at Sacramento City College changed his entire perspective on higher education. “Students mainly need to hear to follow their heart and to follow their curiosity. American River,” believes his work as a counselor, and helping students gain clarity and direction, was fulfilling his destiny and true passion.

Retired American River College counselor James Mar, also known as “Mr. James Mar Alum & Emeriti / 2019 / Shown with fellow alum Luba Pislar / American River Collegeįor students entering college for the first time, usually the main goal is to discover purpose and go on to find success. George has also been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music by Boston’s esteemed Berklee College of Music.Ĭurrently, he is an Associate Professor of Sound Recording at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and a Visiting Lecturer at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston and Valencia, Spain as well as the University of Memphis in Memphis, TN."The memorable moments for me were when I got to watch each student fulfill their dreams and find what truly makes them happy." George serves as the Chief Technical Officer of META (the Music Engineering Technical Alliance), a strategic union of music producers and engineers dedicated to the highest standards of audio and delivery of music. He is also a member of the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress and an advisor to the Committee for Library Information Resources. In 2013, he was awarded a patent #8,510,361 in the US (as well as other countries) for a variable exponent averaging detector and dynamic range controller.
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Regularly published in professional journals and trade magazines world wide, George Massenburg received the Gold Medal from the Audio Engineering Society in 2008. In 1982, he founded George Massenburg Labs, an audio electronics company that has released an extensive range of innovative recording technologies, all based on his original designs. In addition to numerous Mix Magazine TEC Awards, in 1988 he also won the Academy of Country Music Record of the Year Award for his production on the album “Trio” featuring Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.įurther, George has designed, built and managed several recording studios as well as contributed to the acoustical and architectural design of many other studios, including George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound. George’s work has gained him world wide recognition and four Grammy Awards, including the Grammy for Technical Achievement in 1998, at the time making him one of only seventeen individuals to ever receive this honor. His work includes milestone albums by Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Ronstadt, Natasha Bedingfield, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, the Dixie Chicks and many, many more. Over the past four decades, George Massenburg has been involved in over 400 records.
