About Alan
Alan Silverman is the founder of Arf! Mastering, a facility in New York City that specializes in high-resolution audio.
Over the course of his mastering career, Alan has earned two GRAMMY nominations for Album of the Year. His long list of credits cover rock, jazz, R&B, folk, film, and world music, with his name on over 45 GRAMMY-winning and nominated albums, and numerous Emmy-winning music television specials. Alan has mastered records charting on top-ten lists across the world.
Artists that Alan has mastered include:
Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Ivan & Alyosha, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, The Kinks, Earl Klugh, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jane Monheit, Lagrimas Negras, Dolly Parton, Madeleine Peyroux, Ron Pope, Keith Richards, J.D. Souther, Cheap Trick, Bebo Valdes (five-time GRAMMY winner), Jimmy Webb, and many more.
His extremely high standards have led to Arf! Mastering's status as one of the most accurate listening environments in New York City. To learn more about Alan and his mastering suite, visit here.
Alan began his engineering career in the 1980s assisting at the famed Electric Lady Studios, where he worked with producer Mutt Lange, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Hall and Oates, and Foreigner. He then moved on to engineer at A&R Recording Studios, working with legendary producers Phil Ramone and Arif Mardin, and artists Billy Joel and Judy Collins. Later, Alan engineered on numerous soundtracks and was a music supervisor for Sesame Workshop.
He became a full-time mastering engineer in 1996. To Alan Silverman, the role of his craft can be explained in very simple terms. "Mastering is key to presenting a recording in the best possible light," he says. "It's a critical part of music production."
In addition to operating Arf! Mastering, Alan teaches the subject to tonemeister students at NYU|Steinhardt Music Technology, and to undergraduates at the NYU|Tisch Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
Over the course of his mastering career, Alan has earned two GRAMMY nominations for Album of the Year. His long list of credits cover rock, jazz, R&B, folk, film, and world music, with his name on over 45 GRAMMY-winning and nominated albums, and numerous Emmy-winning music television specials. Alan has mastered records charting on top-ten lists across the world.
Artists that Alan has mastered include:
Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Ivan & Alyosha, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, The Kinks, Earl Klugh, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jane Monheit, Lagrimas Negras, Dolly Parton, Madeleine Peyroux, Ron Pope, Keith Richards, J.D. Souther, Cheap Trick, Bebo Valdes (five-time GRAMMY winner), Jimmy Webb, and many more.
His extremely high standards have led to Arf! Mastering's status as one of the most accurate listening environments in New York City. To learn more about Alan and his mastering suite, visit here.
Alan began his engineering career in the 1980s assisting at the famed Electric Lady Studios, where he worked with producer Mutt Lange, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Hall and Oates, and Foreigner. He then moved on to engineer at A&R Recording Studios, working with legendary producers Phil Ramone and Arif Mardin, and artists Billy Joel and Judy Collins. Later, Alan engineered on numerous soundtracks and was a music supervisor for Sesame Workshop.
He became a full-time mastering engineer in 1996. To Alan Silverman, the role of his craft can be explained in very simple terms. "Mastering is key to presenting a recording in the best possible light," he says. "It's a critical part of music production."
In addition to operating Arf! Mastering, Alan teaches the subject to tonemeister students at NYU|Steinhardt Music Technology, and to undergraduates at the NYU|Tisch Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
