Benny Grotto
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Benny Grotto is an assistant professor at Berklee College of Music in the Music Production and Engineering Department. He's also a co-owner of Mad Oak Studios, one of the leading recording facilities in Boston, where he's worked most of his 15-year career as a music producer, mixer, and recording engineer, helping in the creation of hundreds of albums and thousands of songs. His experience as a touring musician has taken him around much of the United States and Europe with a variety of acts—from Americana to hardcore punk—playing clubs, festival stages, and arenas.
This diverse musical background gives Grotto fluency across a wide range of recording studio situations, leading to a busy schedule of audio work around the world with artists at every level and in virtually every genre, including such artists as Aerosmith, Big D and the Kids Table, Blood for Blood, Daughters, and Dipset, among many others.
- Recording engineer on Weird Al Yankovic's Grammy-winning, No. 1 album Mandatory Fun
- Former recording engineer for Aerosmith
- Former touring drummer for Slapshot
- Winner of 2010 Boston Music Award Producer of the Year, and 12-time nominee for the award