The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® Presents Grammy Soundtables®

The Producers & Engineers Wing® of The Recording Academy® will present the 21st Annual Grammy SoundTables® in conjunction with the AES Convention on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, from 2:30 ??? 4 p.m. This unique event, titled "MWA! - Mixing With Attitude," will provide a close-up look at how some of the top producers and engineers create mixes that stand out from the pack with the power and personality to not only please the artist, producer, and record label, but have excellent sound quality at home, in the car, on the radio, and on MP3. Translating the excitement from a recording session to its final mix is a high-pressure art form. This Grammy®-winning panel work with both attitude and craft to create tracks that rise above the rest. At this special event, they will share their tips, tricks, anecdotes, and secrets for success. Event Panelists:

Chuck Ainlay With multiple Grammy Awards, Chuck Ainlay is one of Nashville's top recording engineers and a leading pioneer in the world of surround sound. He has worked as a producer or engineer for such diverse talents as George Strait, Taylor Swift, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler, James Taylor, Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow, and many more. A partnership with Nashville's famed Sound Stage Studios has enabled him to build his own studio outfitted with 5.1 mixing, resulting in award-winning projects from Dire Straits and Peter Frampton. Ainlay also recently recorded and mixed George Strait's latest album, "Twang," which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200. Serban Ghenea

Serban Ghenea is a three-time Grammy Award-winning and three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning mixer. He has served as mixer for some of the biggest names in music, including Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Flo Rida, the Fray, Jessie James, Jewel, R. Kelly, Leona Lewis, Dave Matthews Band, Pink, Mark Ronson, Jill Scott, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Usher, among many others. Chris Lord-Alge

With an engineering/mixing career spanning almost three decades, Lord-Alge has worked alongside such artists as James Brown, Celine Dion, Green Day, Nickelback, U2, Santana, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Steve Winwood, and more. Over the course of his career, Chris has mixed approximately 20,000 songs with numerous No. 1 albums and singles to his credit. Tony Maserati

Maserati has played a pivotal role in defining today's R&B, hip-hop, and pop aesthetic. With more than 250 releases under his belt, he is widely regarded as a primary architect of the sounds associated with New York R&B production since the mid-90s. His resume includes working with Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, David Bowie, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, and more. Nile Rodgers

Rodgers' signature is on an amazing array of music, as a writer of some of the most influential and popular dance songs with his legendary band Chic, and as a writer/producer of countless hits for a variety of other artists, including David Bowie, for whom he produced the artist's best-selling record "Let's Dance," and Madonna, for whom he produced "Like a Virgin."