Tre Nagella Explained

Tre Nagella
Years Active:1999–present

Tre Nagella is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer. He has won four Grammy Awards and worked with artists including Kirk Franklin, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Brandy, and Monica, among others.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He launched the recording studio Luminous Sound Studios in Dallas, Texas in 2019.[6]

Career

Tre Nagella started playing guitar in his teens and was involved with his High School's technical theater department, running the audio for the orchestra, choir, jazz band, musicals, and dance concerts.[7] After graduating from High School, he attended Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts where he won four Directors Awards and was the Valedictorian of his class.[8]

Nagella had a long working relationship with gospel artist Kirk Franklin, winning three Grammy Awards for engineering his albums, Losing My Religion, Hello Fear, and The Fight of My Life.[1] He has also engineered and mixed many of the albums for Franklin's record label including The Walls Group’s Grammy-nominated album, Fast Forward.

He has engineered and mixed albums for artists Ed Sheeran, Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Pimp C, Monica, Alan Parsons, Ledisi, Tamela Mann and others. He co-produced Kitt Wakeley's Symphony of Sinners & Saints album which peaked at #1 on Billboard's Classical Crossover and Classical charts.[9] [10] [11] [12] He has written and produced music used in advertising campaigns for Apple, Samsung, Ford Motor Company and Smirnoff Vodka, among others.[13]

Nagella, along with choral group Verdigris Ensemble and technology company Async Art, created the first programmable music NFT (non-fungible tokens) called Betty's Notebook, a 21-minute programmable piece of music.[14] [15]

Nagella has been a panel and guest speaker at SXSW,[16] The Recording Academy,[17] Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts, The Fine Arts Department at CFBISD (Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District), and the Recording Connection, among others.[18] The Fine Arts Department at CFBISD (Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District) inducted him into the Hall of Fame at the CFBISD Fine Arts State and National Awards Ceremony in 2022.[19]

Awards

YearNominated WorkCategoryAwardResult
2022 Losing My Religion (Kirk Franklin) Best Gospel Album Mixing & EngineeringGrammy Award
2012 Hello Fear (Kirk Franklin) Best Gospel Album Mixing & EngineeringGrammy Award
2009 The Fight of My Life (Kirk Franklin) Best Contemporary R&B Gospel AlbumMixing & EngineeringGrammy Award

Selected discography

YearAlbumArtistCredit
2021Symphony of Sinners & SaintsKitt WakeleyCo-producer, mixing, engineer
Manifest Bobby SessionsMixing[20]
2019The SecretAlan ParsonsEngineer[21]
AntisocialEd Sheeran featuring Travis ScottVocal engineer
2018The Hate U Give (film) Bobby Sessions · Keite Young - Fight the Power Mixing[22]
Only HumanCalum ScottVocal engineer[23]
Midnight in MacedoniaKitt WakeleyVocal engineer
2017Let Love RuleLedisiEngineer
Greenleaf (TV series) Soundtrack Various artistsEngineer[24]
2016Hidden Figures (soundtrack)Various ArtistsEngineer
2015Blake SheltonEngineer[25]
Long Live the Pimp Pimp CMixing[26]
Losing My ReligionKirk FranklinMixing, engineer
New LifeMonicaVocal engineer[27]
7 SummersShaun MartinEngineer[28]
2014PhilthyPhilip LassiterEngineer
Here Right NowTasha Page-LockhartMixing[29]
Fast ForwardThe Walls GroupMixing
2012Lotus Assistant engineer[30]
Joyful Noise SoundtrackVarious artistsEngineer
Best DaysTamela MannEngineer
2011Hello FearKirk FranklinEngineer, Guitar, Drum Programming, Digital Editing
2009Hillbilly Bone Blake SheltonAssistant engineer[31] [32] [33]
The Big PictureDa' T.R.U.T.H.Engineer
Master PlanTamela MannMixing[34]
2008Crystal AikinCrystal AikinEngineer
2007The Fight of My LifeKirk FranklinKeyboards
2006RS2Rhonda SmithVocal Recording

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grammy Awards Tre Nagella. Grammys. August 9, 2022.
  2. Web site:
    1. WE Awards 2021 Producer of the Year to 3X Grammy Winner Tre Nagella
    . WE Movement TV. March 2, 2021. August 9, 2022.
  3. Web site: Travis Scott Joins Ed Sheeran Of The "Antisocial" Brigade by Devin Ch. Hot New Whiphop. July 12, 2019. August 9, 2022.
  4. Web site: From Pimp C to Blake Shelton, Tre Nagella's Grammy-Winning Resume Is Gospel by Amy McCarthy. Dallas Observer. February 10, 2016. August 9, 2022.
  5. Web site: Luminous Sound"s producer and chief engineer, Tre Nagella won his third GRAMMY for Gospel Album of the Year alongside the great Kirk Franklin. Grammy Awards . February 13, 2017. August 10, 2022.
  6. Web site: NUGEN Audio's Producer bundle - Tre Nagella. Nugen Audio . June 17, 2019. August 10, 2022.
  7. Web site: Don‘t Do It For The Grammys with Tre Nagella. Hacker Valley Studios. October 7, 2021. August 10, 2022.
  8. Web site: Full Sail Alumni on Nominated Projects at the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Full Sail edu. February 10, 2017. August 9, 2022.
  9. Web site: Billboard Classical Crossover Chart June 5, 2021 . May 10, 2022 . Billboard.com.
  10. Web site: Billboard Classical Chart June 5, 2021 . May 10, 2022 . Billboard.com.
  11. Web site: Composer Kitt Wakeley 'Symphony Of Sinners And Saints,' Out May 21 Featuring Joe Satriani. A.A. . Cristi. Broadway World.
  12. Web site: Hear Joe Satriani on Kitt Wakeley’s New Orchestral-Rock Song. Ultimate Classic Rock. August 6, 2022 .
  13. Web site: Tre Nagella. Sound Better. August 9, 2022.
  14. Web site: The Verdigris Ensemble. Mighty Cause . August 10, 2022.
  15. Web site: Betty's Notebook. Verdigris Music . August 11, 2022.
  16. Web site: Alternative Recording Studio Models. SXSW . March 18, 2016. August 10, 2022.
  17. Web site: Recording Academy - Producers & Engineers Wing On the Move in Summer 2019 - Industry Insights: Amp Act for Producers & Engineers in Austin. Clyne Media . June 17, 2019. August 10, 2022.
  18. Web site: Recording Connection mentor Tre Nagella takes Grammys in Stride by Lia Swift. Recording Connection . February 16, 2016. August 10, 2022.
  19. Web site: CFBISD Fine Arts Inducts First-Ever Hall of Famer. Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. June 7, 2022. August 10, 2022.
  20. Web site: Bobby Sessions - Manifest Album Credits. Pandora . August 9, 2022.
  21. Web site: The Secret" by Alan Parsons Chosen by IMC's Kim Reilly . Inside Musicast . December 21, 2019. August 9, 2022.
  22. Web site: The Hate U Give. Universal Music Group. Jun 21, 2022. August 10, 2022.
  23. Web site: Calum Scott Only Human Credits. Barnes & Noble. August 9, 2022.
  24. Web site: Greenleaf Soundtrack Vol. 2. Barnes & Noble 2. August 10, 2022.
  25. Web site: Blake Shelton. Blake Shelton. February 17, 2017. August 11, 2022.
  26. Web site: Pimp C - Live The Pimp. Music Metason. August 11, 2022.
  27. Web site: Monica In 3D Lyrics. Genius. August 9, 2022.
  28. Web site: Shaun Martin - 7 Summers. Rope a Dope Select. August 9, 2022.
  29. Web site: Tasha Page-Lockhart - Here Right Now. Oldies. August 9, 2022.
  30. Web site: Christina Aguilera - Lotus. Grooves Inc. . August 9, 2022.
  31. Web site: Hillbilly Bone (feat. Trace Adkins). Blake Shelton YouTube Channel . August 7, 2015. August 9, 2022.
  32. Web site: That Thing We Do. Blake Shelton YouTube Channel 2 . November 4, 2014. August 10, 2022.
  33. Web site: Suffocating. Reprise . November 8, 2014. August 10, 2022.
  34. Web site: The Master Plan By Tamela Mann (Recorded By) . Fish Pond . October 31, 2009. August 9, 2022.

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