Manny Marroquin
Born	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupations	Mix engineer
Website	MannyMarroquin.com

Manny Marroquin, born 21 September 1971 in Guatemala, is a Grammy winning mixing engineer. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was nine due to the Guatemalan Civil War.^[1]

After graduating from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California, he joined a local studio as a runner and worked his way up to an engineering position.^[2] His professional breakthrough came during a late night session when a producer asked him to do a rough mix. The producer was impressed with Marroquin's work and asked him to mix the entire album.^[3]

As a mix engineer, Marroquin has worked with such well known artists as Whitney Houston, 2Pac, Pink, John Mayer, Shakira, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Ludacris, Jazmine Sullivan, and Duffy.^[4]

He won his first Grammy in 2000 for Mary Mary's album, "Thankful". In 2004 he received three nominations for his work on the Alicia Keys, Usher, and Kanye West albums--all of whom were nominated for "Album of the Year". Marroquin took home two statues for Kanye West's "College Dropout" and Alicia Keys' "Diary of Alicia Keys". In 2005 he earned another Grammy for his work on the album "Get Lifted" by John Legend.^[5]

The Grammy Museum, which opened in Los Angeles on 6 December 2008, is acknowledging Marroquin's musical achievement with its mixing exhibit. The interactive exhibit allows players to mix a track under the guidance of Marroquin.^[6]

[edit] Discography

• 1996: Toni Braxton ‘Secrets’ La Face Records (Various Tracks)
• 1996: Seal ‘Don’t Cry’ Sire Records Company
• 1997: 2PAC ‘R U Still Down (Remember Me)’ Jive (Various Tracks)
• 1999: Warren G ‘I Want It All’ Restless Records
• 2000: Mary Mary ‘Thankful’ Colombia
• 2000: Sisqo ‘Unleash The Dragon’ Def Soul (Various Tracks)
• 2000: Pink ‘Cant Take Me Home’ La Face Records (Various Tracks)
• 2001: Alicia Keys ‘Songs In A Minor’ J Records (Various Tracks)
• 2001: Sisqo ‘Return Of The Dragon’ Def Soul (Various Tracks)
• 2002: Mario ‘Mario’ J Records (Various Tracks)
• 2002: Santana ‘Shaman’ Arista (Various Tracks)
• 2003: Alicia Keys ‘The Diary’ J Records
• 2004: Twista ‘Kamikaze’ Atlantic (Various Tracks)
• 2004: John Legend ‘Get Lifted’ Sony BMG
• 2004: Kanye West ‘College Drop Out’ Roc A Fella
• 2005: Faith Evans ‘First Lady’ Capitol Records (Various Tracks)
• 2005: Mariah Carey ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’ Island Def Jam Music Group (Various Tracks)
• 2005: Natasha Bedingfield ‘Unwritten’ BMG UK & Ireland (Various Tracks)
• 2005: Kanye West ‘Late Registration’ Roc A Fella (Various Tracks)
• 2005: Anthony Hamilton ‘Soulife’ Atlantic Records (Various Tracks)
• 2005: Twista ‘The Day After’ Atlantic Records (Various Tracks)
• 2005: Common ‘Be’ Geffen Records (Various Tracks)
• 2006: Janet Jackson ‘Damita Jo’ Toshiba EMI Ltd. (Various Tracks)
• 2006: TI ‘King’ Atlantic Records/ Grand Hustle (Various Tracks)
• 2006: Fantasia ‘Fantasia’ J Records (Various Tracks)
• 2006: John Mayer ‘Continuum’ Colombia (Various Tracks)
• 2007: Rihanna ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ Def Jam Recording (Various Tracks)
• 2007: Kanye West ‘Graduation’ Def Jam (Various Tracks)
• 2007: Alicia Keys ‘As I Am’ J Records
• 2008: Kanye West ‘808’s & Heartbreak’ Def Jam
• 2008: John Legend ‘Evolver’ Sony BMG
• 2008: Los Lonely Boys ‘Forgiven’ Epic Records
• 2008: Brandy ‘Human’ Epic Records (Various Tracks)
• 2008: Jazmine Sullivan ‘Fearless’ J Records
• 2008: Anastacia ‘Heavy Rotation’ Mercury Records
• 2008: Mary Mary ‘Get Up’ Sony BMG
• 2008: Usher ‘Here I Stand’ La Face (Various Tracks)

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[edit] References

1. ^ Daley, Dan. "Manny Marroquin". Sound on Sound. May 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2007
2. ^ Daley, Dan. "Manny Marroquin". Sound on Sound. May 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2007
3. ^ Marroquin bio
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ [2]
6. ^ [3]
7. ^ http://www.mannymarroquin.com/discography.html
8. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Manny+Marroquin

[edit] External links

• Official website

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