Joe LaPorta is a mastering engineer, music consultant, musician, songwriter and producer. He has a degree in music technology from the New York University . LaPorta currently works as a mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in NYC. His clients include Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend, Tiesto, The Killers, The Weeknd, Beach House, Garbage, The Postal Service, Imagine Dragons, Grizzly Bear, Kaiser Chiefs, Cold War Kids, Jimmy Cliff, Fall Out Boy, Tune-Yards, Neon Trees, The Raveonettes, Against Me!, Solange, Armin Van Buuren, Dirty Projectors, Neutral Milk Hotel, Twin Shadow, Youth Lagoon and many more. In addition, he writes and produces his own music, and releases through his own label FreshChest. He has also written and produced songs for 50 Cent, GZA, Talib Kweli and Cunninlynguists, among others.
