{{short description|Record producer}} {{about|the record producer|the drummer|Mike Mangini}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Michael Mangini | image = Michael Mangini producer.jpg | alt = Mangini playing guitar | caption = Mangini in 2007 | birth_date = | genre = Pop, soul, hip hop | occupation = Record producer, songwriter, engineer | label = Sony Music, Warner & BMG | associated_acts = David Byrne, Run DMC, the Beastie Boys, Joss Stone<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townvibe.com/Fairfield/September-October-2012/Ten-Minutes-With-Mike-Mangini/ |title=Ten Minutes With Mike Mangini |last=Ofganf |first=Erik |year=2012|website=TownVibe|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> | years_active = 1990–present | website = {{url|officialmichaelmangini.com}} }}
'''Michael Mangini''' is an American record producer and owner of Mojo Music, a production and artist management company.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lol-la.com/music-drives-shayna-leigh-to-just-be-herself/ |title=Music Drives Shayna Leigh to Just Be Herself |last=Villeno |first=Hillary |work=Living Out Loud Los Angeles |date=9 September 2015}}</ref> He has worked with Digable Planets, Imani Coppola, and Baha Men, among others.
==Early life== Mangini started his career in the music industry in 1985 at studios in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref name="as">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/playback/2004/fall/radar-mangini.aspx|title=Mike Mangini - Great Expectations|last=Zollo|first=Paul|date=1 September 2004|website=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> He also started writing songs, singing, and playing guitar for the band China Blue.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}} Mangini and the band relocated to Los Angeles to record songs at various studios, which is where he first learned music engineering and programming.<ref name="as" /> He went from being an assistant at Chung King Studios to becoming a multi-Platinum award-winning mixing engineer within two years.<ref name="as" />
==Career== In early 1993, Mangini opened a studio in New Jersey and soon recorded, co-produced and mixed Digable Planets' ''Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)'' which included "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)", winner of the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 36th Grammy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/mike-mangini/372204|title=Mike Mangini|last=Jackson|first=Blair|date=1 October 2008|website=Mix|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>
He co-produced Imani Coppola's ''Chupacabra'' released in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/coppola-goat-colors-chupacabra-album-proves-chirpy-legend-cowgirl-singer-isn-one-hit-article-1.769054|title=Coppola's Goat Of Many Colors 'Chupacabra' Album Proves Chirpy 'Legend of a Cowgirl' Singer Isn't a One-hit Wonder|last=Jim|first=Farber|date=1997-11-10|work=NY Daily News|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/04/arts/critic-s-choice-pop-cd-s-take-a-little-sass-add-sunshine.html|title=Critic's Choice/Pop CD's; Take a Little Sass, Add Sunshine|last=Powers|first=Ann|date=1997-11-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/article/13014817/karma-and-dregs|title=Karma and Dregs|last=Wright|first=Rickey|date=February 13, 1998|work=Washington City Paper|access-date=2018-04-24|language=en}}</ref>
In 2000, along with Steve Greenberg, he produced the Baha Men’s single "Who Let the Dogs Out?".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/28/arts/island-breeze-revives-dream-long-last-bahamian-band-has-hit-its-hands.html|title=An Island Breeze Revives a Dream; At Long Last, a Bahamian Band Has a Hit on Its Hands|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=2000-08-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The song was recorded in Mangini home studio in Miami.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/09/10/baha-men-who-let-dogs-out-oral-history/|title=A brief oral history of Baha Men's 'Who Let The Dogs Out'|last=Snetiker|first=Marc|date=2015-12-10|work=EW.com|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en}}</ref>
Mangini and Pop Rox's remix of the Marvin Gaye song "What's Going On" was included in the charity album of remixes released by Columbia Records in 2001.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77991/star-studded-whats-going-on-disc-due|title=Star-Studded 'What's Going On' Disc Due|date=2001-10-22|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-04-24}}</ref> Also in 2001, Mangini produced O-Town's first full-length album ''O-Town''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gazettereview.com/2017/03/happened-o-town-news-updates/|title=What Happened to O-Town - The Group Members in 2018|last=Carter|first=Brooke|date=2017-03-19|work=The Gazette Review|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en-US}}</ref> and David Byrne's sixth solo album ''Look into the Eyeball''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/05/11/david-byrne-look-into-the-ey/02a6f9ad-db7c-458a-a933-a6c1d7aa8bde/|title=David Byrne "Look Into the Eyeball"|date=2001-05-11|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> During this phase of his career, Mangini worked with musicians such as the Jonas Brothers, and Bruce Hornsby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avalondesign.com/int-mangini.html|title=Interview: Recording David Byrne with Michael Mangini|website=Avalon Design|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>
Mangini produced Joss Stone's first album ''The Soul Sessions'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gazettereview.com/2017/01/happened-joss-stone-news-updates/|title=What Happened to Joss Stone - News & Updates|last=Carter|first=Brooke|date=2017-01-31|work=The Gazette Review|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en-US}}</ref> and its follow-up ''Mind Body & Soul.''<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tRMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|title=Mojo Adds Soul to New Joss Stone Release|last=Walsh|first=Christopher|date=2004-10-02|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2004-10-02}}</ref>
Mangini has worked with various artists, including Little Jackie, Diane Birch, Hailey Knox and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilana-rapp/musical-artist-shayna-lei_b_8547574.html|title=Musical Artist Shayna Leigh Gives Us a Personal Look - Part I|last=Rapp|first=Ilana|date=12 November 2015|website=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oneavenue.tv/2016/04/29/shayna-leigh-sings-about-relationships-in-her-new-music-video|title=Shayna Leigh Sings About Relationships In 'Goodbye July'|last=Fariha|date=29 April 2016|website=OneAvenue.tv|publisher=One Avenue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152112/http://www.oneavenue.tv/2016/04/29/shayna-leigh-sings-about-relationships-in-her-new-music-video|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> In 2016, along with Peter Zizzo, co-produced the Jackie Evancho song "Apocalypse".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jackie-evancho-pop-debut-song-apocalypse-premiere-7334249/|title=Jackie Evancho Trades Classical for Pop on Brand-New Song 'Apocalypse': Exclusive Premiere|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|date=2016-04-19|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/01/jackie-evancho-age-trump-inauguration-americas-got-talent-songs-instagram-net-worth-national-anthem/|title=Jackie Evancho: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|last=Levine|first=Daniel S.|date=2017-01-20|work=Heavy.com|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> He also produced the 2018 debut album by Elise LeGrow, ''Playing Chess'', a collection of covers of songs produced by the early record label Chess Records.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/elise-legrow-review-cafe-de-la-danse-music-covers-album-chess-records-label-chicago-a8215416.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/elise-legrow-review-cafe-de-la-danse-music-covers-album-chess-records-label-chicago-a8215416.html |archive-date=2022-05-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Elise LeGrow at Le Café de la Danse in Paris - review|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|date=2018-02-17|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> In 2019, he produced Evancho's album ''The Debut''.<ref>Evancho, Jackie. Liner notes, ''The Debut'', JE Touring, Inc., April 2019</ref>
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