Known as one of the top record producers in the industry and for his contribution to the recording industry with the development of the parametric equalizer. He began his career in Baltimore working for Recordings Incorporated, Flite Three, and ITI which became Blue Seas Studios. He is credited on some of his local production work using the pseudonym George Motion.
Massenburg went on to receive top honors from Mix Magazine as best Engineer and Producer. In 1990 he won the Grammy for Best Engineered Non-Classical Record for his work on Linda Ronstadt’s “Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind.” In 1996 was co-Grammy winner for Best Musical Album for Children with Linda Ronstadt as producers of her album “Dedicated to the One I Love.” George also won an individual Technical Grammy Award in 1998 as a special merit award for “outstanding significance to the recording field.”
Over the years George worked for countless performers including Earth Wind & Fire, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, James Taylor, Journey, Aaron Neville, Randy Newman, Lyle Lovett…
