Windham Grammy winner to talk about making music

HAVERHILL, Mass. – Three-time Grammy Award winner Adam Ayan, formerly of Windham, N.H., will give a presentation on album mastering at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the David Hartleb Technology Center on the Haverhill campus of Northern Essex Community College, 100 Elliott St. Ayan has worked with music giants such as Madonna, the Foo Fighters, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Pearl Jam, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson the Rolling Stones and Rascal Flatts. This event, which is free, will explore the mechanics of music mastering, the final creative step in transforming a recording into a record. Ayan, who grew up in Malden and Windham, graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. He is also a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s sound recording technology program. Ayan is a mastering engineer at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine, where he has collected more than 50 gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums. “Mastering is all about bringing my clients’ music to its fullest sonic potential and always respecting their artistic vision,” Ayan said.