Tre Nagella is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer. He has won four Grammy Awards and worked with artists including Kirk Franklin, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Brandy, and Monica, among others. He launched the recording studio Luminous Sound Studios in Dallas, Texas in 2019.
Career Tre Nagella started playing guitar in his teens and was involved with his High School's technical theater department, running the audio for the orchestra, choir, jazz band, musicals, and dance concerts. After graduating from High School, he attended Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts where he won four Directors Awards and was the Valedictorian of his class.
Nagella had a long working relationship with gospel artist Kirk Franklin, winning three Grammy Awards for engineering his albums, Losing My Religion, Hello Fear, and The Fight of My Life. He has also engineered and mixed many of the albums for Franklin's record label including The Walls Group’s Grammy-nominated album, Fast Forward.
He has engineered and mixed albums for artists Ed Sheeran, Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Pimp C, Monica, Alan Parsons, Ledisi, Tamela Mann and others. He co-produced Kitt Wakeley's Symphony of Sinners & Saints album which peaked at #1 on Billboard's Classical Crossover and Classical charts. He has written and produced music used in advertising campaigns for Apple, Samsung, Ford Motor Company and Smirnoff Vodka, among others.
Nagella, along with choral group Verdigris Ensemble and technology company Async Art, created the first programmable music NFT (non-fungible tokens) called Betty's Notebook, a 21-minute programmable piece of music.
Nagella has been a panel and guest speaker at SXSW, The Recording Academy, Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts, The Fine Arts Department at CFBISD (Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District), and the Recording Connection, among others. The Fine Arts Department at CFBISD (Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District) inducted him into the Hall of Fame at the CFBISD Fine Arts State and National Awards Ceremony in 2022.
In 2025, Nagella was announced as one of the remixers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup theme, representing the Dallas area.
Awards YearNominated workCategoryAwardResult 2022 Losing My Religion (Kirk Franklin) Best Gospel Album Mixing & Engineering Grammy Award 2012 Hello Fear (Kirk Franklin) Best Gospel Album Mixing & Engineering Grammy Award 2009 The Fight of My Life (Kirk Franklin) Best Contemporary R&B Gospel AlbumMixing & Engineering Grammy Award
Selected discography YearAlbumArtistCredit2021Symphony of Sinners & SaintsKitt WakeleyCo-producer, mixing, engineerManifest Bobby SessionsMixing2019The SecretAlan ParsonsEngineerAntisocialEd Sheeran featuring Travis ScottVocal engineer2018The Hate U Give (film) Bobby Sessions · Keite Young - Fight the Power MixingOnly HumanCalum ScottVocal engineerMidnight in MacedoniaKitt WakeleyVocal engineer2017Let Love RuleLedisiEngineerGreenleaf (TV series) Soundtrack Various artistsEngineer2016Hidden Figures (soundtrack)Various ArtistsEngineer2015Reloaded: 20 Number 1 HitsBlake SheltonEngineerLong Live the Pimp Pimp CMixingLosing My ReligionKirk FranklinMixing, engineerNew LifeMonicaVocal engineer7 SummersShaun MartinEngineer2014PhilthyPhilip LassiterEngineerHere Right NowTasha Page-LockhartMixingFast ForwardThe Walls GroupMixing2012Lotus Christina Aguilera Assistant engineerJoyful Noise SoundtrackVarious artistsEngineerBest DaysTamela MannEngineer2011Hello FearKirk FranklinEngineer, Guitar, Drum Programming, Digital Editing2009Hillbilly Bone Blake SheltonAssistant engineer The Big PictureDa' T.R.U.T.H.EngineerMaster PlanTamela MannMixing2008Crystal AikinCrystal AikinEngineer2007The Fight of My LifeKirk FranklinKeyboards2006RS2Rhonda SmithVocal Recording
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