Life and career[edit]

Merrill attended Jamestown Community College before graduating from State University of New York at Fredonia with a degree in Sound Recording Technology.^[4] He then became a mastering engineer at Masterdisk in 2008 before moving to Sterling Sound in 2013.^[5] At Sterling, Merrill worked alongside Tom Coyne winning four Grammys, including wins for Adele's 25, and Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk".^[6] Merrill's mastering work would go on to win Grammys independently for Beck's Colors, Ariana Grande's Sweetener, Lady Gaga's "Shallow", and Cage the Elephant's Social Cues.^[3]


Merrill currently works out of Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.