Four years later, in 1972, while Lucho Gatica was in Los Angeles, he called his nephew Humberto asking him to meet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Two months later, Humberto was invited to a recording session with Sammy Davis Jr., an artist he used to listen to with his grandmother in Rancagua.

The studio manager allowed me to become an intern and I did everything from cleaning to changing lightbulbs”.Gatica gradually became an assistant engineer at MGM.

His work with Brazilian artists also includes Djavan's “A Voz, O Violão, A Música de Djavan” and “Lilas” albums, Paulinho Da Costa's “Agora”, Gilberto Gil's “Realce” and “Luar (A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar)” and Simone's “La Distancia”.

Or about to turn up the Rhodes a little bit more in the (head)phones because the singer is singing a little out of tune, he does it… with no communications”.Gatica shares his point of view: “I have been absorbing the way David produces.

I admire what he does, so it is easy for me to put my feelings into the creative circumstance.”In 1985, he won his first Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical for Chicago's album 17.

The album consists of duets performing Latin-American standards and features artists Laura Pausini, Nelly Furtado, Il Volo, Michael Bublé, Lucero, Luis Fonsi, Miguel Bosé, among others.

The album featured Emeli Sandé, Kenny G, Eric Benét and The Eben Voices of Gabon Choir.

[13] During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gatica has worked on Groban's upcoming album “Harmony”, set to be released in November 2020.

[1][2] Gatica recorded the supergroup USA for Africa for “We Are The World”, produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian.

[15][16] Gatica recorded “Voices That Care”, featuring artists including Meryl Streep, Kevin Costner, Garth Brooks, Julio Iglesias and The Beach Boys, produced by David Foster.

The song was meant as an apolitical anthem to boost the morale of military personnel deployed during the Gulf crisis of 1991 and offer their families emotional support.

“We Are The World 25 for Haiti”, also produced by Quincy Jones, was recorded by Gatica featuring over 50 artists including Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, T-Pain, Will.I.Am and Wyclef Jean.

Supported by the National Council for Culture and Arts (Consejo nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, CNCA), Gatica produced the song “Gracias a la Vida” (Thanks To Life), recorded by supergroup “Voces Unidas por Chile” (United Voices for Chile).

[2] He describes the instruments in a mix in terms of a three-dimensional space: “Parts require a height, width and depth in order to take on a living quality.

Height is controlled by the range of frequencies from low to high and width by the panning spread”.Gatica points out that he is often concerned about clarity in his records.

An additional microphone hung about 9 feet high the middle captures all the horns and adds “fullness the sound” according to Gatica.

He points out that he prefers analog processors especially when working with artists like Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé.

[22][23] On stage, Dion described Gatica's work with her starting at her first recording session in English:[24] “He has (been) able to go beyond technology and practice magic.