LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ White Noise PR) In preparation for its fourth annual Awards ceremony, the
Music Producers Guild has announced two new Awards categories for the 2012 event, bringing the total number of Awards to 17.
The new categories - International Engineer of the Year and International Remixer of the Year - reflect the global reach of the music industry and are designed to recognise the talent and creativity of the professional recording community worldwide. The International categories, which also include International Producer of the Year, are open to all producers, engineers and remixers, regardless of their country of origin.
There have also been some changes to existing Awards categories, most notably the Joe Meek Award, which has been renamed the Joe Meek Legacy Award and will be presented to a worthy recipient on the basis of his or her body of work rather than more specifically for innovation, as was the case in previous years.
Another key change is to the Live Award category, which has been renamed the Live Production Award reflecting the fact that nominated projects can now include live music released on CD or DVD or as a radio or television broadcast.
The full list of awards categories is as follows:
The Joe Meek Legacy Award
Outstanding Contribution to UK Music, sponsored by PPL
Producer of the Year, sponsored by the BPI
Recording Engineer of the Year
Mix Engineer of the Year
Mastering Engineer of the Year
Live Production of the Year
UK Album of the Year
UK Single of the Year
Re-mixer of the Year
Breakthrough Producer of the Year
Breakthrough Engineer of the Year
International Producer of the Year
International Engineer of the Year
International Remixer of the Year
Best Studio
Unsung Hero
The
Music Producers Guild Awards has already made its mark on the music industry calendar as an event not to be missed. Last year's sell out event attracted more than 300 stars and music industry VIPs who turned out in force to celebrate the enormous contribution that recording professionals make to the success of the UK's music industry.
The
Music Producers Guild Awards 2012 will be held next February at the Cafe de Paris, London, and once again the winner of the Producer of the Year category will automatically win a BRIT Award for Best Producer.
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