Full Sail University Announces 9 Graduates Have Been Nominated For 2012 Grammy Awards

Winter Park, FL (Top40 Charts/ Full Sail University Official Website) Full Sail University is proud to announce that nine of its alumni are nominated this year for GRAMMY® Awards which air live on Sunday, February 12, 2012 on CBS. A total of 71 Full Sail University graduates worked on 52 nominated projects, spanning 38 categories including: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Engineered Album-Classical, Best Engineered Album Non-Classical and Best Rap Song.

In addition, graduates of Full Sail University have been nominated for their work in various roles including: Composing, Engineering, Mastering, Mixing, Producing and Vocal Recording for artists such as Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Lupe Fiasco and more. Full Sail University graduates have worked on 17 GRAMMY®-award winning Album of the Year releases over the past 20 years.

Full Sail University graduates that are personally nominated at the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards include:

Brad Blackwood, Mastering, Best Engineered Album-Non Classical, Paper Airplane, Alison Krauss & Union Station

Dustin William Brower, Composer, Best Rap Song, The Show Goes On: Track From Lasers, Lupe Fiasco

Josh Gudwin, Vocal Recording, Album of the Year, Loud, Rihanna
Jermaine "Mayne Zayne" Jackson, Producer, Album of the Year, Loud, Rihanna
Joe Lambert, Mastering, Best Engineered Album-Classical, Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide, Rinde Eckert, Steven Mackey & Eighth Blackbird

Graham Marsh, Engineer, Album of the Year, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
Corey Shoemaker, Engineer, Album of the Year, Loud, Rihanna
Phil Tan, Mixing, Record of the Year, Firework: Track from Teenage Dream, Katy Perry and Mixing, Album of the Year, Loud, Rihanna

Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva, Engineer, Album of the Year, Loud, Rihanna
"We are astonished by the incredible success of our alumni who have contributed to projects being recognized for GRAMMY® Awards this year," said Jay Noble, Director of Alumni, Full Sail University. "It is with great pride that we celebrate our graduates for continuing to inspire our current students, while following their life-long career ambitions."

For more information on the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards Ceremony, please visit https://www.grammy.com

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