Awards

MPG Awards tonight – hurrah

By | Published on Thursday 11 February 2010

Tonight sees CMU’s very favourite awards ceremony take over the Café de Paris in London – yes, it’s the second ever Music Producers Guild Awards, celebrating the all too often unsung heroes of the record industry, the ones with the skills to transform shitty indie bands and mediocre karaoke stars into awe-inspiring recording artists. Hurrah for the music producer.

Among the fourteen awards to be presented will be a lifetime achievement gong for Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, a posthumous innovation award for the late great Les Paul and the first BRIT Award of the year, for Best Producer, up for which are Jim Abbiss, Paul Epworth, Ethan Johns and Steve Lillywhite.

Commenting on this year’s event, MPG chair Steve Levine told CMU: “The Music Producers Guild Awards may only be in their second year but they have already made a huge impact and are attracting a lot of attention from the entire music industry. Tickets have sold out and we’ve had plenty of interest from artists who plan to come along on the night to support the producers they have worked with during the year”.

He continued: “We’re really thrilled that these awards give recording professionals the credit they deserve. And it’s great the our Producer Of The Year also wins a BRIT Award for Best Producer – this association indicates just how much the industry values the role of the recording professional and how important it is that our voice is heard”.



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