MPG Awards

** Category – Outstanding Contribution

The MPG have revealed that producer, songwriter and musician Fraser T Smith is the winner of the PPL Present the Outstanding Contribution To UK Music Award. Fraser is a Grammy, Brit and Ivor …read the full article

** Category – Innovation

This is awarded by the Music Producers Guild Awards Committee and will be presented to a person working in music production whose work is seen to extend the boundaries of …read the full article

** Category – Inspiration

This is awarded by the Music Producers Guild Awards Committee and will be presented to a person working in production in recognition of abody of work over several years which …read the full article

** Category – A&R

For someone who is judged to have been essential during, but not directly involved in, the creative process of production across one or more projects, but not limited to the past …read the full article

** Category – Studio

For the best commercial studio, which exists primarily as a rental facility for the recording and/or mixing of music. This award is judged by a special panel of professional producers …read the full article

** Category – Single

For qualifying productions available for purchase as a physical product or as a download as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”).

** Category – Album

For qualifying productions available for purchase as a physical product, streamed as a commercial product or as a download as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”).

** Category – Re-mixer

For qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility“). This person is responsible for taking previously recorded material and creating a completely new version of the track using what are …read the full article

** Category – Mastering Engineer

For an engineer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). The mastering engineer must have been responsible for the processing and preparation of production masters for commercial releases.

** Category – Mix Engineer

For an engineer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). The mixer must have mixed all of the releases under consideration. This person is responsible for taking previously …read the full article

** Category – Breakthrough Engineer

For an engineer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). This person is present in the recording studio, or at another recording or mixing location, and is responsible …read the full article

** Category – Recording Engineer

For an engineer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). This person is present in the recording studio or at the location recording, and is responsible for the …read the full article

** Category – Breakthrough Producer

For a producer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). This person has overall creative and technical control of the entire recording project and the individual recording sessions …read the full article

** Category – International Producer

For a producer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). This person has overall creative and technical control of the entire recording project and the individual recording sessions …read the full article

** Category – UK Producer

For a producer for qualifying productions as defined below (“Definitions of Eligibility”). This person has overall creative and technical control of the entire recording project and the individual recording sessions …read the full article

All the news from the 2015 MPG Awards event

The Winners Short Lists Video clips Photo Gallery Extras    

2013 extras

The Music Producers Guild honours Sir George Martin CBE The Music Producers Guild will honour renowned producer, composer and musician Sir George Martin CBE at its 2013 Awards ceremony by …read the full article

2013 Photo Gallery

The Winners! (photographer: Grace Lightman) The stage (photographer: Ben Meadows) Reportage (photographer: Grace Lightman)

2013 Video Clips

2013 Short Lists

UK Producer of the Year, sponsored by The BRITS 2013: Damon Albarn Paul Epworth Jake Gosling Recording Engineer of the Year: Haydn Bendall Guy Massey Al O’Connell Mix Engineer of …read the full article