1 May 2014
Category Music Industry
The Music Producers Guild has received some news from Universal Music regarding the late accounting and payment of producer royalties for the first period of 2014. We were contacted early on Monday, April 28th by David Sharpe (Universal Music) and…
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10 April 2014
Category Events
The Mastering Group of the MPG, led by mastering engineer, Barry Grint of Alchemy Mastering, presented a well-attended event at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden on 9th April 2014 whose purpose was to address the subject of the inclusion of…
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8 April 2014
Category General News
There was a great turnout last night for the MPG’s Annual General Meeting, which was held at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. The evening allows members of the Guild an insight into the activities of the various Working Groups…
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5 April 2014
Category P&E Wing
March 5 – Los Angeles – Up Close & Personal with Evan Bogart & Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou The Recording Academy® Los Angeles Chapter and the Producers & Engineers Wing® hosted an evening with producer/songwriters Evan Bogart (Beyonce, Demi Lovato) and Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou (Celine Dion,…
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2 April 2014
Category General News
Stefan Kudelski, the inventor of the first professional-quality portable tape recorder, which revolutionized Hollywood moviemaking and vastly expanded the reach of documentarians, independent filmmakers and eavesdroppers on both sides in the cold war, died on Saturday in Switzerland. He was 83….
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6 March 2014
Category Other Organisations
Another alliance of music business trade bodies was announced yesterday as the performer and manager communities joined together to speak out on the royalties artists receive in the digital domain, and specifically the cut of streaming revenue paid to talent…
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27 February 2014
Category Music Industry
Our thanks go to Mark Rose for his determined efforts in researching and supplying data to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in order to bring about official acknowledgement of the music recording industry’s contribution to the UK economy. Producers, recording studios and studio…
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24 January 2014
Category MPG Awards
This page will be updated regularly on the run-up to the 2014 Music Producers Guild Awards. Bookmark it in your web browser and check back from time to time in oder to keep abreast of the latest news. Feb 14 Big…
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24 January 2014
Category MPG Awards
Renowned producer, musician and songwriter Trevor Horn has revealed his plans to perform live at next month’s Music Producers Guild Awards in London – and that he will be joined on stage by some ‘special guests’. Horn, who is attending the event to receive the Outstanding…
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14 January 2014
Category Member News items
The creative community taking shape in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle has snared its first major music production name with Steve Levine relocating his own personal studio facility to the area from its former location in London. Part of the long-term regeneration…
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11 January 2014
Category MPG Awards
The Music Producers Guild is delighted to announce that Sean Davies, an internationally acclaimed studio designer, technical engineer and authority on disc cutting lathes, will be presented with a Special Recognition Award at the MPG Awards 2014, which take place in London next month. Renowned…
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7 January 2014
Category MPG Awards
The Music Producers Guild is delighted to have named renowned producer, musician and songwriter Trevor Horn as the recipient of its Outstanding Contribution award for 2014. Horn will be presented with the PPL sponsored award at the MPG’s 2014 Awards ceremony on February 13…
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7 November 2013
Category MPG Activity
Organised by recording, mixing and mastering engineer, and MPG Full Member, JP Braddock, the first East Midlands Speakeasy event, held at The Broadway in Nottingham, thoroughly demonstrated the clear potential popularity of such events outside of London, and validated recent efforts by MPG admin to…
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27 October 2013
Category MPG Activity
The MPG team (Mick Glossop, Stevan Krakovic, Tony Platt and Bruno Elingham) attended WOMEX, the international expo of world music, over three days in Cardiff last week. Although unable to present an individual MPG stand, due to cost limitations, we…
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12 October 2013
Category MPG Activity
Just months after officially launching its ‘ISRC in Broadcast WAV’ initiative, the Music Producers Guild has received the support of the BPI and AIM, two trade bodies representing the music industry. Both have agreed to adopt Broadcast WAV as standard. “We are really delighted to have the…
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19 September 2013
Category Music Industry
Forging a career for yourself in the arts can be a tricky business at the best of times, whether you’re hoping to gain secure employment, freelance work or get a business idea of your own off the ground. The Unsigned…
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9 September 2013
Category MPG Awards
Nominations for the Music Producers Guild Awards 2014 open today, Monday 9th September, as the most prestigious event recognising the UK’s top producers, engineers, remixers and mastering engineers prepares for its biggest year to date. Set to be hosted at the Park…
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3 September 2013
Category MPG Activity
MPG East Midlands representative, JP Braddock, hosted the first of a new regular ‘Speak Easy’ social event last week at the Broadway Mezz Lounge on Broad Street in Nottingham. The event was well attended and the interest shown in the…
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25 July 2013
Category Education
Chris Pawlusek has become the 2013 recipient of the Music Producers Guild Prize, which rewards the most promising student to graduate from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) Sound Technology degree programme. Launched in 2010, the MPG Prize brings enormous benefits…
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