14 December 2018
Category P&E Wing
RECORDING ACADEMY™ STATEMENT ON THE SIGNING OF THE MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT With the president’s signature on October 11, 2018, the Music Modernization Act is officially the law of the land. We applaud the efforts of the thousands of performers, songwriters, and studio…
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14 December 2018
Category MPG Awards
Following a record number of submissions, the Music Producers Guildis delighted to announce the names of those shortlisted for its 2019 Awards, which will take place in London on February 28th next year. For the second year running, female producers…
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14 December 2018
Category MPG Awards
Having achieved its 10th Anniversary last year, the Music Producers Guild Awards has become a vitally important event on the Music Industry calendar. Every year, hundreds of artists and music industry VIPs flock to this annual event – the only Awards ceremony…
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13 December 2018
Category MPG Awards
The Music Producers Guild will honour internationally acclaimed British producer Hugh Padgham at its 2019 Awards ceremony by presenting him with its PPL Presents The MPG Award For Outstanding Contribution To UK Music. One of the UK’s most successful producers…
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14 September 2018
Category P&E Wing
MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT IN SENATE The Music Modernization Act gained 14 new Senate co-sponsors bringing the total to 46 supporters and closing in on its goal of having the support of at least 51 senators—a majority—while…
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5 September 2018
Category Music Industry
This week is crunch time for Music and our livelihoods. 12th September will see a crucial vote on the EU Copyright Directive, which aims to update current legislation and address the balance between billion-pound content platforms, and the meagre profit passed…
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30 August 2018
Category Music Industry
As part of the Music Producers Guild’s campaign: Credit Where Credit Is Due, we bring you all the latest news on developments in software and on-line activity designed to make sure that your work in music production is fully acknowledged….
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28 August 2018
Category MPG Awards
The Music Producers Guild is opening Submissions for its 2019 Awards on September 3rd and is calling on all recording professionals, their management companies and the public at large to get onboard and submit the names of people they think are…
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8 August 2018
Category Music Industry
(later revisions here: https://www.mpg.org.uk/news/credit-where-credit-is-due-latest-on-credits/) Remember our discovery of the RIN-M plug-in? – It fitted perfectly with our ‘Credit Where Credit Is Due’ campaign because it enables you to create a simple data file during recording or mixing in which to…
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28 July 2018
Category Education
LIPA graduate Sam Baker has been named as the recipient of the 2018 Music Producers Guild Prize, which brings with it a host of benefits including financial support from PPL. Now in its eighth year, the Music Producers Guild Prize…
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5 June 2018
Category MPG Awards
Tickets for this coveted awards event will go on sale soon and as this year’s Awards were quickly sold out, people wanting to attend should buy early to avoid disappointment. If you already have plans for next February 28th, cancel…
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25 May 2018
Category P&E Wing
REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER NAMM NOW OPEN FREE WITH CODE FOR RECORDING ACADEMY MEMBERS Music City Center, Nashville, Tenn. June 28-30, 2018 With more than 14,000 registrants, 1,650+ brands and $5 billion+ in buying power, Summer NAMM is the perfect time…
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20 April 2018
Category P&E Wing
AMP Act Introduced Into Senate Dear Friends, I’m writing to you today about a momentous occasion and an historic “First!” Thanks to the hard work and diligent efforts over the last 10 years by the P&E Wing, its members across…
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27 March 2018
Category Events
Full Members of the MPG attended a meeting with prominent representatives of Presonus; Arnd Kaiser (Product development, Hamburg) and Lee Boylan (UK & Ireland sales representative) last week at The Genelec Experience in London’s West End. The purpose of the…
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23 March 2018
Category Technical
MPG Full Members gathered at Puzzle Factory Studios in North London on 20th February for a presentation event by Acustica Audio. MPG Full Member Nik Georgiev, plug-in developer and marketing director for Acustica, demonstrated the company’s approach to creating their…
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2 March 2018
Category Other Organisations
A pioneering producer will reveal to University of Northampton students how she broke into and thrived in the male-dominated music industry and what it was like to work with Icelandic superstar Björk. Kirsten Powell, who worked on Björk’s Post and…
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2 March 2018
Category MPG Awards
Sisters were certainly doing it for themselves at this year’s Music Producers Guild Awards with five of the gongs going to women – proving beyond doubt that music production is no longer a male dominated business. Producer Catherine Marks carried…
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27 February 2018
Category MPG Awards
The directors of the Music Producers Guild Awards are proud to announce that Recording Artist, Songwriter, Producer and Grammy Award winning Recording Engineer, Imogen Heap will be the recipient of the 2018 Inspiration Award. This prestigious award, sponsored by Audio Note, is…
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16 February 2018
Category MPG Activity
Stars from the world of music and film will join forces with politicians to fight for a new law to boost shared parental leave for the self-employed. They will gather outside Parliament to support Labour MP Tracy Brabin’s proposed legislation…
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8 February 2018
Category General News
The MPG welcomes the announcement by Tracy Brabin MP, to table a 10-minute Rule Bill motion to extend Shared Parental Pay to the self-employed. The Bill, known as the “Shared Parental Leave Extension” bill, would extend the right to shared…
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