Sign the petition to save 6 Music
6 Music have been significant in their support of MPG Awards - we should fight hard to keep them on air
- they are after all the only radio station with music in the name!
Watch Jeremy Paxman put some difficult points to Mark Thompson on BBC's Newsnight (Tues, March 2nd)
UK Music vows to keep up the fight for 6 Music - read the story here
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The Music Producers Guild (UK) is an independent and democratic organisation that encourages the highest standards of music production, and actively engages with other music industry organisations to campaign and lobby on matters of important mutual interest.
The MPG represents and promotes the interests of all those involved in the production of recorded music, including producers, engineers, mixers, re-mixers, programmers and mastering engineers.
(more details here)
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*** The Weekly Debate ***
We have recently started a new feature on the website, designed to stimulate discussion of important topics that affect the working lives of MPG members and all music producers and engineers
Click here to comment on this week's Weekly Debate
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Read previous MPG chairman, Mike howlett's latest "Letter from Autralia" here
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Another successful MPG Awards event!
The full list of winners from this year's MPG Awards are as follows:
(click on the names to read more about them....)
Producer Of The Year - sponsored by the BPI: Paul Epworth
Recording Engineer Of The Year - sponsored by Prism Sound: Mick Glossop
Mix Engineer Of The Year - sponsored by Avid: Cenzo Townshend
Mastering Engineer Of The Year - sponsored by SADiE: Tony Cousins (Metropolis Mastering)
International Producer Of The Year - sponsored by Focusrite: Rick Rubin
Re-mixer Of The Year - sponsored by Discovering Arts: Simian Mobile Disco (James Ford & Jas Shaw)
Breakthrough Producer Of The Year - sponsored by Deep Recording Studios: Paul Savage
Breakthrough Engineer Of The Year - sponsored by TL Audio: Mark Rankin
Live Album Of The Year - sponsored by Shure: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks, Live at the Hollywood Bowl
UK Album Of The Year (09) - sponsored by British Grove Studios: Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N Cheek
UK Single Of The Year (09) - sponsored by Cream Studios: Muse - Uprising
Best Studio - sponsored by Robertson Taylor: Kore Studios
Outstanding Contribution To UK Music - sponsored by PPL: Chris Blackwell
Unsung Hero - sponsored by Alchemea: Chris Jenkins, Solid State Logic
The Joe Meek Award For Innovation In Production - sponsored by 'Joemeek by PMI Audio': Les Paul
Read the press coverage, see the photos
Post your comments
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MPG chairman, Steve Levine, interviewed by Nemone on BBC 6 Music
..and this coverage on the Music Week show on BBC 6 Music
Janice Long gives the awards her thumbs up on BBC Radio 2
The judging of the finalists for the 2010 Awards was completed at British Grove Studios in West London...read the details
The official sponsors for the 2010 Awards are:
Sponsor details / Awards information
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The Music Producers Guild (UK) now supports the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID), and its enthusiastic program "Don't Lose The Music" (click on the logo for details...)
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MPG Members!
Use this website to inform potential clients of your biography, credits and achievements.
The MPG office receives emails on a regualr basis from artists, songwriters and production companies looking for producers, mixers and engineers. We always direct them to the Members Directory on this website.
If your details are not listed, you will be passed over, so please fill out the information on your profile page by hitting the "edit profile" button.
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Claim your PPL payments!
Discover how easy it is to receive payments for the public performance of your productions.
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The Bulletin Board
Don't forget to check the Bulletin Board regularly. It features postings from members who are looking for producers, engineers, musicians, songwriters, and other collaborators.
There will soon be an RSS feed on the page to which you can subscribe in order to receive email alerts.
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New MPG Classified Ads pages!
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Members' current projects
Take a look at some of the current recording projects updated by MPG members.
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Feel like 'Sounding Off' about something? - Sound On Sound magazine welcomes contributions (and they will pay for them)
(more details)
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