News
from the TEC Foundation
PRESS RELEASE—May 16, 2012
28th
ANNUAL TEC AWARDS TO BE HELD AT THE 2103
NAMM SHOW
May
16, 2012—Walnut Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio has
announced that the 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity
Awards®, will
be presented on Friday, January 25, 2013 at
the NAMM Show® in Anaheim, California.
The TEC Awards is the professional audio and
sound production industry's most prestigious
recognition of outstanding technical and creative
achievement. The NAMM Show is the largest
trade show for the international music products
industry, with more than 90,000 attendees.
For
the third consecutive year, NAMM will provide
production and event management assets for
the TEC Awards, with the TEC Foundation
conducting the nominations and voting process,
and continuing as executive producer of
the event. In addition
to NAMM, TEC AwardTs sponsors to date include
Sustaining Sponsor Harman and longtime sponsors
Shure and Avid.
“The TEC Awards has found the perfect
home at NAMM,” says Hillel Resner, president
of the TEC Foundation and co-executive producer
of the awards. “We not only have the
industry’s biggest trade show as a platform,
but NAMM’s resources and expertise have
helped take the production to a whole new
level.”
The
TEC Awards is attended by manufacturers
of audio equipment and software, and the
world’s
top music producers, engineers, sound mixers
and musical artists. To request news updates
on the 28th Annual TEC Awards and for information
about other TEC Foundation activities and
the charitable organizations it supports,
visit: www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact:
Jane Byer / jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—April 17, 2012
17th ANNUAL TEC L.A. OPEN SET FOR JUNE 25
IN MALIBU
Walnut
Creek, CA—April 17, 2012—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio has
announced that the 17th Annual TEC L.A. Open
charity golf tournament will be held Monday,
June 25, 2012, at the Malibu Country Club
in Malibu, California. The tournament annually
draws many of the recording and sound industry’s
top engineers, producers, studio personnel,
musicians and other audio professionals. Returning
as Honorary Chairman will be multiple Grammy-winning
recording engineer Al Schmitt.
Harman and GC Pro | Sterling are lead sponsors
of this year’s “best ball” tournament,
which features a variety of golf contests
and prize giveaways. There will also be a
silent auction of audio equipment, software
and other donated items. The event will wrap
up with an awards dinner hosted by veteran
engineer/producer Ed Cherney.
For more information about registration, contest
prizes and first-come, first-served sponsorship
opportunities, click here or
contact Karen Dunn at (925) 708-0307 / Karen@kmdpro.com.
Proceeds of the tournament will go to Los
Angeles’ Sound Art, a music education
organization that teams professional musicians
with children from inner-city neighborhoods.
For more information about Sound Art click
here.
About The TEC Foundation
The TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio is a 501(c)(3) public
benefit corporation headquartered in the
San Francisco Bay Area. The Foundation has
endowed scholarship programs at numerous
colleges and universities for students of
the audio arts and sciences, and also offers
its own TEC Awards Scholarship. Funds derived
from the TEC Awards and TEC L.A. Open have
also been donated over the years to organizations
that educate both sound professionals and
music listeners about hearing health. For
more information about the TEC Foundation
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer
/ jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—January 20, 2012
PRODUCTION TEAMS FOR
ROBERT PLANT, ADELE, ROGER WATERS RECEIVE
HIGHEST ACCOLADES AT 27TH ANNUAL TEC AWARDS
Steve Vai Honored at 2012 NAMM Show; Avid, Shure
and Solid State Logic Garner Multiple Awards for Technical Achievement
January 20, 2012—Anaheim,
CA—The sound engineers,
editors, producers and other audio professionals behind Robert Plant’s
Band of Joy, Adele’s 21, Roger Water’s “The Wall Live” Tour,
Inception and NBC’s Saturday Night Live were among the many winners
at the 27th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. The gala
co-presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio and NAMM, was
held Friday evening at the Hilton Anaheim as a special event of the 2012
NAMM Show.
In addition to 27 awards for Technical and
Creative Achievement, an enthusiastic crowd
of sound and music products industry professionals
witnessed the presentation of the prestigious
Les Paul Award to guitarist, composer and
producer Steve Vai. Sponsored by the Les Paul
Foundation, the award is given annually to
a musician or recording professional whose
work has epitomized the marriage of music
and technology. The award was co-presented
by Russ Paul and celebrated rock bassist Billy
Sheehan.
The
show was hosted by Late Show veteran Will
Lee, and featured musical performances by
Lee, the 2 Cold ChiliBone TEC
Band, Steve
Vai, Billy Sheehan, Orianthi, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter,
CJ Vanston, scratcher DJ HAPA and other veteran
vocalists and session musicians.
In
the category of Technical Achievement, winners
included Avid’s Pro Tools 9
(Workstation Technology), VENUE 2.9 (Sound
Reinforcement Console) and Pro Tools | HD
Native (Computer Audio Hardware); Solid State
Logic’s AWS 948 (Large Format Console)
and Nucleus (Small Format Console); Shure’s
Beta 181 (Microphone /Sound Reinforcement)
and PGX Digital Wireless (Wireless Technology);
Genelec’s 1238CF (Studio Monitor); Meyer
Sound Lab’s MINA (Sound Reinforcement
Loudspeaker); Radial Engineering’s WR8
Workhorse (Signal Processing/Software); Moog’s
Slim Phatty Synthesizer (Musical Instrument/Hardware)
and Spectrasonics’ Ommnisphere v1.5
(Musical Instrument/Software). Winners in
this year’s new categories were Eventide’s
Space (Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects
Technology) and Lab Gruppen’s PLM 20000Q
(Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound
Reinforcement).
Robert
Plant’s production crews won
awards for both Record Production/Single with “Angel
Dance” and Remote Production with NPR
Music’s Robert Plant and the Band of
Joy, Live in Concert radio broadcast. The
award for Record Production/Album went to
Adele’s 21. The Film Sound Production
award went to the sound designers and editors
behind Inception and the Interactive Entertainment
Sound Production award went to the audio team
of Treyarch/Activision’s Call of Duty:
Black Ops. Other winners for Creative Achievement
were Roger Waters’ “The Wall Live” Tour’s
sound company Clair (Tour Sound Production);
Saturday Night Live (Television Sound Production);
and the design team of New York’s Jungle
City Studios, the Walters-Storyk Design Group.
The complete list of the
27th annual TEC awards winners is at http://tecfoundation.com/27thwinners
About the TEC Awards
The TEC Awards is presented by the TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio, a 501 (c)(3) charitable
organization dedicated to promoting and
recognizing excellence in the audio and
music arts and sciences. In pursuing this
mission, the Foundation has endowed scholarships
at leading colleges and universities around
the United States. For more information
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer
/ jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—January 2, 2012
AUDIO AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERS TO SPONSOR
27th ANNUAL TEC AWARDS
Les Paul Foundation Joins Harman Pro, NAMM,
Sennheiser/Neumann and Others to Support Event Honoring Steve Vai and Top Audio
Professionals
January
2, 2012—Walnut Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio has
announced that 34 companies in the professional
audio and technology industries are lending
their support as sponsors of the 27th Annual
TEC Awards. The awards honor outstanding achievement
in professional audio production and product
innovation and are co-presented by the TEC
Foundation and NAMM, the largest trade association
of the international music products industry.
The TEC Awards will be held at the 2012 NAMM Show on Friday,
January 20, in the Pacific Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim. A highlight of
the evening will be the presentation of the Les Paul Award to famed
musician, composer and producer Steve Vai.
FOH and Platinum Sponsors include Sustaining
Sponsor Harman Professional, encompassing many of the professional
audio industry’s most
respected brands; The Les Paul Foundation
(LPF), created by Les Paul to foster artistic excellence and innovation
through the funding of music programs and scholarships; and Sennheiser/Neumann,
leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission
systems.
Gold Sponsors include Avid, producer of
award-winning digital audio and video solutions; Broadjam, the social
media website focused on indie music and musicians; Hal Leonard
Corporation, the world’s
largest print music publisher, and leading
software and music technology products distributor; and Shure
Incorporated,
one of the world's largest manufacturers of microphones and audio
electronics.
Completing this year's lineup are Silver
Sponsors Meyer Sound, Solid State Logic, Sony and Yamaha;
and Bronze Sponsors DPA Microphones, Eventide, Focusrite
| Novation,
GANG, Genelec, House Research Institute, Intel, JoeCo, Line
6, Martin
Audio, Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy, PreSonus,
QSC Audio, Royer Labs, TASCAM, TC Electronic, Toft
Audio Design | Tonelux, Universal Audio and Wave Distribution.
For more information on TEC Awards Sponsors, visit
http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/11sponsorresources.html
For Ticket and Event Information: http://27thannualtecawards.eventbrite.com
The TEC Awards is presented by the TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio, a 501 (c)(3) charitable
organization dedicated to promoting and recognizing
excellence in the audio arts and sciences.
In pursuing this mission, the Foundation has
endowed scholarships at leading colleges and
universities around the United States. For more information, visit
www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer / 510.528.2014 / jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—November 7, 2011
STEVE VAI TO RECEIVE
LES PAUL AWARD AT 27th ANNUAL TEC AWARDS
November 7, 2011—Walnut
Creek, CA—The Guitar
virtuoso, composer and producer Steve Vai will be presented with the prestigious
Les Paul Award at the 27th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards,
to be held Friday, January 20, in the Pacific Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim
during the 2012 NAMM Show. Co-presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence
in Audio and NAMM, the TEC Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in professional
audio production and product design. The Les Paul Award was established
in 1991 to honor musical artists who have had distinguished careers as innovators
in the creative application of audio technology. Past recipients include Paul
McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Brian Wilson, Peter Gabriel,
Lindsey Buckingham, Herbie Hancock, Al Kooper, Steve Miller, Robbie Robertson
and others.
A student of Joe
Satriani at age twelve, Steve Vai began
his professional music career working with
Frank Zappa, with whom he toured and recorded
before launching his solo career. Since
his groundbreaking album Passion and Warfare,
released in 1990, the brilliance of his musicianship
has awed more than just rock fans and has
stunned concertgoers worldwide, producing
sales of over 15 million records and earning
multiple Grammys.
Vai has recorded
and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz,
David Lee Roth and Whitesnake, and has worked
with a variety of musicians including Joe
Satriani, Joe Jackson, Janice Ian, Steve
Lukather, Alice Cooper, Gerry Rafferty,
The Yardbirds and Mary J. Blige. He has
composed for and/or performed on original
soundtracks for films including Crossroads,
Encino Man, Bill & Ted’s Bogus
Journey, PCU and Crazy, and video games
including Halo 2 and Guitar Hero 3. His
latest live album and DVD, Where the Wild
Things Are is a major achievement from a
musical alchemist of the highest order.
Steve Vai has received
honorary doctorates from Berklee College
of Music and Musician's Institute, and is
also involved with many worthwhile organizations.
He founded the record label Favored Nations,
for musicians, who in Vai’s words, “have attained
the highest performance level on their chosen
instruments.” He has also served as
a Trustee for the Recording Academy, is on
the board of Hollywood Arts, and works
closely with his own Make a Noise Foundation,
raising money for music education.
About
the TEC Foundation
Established in 1985,
The TEC Awards is the professional audio industry’s
most prestigious recognition of achievement
in technology innovation and sound production.
It is presented by the TEC Foundation for
Excellence in Audio, a 501(c)(3) non-profit,
charitable organization headquartered in
Walnut Creek, and NAMM, the not-for-profit
association that unifies, leads and strengthens
the $17 billion international musical instruments
and products industry. The ceremony is attended
by music producers, engineers and recording
artists, as well as manufacturers and retailers
of audio and music products. For complete
information about the TEC Awards and the
TEC Foundation, go to www.tecfoundation.com.
Press photos (credits
required) of Steve Vai can be downloaded at:
http://www.favorednations.com/wtwta-preview/vaiphotos/
Media Contact:
Jane Byer / 510.528.2014 / jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—October 18, 2011
27th ANNUAL TEC
AWARDS ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
October
18,
2011—Walnut Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for
Excellence in Audio has announced the nominees
in seven categories of Creative Achievement
in sound production for the 27th Annual Technical
Excellence & Creativity
Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at
the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January
20, 2012. Co-presented by the TEC Foundation
and NAMM, the TEC Awards is the professional
audio industry’s most prestigious recognition
of outstanding achievement in product innovation
and sound production.
The Creative Achievement
Nominees join the Nominees in 19 categories
of Technical Achievement announced last month.
Nominations for Interactive Sound Production
will be announced in the coming weeks, and
will complete the 27 categories of 2011 TEC
Awards Nominees. The awards for Creative Achievement
recognize the producers, engineers, sound
designers and editors, studios, tour companies
and others behind the sound of diverse entertainment
media. Nominations were made by a panel of
more than 160 audio professionals who voted
among a wide variety of projects released
during the eligibility period of July 1, 2010
to August 30, 2011.
Roots, blues, rock,
pop, R&B, Country
and hip-hop are all represented in this year’s
Creative Achievement lineup, and reflect a
genre-crossing appreciation of sound production
quality and musical craftsmanship. Projects
from Robert Plant’s Band of Joy garnered
nominations in four categories, including
Record Production for the eponymous album
and single “Angel Dance”; Remote
Production for an NPR radio broadcast; and
a nomination in Tour Sound Production. Broadway
got two nods of recognition with the nomination
of Harry Connick Jr., In Concert on Broadway
and a first nomination for the Tony Awards
broadcast, both in Remote Production/Recording
or Broadcast. Tie votes yielded six nominees
for both Tour Sound Production and Studio
Design Project.
Online voting begins on
November 1st among members of various professional
organizations, including the Producers and
Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy, Music
Producers Guild (UK), Motion Picture Sound
Editors, Cinema Audio Society, Game Audio
Network Guild, Society of Professional Audio
Recording Services, Association of Professional
Recording Services (UK), NAMM and qualified
professionals subscribing to various audio
industry trade publications.
2011 TEC Awards Creative Achievement Nominees
can also be found here: http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/11nomineescreat.html
About the TEC Foundation
The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio, is
a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization
headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
Sponsors of the 27th Annual TEC Awards include
Sustaining Sponsor Harman, Sennheiser/Neumann,
Avid, Broadjam.com, Hal Leonard Corp., Shure,
Inc. and other leading companies in the
professional sound and music industries.
For information visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer / 510.528.2014 /
jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—September 22 , 2011
27th ANNUAL TEC AWARDS ANNOUNCES NOMINEES
FOR OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Nominees announced in 19 categories of hardware
and software for sound production
September 22, 2011—Walnut
Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio today
announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Technical
Excellence & Creativity
Awards, to be held Friday, January 20, 2012,
at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Co-presented
by the TEC Foundation and NAMM, the TEC Awards
is the pro audio industry's most prestigious
awards show honoring outstanding achievement
in product
innovation and sound production.
The nominations announced today, comprising
19 categories of Technical Achievement in product
design, will be followed by an announcement
of nominees in eight categories of Creative
Achievement in sound production. The nominations,
based on product
entries by audio manufacturers, were made by
a select panel of over 160 professionals in numerous
audio specialties. Nominated products and projects
must have been introduced during the eligibility
period of July 1, 2010 to August 30, 2011.
With the introduction of 2 new awards categories—Musical Instrument
Amplification & Effects Technology and Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound
Reinforcement—the Technical Achievement categories have been expanded
from 17 to 19, and include a wide variety of
amplification products in use by performers
and audio professionals for both stage and studio
applications.
Online voting begins on November 1st among members
of various professional organizations, including the Producers and Engineers
Wing of the Recording Academy, Society of Professional Audio Recording
Services, Motion Picture Sound Editors, Music Producers Guild, NAMM,
Game Audio Network Guild and qualified professionals subscribing to
various audio industry trade publications.
The full list of nominees can be found at http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/11nomineestech.html
About the TEC Foundation
The TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio, is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit,
charitable organization headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
Sponsors of the 27th Annual TEC Awards include Sustaining Sponsor
Harman, Sennheiser/Neumann and Shure, Inc. and other leading companies
in the professional sound and music industries. For information visit
www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer / 510.528.2014 /
jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—June 1, 2011
TEC AWARDS ANNOUNCES
CALL FOR ENTRIES, ADDS 2 NEW CATEGORIES
Musical Instrument
Amplification & Effects
Technology; Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound
Reinforcement
join contenders for Technical Achievement
June
1, 2011—Walnut
Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio
has announced its Call For Entries for the
27th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity
Awards®, to be held January 20, 2012,
at the NAMM Show in Anaheim. The TEC Awards,
the professional audio and sound production
industry’s premier awards event, also
announced it will inaugurate 2 new awards
in the Outstanding Technical Achievement categories:
Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects
Technology and Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound
Reinforcement. In addition, the category of
Digital Converter Technology is being renamed
Computer Audio Hardware. The new categories
will bring to 19 the number of awards for
audio product design.
Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects
Technology will include instrument amplifiers,
preamp/processing/effects rack units and pedal
boards, software amp and effects emulators,
pedals, stomp boxes and other related equipment.
Amplification Hardware/Studio & Sound
Reinforcement will include amplifiers, speaker/monitor
management, system controllers, signal distribution,
snakes, feedback eliminators, crossovers and
other related equipment. Digital Converter
Technology will be replaced with Computer
Audio Hardware and will include converters,
interfaces, master clocks, data storage, peripherals,
iPhone/iPad/tablet-type add-ons, made-for-audio
computers and other similar computing equipment.
Eight awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement
will also be presented for sound production
of recordings, concert tours, films, television,
interactive entertainment and other projects.
The TEC Awards is attended by manufacturers
of audio equipment and software, and the world’s
top music producers, engineers, sound mixers
and musical artists.
Companies wishing to enter their products
or projects should visit http://tecfoundation.com/CFE2011/.
Entries will be accepted through July 15.
The TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio is a 501(c)(3) public
benefit corporation headquartered in the
San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to its
own educational programs, funds derived
from the TEC Awards have been donated over
the years to organizations that educate
both sound professionals and music listeners
about hearing health. The Foundation has
also funded scholarship endowments at numerous
colleges and universities for students of
the audio arts and sciences. For more information
about the TEC Foundation and the TEC Awards,
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer
/ jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—May 18, 2011
TOP PRO AUDIO COMPANIES
SPONSOR 16th ANNUAL TEC L.A. OPEN
“Million Dollar Shootout” Added
to Tournament Contests
May
18,
2011—Walnut Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio
announced today that 15 audio and recording
industry companies and organizations are
lending their support as sponsors of the
16th Annual TEC L.A. Open. The charity
golf tournament is scheduled for June
27, 2011, at the Malibu Country Club.
Presenting
the event are GC Pro, the Guitar Center
division that focuses on the needs of professional
users; Sustaining Sponsor Harman International,
encompassing many of the professional audio
industry’s most
respected brands; and Sterling Audio, makers
of studio quality condenser microphones. Other
top supporters include Shure, Design FX
Audio, Iron Mountain Film and Sound, Neumann,
Ocean Way Recording, PMI Audio Group, Record
Plant, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation and Studioexpresso.
First-time sponsors include The Grammy
Museum at L.A. LIVE, The Mastering Palace and NewBay
Media publications Mix, Pro Audio
Review and
Pro Sound News.
This
year’s
players will have the opportunity to participate
in a $1,000,000 shootout, as well as compete
for some exciting hole-in-one prizes, including
$10,000 cash, airline tickets
for two, a
premium electronics package, and top-of-the-line
golf equipment. Members of the first-place
team will be awarded with Sterling ST55
Class-A FET Condenser Microphones, generously
donated by Sterling Audio.
“We’re excited to announce this
year's TEC L.A. Open sponsors,” says
tournament director Karen Dunn of KMD Productions. “Sponsoring
this tournament builds good will in the recording
and production community. It's a great hang
and we always have fun while raising funds
for a worthy cause.”
Proceeds of the TEC L.A. Open support programs
of the TEC Foundation that recognize and promote
excellence in the audio arts and sciences.
Sponsorships are sold on a first-come, first-served
basis. For more information or to reserve
a sponsorship, call Karen Dunn at (925) 708-0307
or email Karen@kmdpro.com.
About The TEC Foundation
The TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio
is a 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation
headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In addition to its own educational programs,
funds derived from the TEC Awards and TEC
LA Open have been donated over the years to
organizations that educate both sound professionals
and music listeners about hearing health.
The Foundation has also funded scholarship
endowments at numerous colleges and universities
for students of the audio arts and sciences.
For more information about the TEC Foundation
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer / jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—March 28, 2011
16th ANNUAL TEC
L.A. OPEN SET FOR JUNE 27 IN MALIBU
March
28, 2011—Walnut Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio
has announced that the 16th Annual TEC
L.A. Open charity golf tournament will
be held Monday, June 27, 2011, at the
Malibu Country Club in Malibu, California.
The tournament annually draws many of
the recording and sound industry's top
engineers, producers, studio personnel,
musicians and other audio professionals.
Returning as Honorary Chairman will be multiple
Grammy-winning recording engineer Al Schmitt.
GC Pro, Harman and
Sterling Audio are presenting sponsors of
the "best ball" tournament,
which features a variety of golf contests
and prize giveaways. There will also be a
silent auction of audio equipment, software
and other donated items. The event will wrap
up with an awards dinner hosted by veteran
engineer/producer Ed Cherney.
"The TEC L.A. Open
has long been one of the professional audio
community's favorite
gatherings," says tournament director
Karen Dunn of KMD Productions. "We
anticipate that the recent partnership between
the TEC Awards and NAMM will bring even more
golfers and supporters from the music industry."
TEC Foundation events support programs that
recognize and promote excellence in the audio
and music arts and sciences, including hearing
health and audio education initiatives.
For more information
about registration, contest prizes and the
first-come, first-served sponsorship opportunities,
click here or contact Karen Dunn at (925) 708-0307 /
Karen@kmdpro.com.
The TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio is a 501(c)(3) public
benefit corporation headquartered in the
San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to its
own educational programs, funds derived
from the TEC Awards and TEC LA Open have
been donated over the years to organizations
that educate both sound professionals and
music listeners about hearing health. The
Foundation has also funded scholarship endowments
at numerous colleges and universities for
students of the audio arts and sciences.
For more information about the TEC Foundation
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact: Jane Byer / jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—March 9, 2011
27th ANNUAL TEC AWARDS
TO BE HELD AT THE 2012 NAMM SHOW
March
9, 2011—Walnut Creek, CA—The
TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio and
NAMM announced today that the 27th Annual
Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC)
Awards®, the professional audio and sound
production industry's most prestigious
awards event, will once again be held
at the NAMM Show, the largest trade show
for the international music products industry, on
Friday January 20, 2012, in Anaheim, California.
Negotiations
have been ongoing since January following
a successful 26th Annual TEC Awards, which
was hosted for the first time at the NAMM
Show. Under the new agreement, the organizations
will remain autonomous with the TEC Foundation
continuing to conduct the nominations and
voting process as well as pursuing its charitable
interests. For its part, NAMM will provide
production and event management services for
the TEC Awards. The TEC Awards is attended
by manufacturers of audio equipment and software,
and the world’s top music producers,
engineers, sound mixers and musical artists.
A highpoint of the show is the Les Paul Award,
presented to musical artists and others whose
careers have exemplified the creative application
of audio technology.
“Presenting the
TEC Awards at the NAMM Show this past January
was a major step toward our goal of broadening
the constituency of the awards," said
Hillel Resner, president of the TEC Foundation. "NAMM
is where music makers and the technology innovators
come together and we hope to be a key part
of this exciting environment for a long time
to come."
"The pro audio and recording
community really enjoyed having the TEC Awards
at the NAMM Show this year," said Joe
Lamond, president and CEO, NAMM. "And
we look forward to a bright future of serving
this important segment of the NAMM Membership
alongside the TEC Foundation."
About The TEC Foundation
The TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio is a 501(c)(3) public
benefit corporation headquartered in the
San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to its
own educational programs, funds derived
from the TEC Awards have been donated over
the years to organizations that educate
both sound professionals and music listeners
about hearing health. The Foundation has
also funded scholarship endowments at numerous
colleges and universities for students of
the audio arts and sciences. For more information
about the TEC Foundation and the TEC Awards,
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
About NAMM
The National Association
of Music Merchants, commonly called NAMM
in reference to the organization's popular
NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profit
association that unifies, leads and strengthens
the $17 billion global musical instruments
and products industry. NAMM’s activities
and programs are designed to promote music
making to people of all ages. NAMM is comprised
of more than 9,000 Member companies. For more
information about NAMM, interested parties
can visit www.namm.org or call 800-767-NAMM
(6266).
Media Contact: Jane Byer / jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—January 15, 2011
PRODUCTION TEAMS FOR GREEN DAY, U2, AVATAR, SNL
RECEIVE HIGHEST ACCOLADES AT 26TH ANNUAL TEC AWARDS
Lindsey Buckingham Honored at 2011 NAMM
Show; Harman Group, Neumann, SSL, TC Electronic
Garner Multiple Awards for Technical Achievement
January 15, 2011—Anaheim,
CA—The sound engineers, editors,
producers and other audio professionals behind Green Day’s 21st
Century Breakdown, U2’s 360° Tour, Twentieth Century Fox’s
Avatar and NBC’s Saturday Night Live were among the many winners
at the 26th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. The
gala was held Friday evening at the Hilton
Anaheim as a special event of the 2011 NAMM Show.
In addition to 25 awards for Technical and
Creative Achievement, an enthusiastic crowd of sound and music products
industry professionals witnessed the presentation of the prestigious
Les Paul Award to famed guitarist, composer and producer Lindsey
Buckingham. The award is given annually to a musician or recording
professional whose work has epitomized the marriage of music and
technology. Renowned producer Ken Caillat and engineer Elliot Scheiner
presented the award, which was introduced by TEC Hall of Fame engineer
Al Schmitt. Also highlighting the evening were musical performances
featuring Ambrosia’s David
Pack, guitar legend Larry Carlton, Dixie Dregs’ Steve Morse,
Night Ranger’s Jeff Watson, Pablo Cruise’s David Jenkins,
keyboardist Jimmy Nichols, Public Enemy bandleader
Brian Hardgroove, and other veteran vocalists and session musicians.
In the category of Technical Achievement,
winners included the Solid State Logic Duality
SE (Large Format Console) and Logic X-Desk
(Small Format Console); TC Electronic’s
System 6000 Mk II (Signal Processing Technology
/Hardware) and PolyTune tuner (Ancillary Equipment);
The Harman Group’s JBL VERTEC VT4886/VT4883 Subcompact Line
Array (Sound Reinforcement Loudspeaker Technology)
and Lexicon PCM Native Reverb Bundle (Signal Processing Technology/Software);
Neumann’s
TLM 102 (Microphone Technology/Studio) and
KMS 104 Plus (Microphone Technology/Sound
Reinforcement).The Musical Instrument Technology award, divided this
year into separate categories, went to first-time winners Nord for
its Electro 3 (Musical Instrument/Hardware) and Celemony for its Melodyne
Editor (Musical Instrument/Software).
Green Day’s production crew won awards for both Record Production/Album
with 21st Century Breakdown and Record Production/Single with “21
Guns.” The Film Sound award went to the sound designers and
editors behind the blockbuster Avatar and the Interactive Entertainment
Sound Production award went to the audio team for Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2. Other winners for Creative Achievement were U2’s
360° Tour sound company Clair Showco (Tour Sound Production);
Saturday Night Live (Television Sound Production); The 52nd Annual
Grammy Awards (Remote Production); as well as the design team behind
SCEA’’s Naughty Dog (Studio Design Project).
For a complete list of the 26th Annual TEC Awards
winners go to http://tecfoundation.com/26thwinners.
The TEC Awards are presented by the TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio. Proceeds of the ceremony go to hearing
conservation programs and scholarships for students of the audio
arts and sciences. For more information, visit www.tecfoundation.com
Media Contact: Jane Byer jane@tecfoundation.com
PRESS RELEASE—January 3, 2011
MUSIC AND SOUND LUMINARIES
GATHER TO HONOR AUDIO’S BEST AT THE
26TH ANNUAL TEC AWARDS
Musicians Alan
Parsons, David Pack, Chad Smith; Producer/Engineers
Ken Caillat, Ed Cherney, Ken Scott, Al Schmitt,
Elliot Scheiner Head All-Star Lineup
at NAMM Show Gala
January
3, 2011—Walnut
Creek, CA—An array of top
audio producer/engineers and musicians will
assemble to recognize innovations in product
design and the creative achievements of
their peers at the 26th Annual Technical
Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards. The
audio industry’s most prestigious awards
will be hosted by the 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim,
CA, on Friday, January 14.
The night’s top honor, the Les Paul
Award, will go to multi-instrumentalist, composer
and producer Lindsey Buckingham, and will
be presented by producer/engineers Al Schmitt
(Ray Charles, Steely Dan, Diana Krall) and
Elliot Scheiner (Paul Simon, Eric Clapton,
Toto) along with producer Ken Caillat (Fleetwood
Mac, The Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock). The
Les Paul Award is presented annually to artists
and others whose body of work exemplifies
the creative application of audio technology.
Presenting awards
in 25 categories of technical and creative
achievement will be an all-star lineup of
renowned artists, arrangers, producers and
engineers, including: Chad Smith (Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot), Alan Parsons
(Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Al Stewart),
Ken Scott (The Beatles, David Bowie, Kansas),
Ed Cherney (Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson,
Celine Dion), Dylan Dresdow (Black Eyed Peas,
TLC, Anita Baker), Jeff Kollman (Cosmosquad,
Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats), Paul
Lipson (Hybrid, Halo Waypoint: The Return,
Bioshock 2) and Frank Serafine (TRON, The
Hunt for Red October, Field of Dreams).
To date, guest artists
scheduled to perform include David Pack
(Ambrosia), David Jenkins (Pablo Cruise)
and Brian Hardgroove (Public Enemy). Carrying
the evening will be the 2Cold ChiliBone
TEC Band led by musical director Larry Batiste
(GRAMMY Awards, Whitney Houston, Stevie
Wonder), and will feature Will Kennedy (Yellowjackets,
Lee Ritenour) on drums; Melvin Davis (Chaka
Khan, Gerald Albright) on bass; keyboardist
Jeff Babko and guitarist Toshi Yanagi, from
the Jimmy Kimmel Live Band; percussionist
Luis Conte (over 1,000 recordings); Ron King
(Jeff Lorber, Michael Bolton) on trumpet;
Jacques Voyemant (Chris Walden Big Band) and
Michael Paulo (Al Jarreau, Herbie Hancock).
Background vocalists will include Andrea President,
Hero’s Last Mission and Claytoven Richardson.
For tickets, visit http://26thannualtecawards.eventbrite.com/
For Additional Details, visit http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/tecawards.html
Proceeds from the awards
ceremony support hearing health awareness
programs of the House Research Institute of
Los Angeles and Hearing Education Awareness
for Rockers (H.E.A.R.) of San Francisco, as
well as numerous audio scholarship programs.
The TEC Awards is presented by the TEC Foundation
for Excellence in Audio, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
For more information about The TEC Foundation,
visit www.tecfoundation.com.
Media Contact:
Jane Byer jane@tecfoundation.com
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