Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Mastering engineers Bob Ludwig and Adam Ayan both won Grammys at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in February! Bob won in the category of "Best Surround Album" for his mastering work on the 5.1 Surround Sound version of the Dire Straits' album "Brothers In Arms". Adam won in the category of "Best Historical Album" for his mastering work on the Jelly Roll Morton release "The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax".  These mark the first Grammy wins for Bob and Adam!

Amongst the other Grammy winners the following were mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios by Bob or Adam:

"Best Solo Rock Performance" - "Devils And Dust",  Bruce Springsteen (BL)

"Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" - "Back Home", Eric Clapton (BL)

"Best Male Country Vocal Performance" - "You'll Think Of Me", Keith Urban (AA)

"Best Country Collaboration With Vocals" - "Like We Never Loved At All", Faith Hill & Tim McGraw (AA)

"Best Album Notes" - "The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax", Jelly Roll Morton (AA)