Thursday, December 08, 2005

The 19 recordings that are nominated are

Beck- “Guero” (BL)
Steven Curtis Chapman- “All I Really Want for Christmas” (BL)
Eric Clapton- “Back Home” (BL)
Sheryl Crow- “Wildflower” (BL)
Dire Strait’s 20th anniversary surround sound disc, “Brothers In Arms” (BL)
Faith Hill’- “Fireflies” (AA)
The Foo Fighters- “In Your Honor” (BL)
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Jelly Roll Morton) (AA)
Martina McBride “God's Will” Music Video (AA)
Sarah McLachlan “World On Fire” Music Video (BL)
Nine Inch Nail- “The Hand That Feeds” on the surround sound DualDisc. (AA)
Joe Perry from Aerosmith’s “Mercy” track from his album (BL)
Bonnie Raitt- I Will Not Be Broken (BL)
Seal- “Walk On By” (BL)
Sugarland, “Sugarland” (BL).
Bruce Springsteen- “Devils and Dust” (BL)
Rob Thomas- “This Is How A Heart Breaks” (BL)
Keith Urban- “You’ll Think Of Me” (AA)
Trisha Yearwood- “Georgia Rain” (BL)
 
 (BL) Bob Ludwig / (AA) Adam Ayan.

For years mastering engineers were only eligible for certificates if they were involved in a recording.  Several years ago mastering engineers on historical re-issues were awarded physical Grammy statuettes and more recently mastering engineers can win with the “Album Of The Year” and “Surround Sound” categories.  Adam is up for the Jelly Roll Morton historical re-issue and Bob is up for Foo Fighters and Dire Straits for the Surround Sound Category.

Here is a complete list of our client’s nominees:

Grammy nominees  2005

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical  (An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))
Back Home
Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers (Eric Clapton)[Reprise/Duck Records]

Best Surround Sound Album (For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)
Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition
Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer;Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler, surround producers (Dire Straits)[Warner Bros.]

In Your Honor
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Nick Raskulinecz, surround producer (Foo Fighters) [Roswell/Sony/BMG]

Best Historical Album
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax Jeffrey Greenberg & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan & Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton)[Rounder Records]

Best Album Notes
The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton) [Rounder Records]

Best Contemporary Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen[Columbia]

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album  (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
All I Really Want For Christmas Steven Curtis Chapman [Sparrow Records]

Best Country Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Fireflies Faith Hill [Warner Bros.]

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals  (For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
Like We Never Loved At All Faith Hill & Tim McGraw Track from: Fireflies [Warner Bros.]

Best Male Country Vocal Performance  (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
You'll Think Of Me Keith Urban [Capitol Records Nashville]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance  (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
Georgia Rain Trisha Yearwood Track from: Jasper County [MCA Nashville]
Mississippi Girl Faith Hill Track from: Fireflies [Warner Bros.]

Best Alternative Music Album  (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Guero Beck [Interscope Records]

Best Rock Album  (Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.
In Your Honor Foo Fighters [RCA Records]

Best Rock Song  (A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Best Of You Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters) Track from: In Your Honor [RCA Records; Publishers: M.J.-Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music.]
Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) Track from: Devils & Dust [Columbia Records; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen.]

Best Rock Instrumental Performance  (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)
Mercy Joe Perry Track from: Joe Perry [Columbia Records]

Best Hard Rock Performance  (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails Track from: With Teeth [nothing/Interscope Records]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal  (For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
Best Of You Foo Fighters Track from: In Your Honor [RCA Records]

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance  (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) (3 of the 5 tracks!)
Revolution Eric Clapton Track from: Back Home [Reprise/Duck]
Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen Track from: Devils & Dust [Columbia Records]
This Is How A Heart Breaks Rob Thomas Track from: ...Something To Be [Melisma/Atlantic Records]

Best Pop Vocal Album  (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Wildflower Sheryl Crow [A&M Records]

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals  (For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
Virginia Moon Foo Fighters Featuring Norah Jones Track from: In Your Honor [RCA Records]

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance  (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
Walk On By Seal Track from: Best: 1991-2004 [Warner Brothers]
Lonely No More Rob Thomas Track from: ...Something To Be [Melisma/Atlantic]

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance  (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
Good Is Good Sheryl Crow Track from: Wildflower [A&M Records]
I Will Not Be Broken Bonnie Raitt Track from: Souls Alike [Capitol Records]

Best New Artist  (For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)
SugarLand

Song Of The Year  (A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) Track from: Devils & Dust [Columbia Records; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen.]

Best Short Form Music Video
Martina McBride "God's Will"
Sarah McLachlan "World On Fire"