Producer/Mixer/Engineer Dan Workman and SugarHill Studios Among Nominees for Prestigious TEC Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement

Producer/Mixer/Engineer Dan Workman and SugarHill Studios among nominees for the MIX Foundation's prestigious TEC Award recognizing Outstanding Creative Excellence for contributions to Beyonce's multi-platinum 'Dangerously In Love'

(PRWEB) September 16, 2004

2004 is proving to be a hot year for producer/mixer/engineer Dan Workman with dual TEC award nominations for contribution to Beyonce’s multi-platinum album Dangerously In Love.

Not only is Workman nominated as engineer, but also SugarHill Studios where he is President and Co-owner. “The TEC Award nomination is a unique honor,” he assessed. “It is an industry award acknowledging the making of records as a delicate balance between one’s head (technical excellence), and heart (artistic excellence). Aside from that, it’s just really cool to be nominated along side of so many of my heroes & mentors!”

Nominations are as follows: Record Production/Album (Awards go to Recording Engineer(s), Mixing Engineer(s), Mixing Facility, Producer, Recording Studio(s), Mastering Engineer(s) and Mastering Facility.

Dangerously in Love, Beyonce, Sony Music

• Recording Engineers: Carlos Bedoya, Jim Caruana, Focus, Guru, Stan Wallace, Mark Batson, Pat Thrall, Dan Workman, Michael McCoy, Chris Carmouche, Vincent Alexander
• Mixing Engineers: Tony Maserati, Scott Kieklak, Ray Bardani, Dexter Simmons
• Mixing Facilities: The Hit Factory, NYC; The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL
• Producers: Beyonce Knowles, Mark Batson, Scott Storch, Focus, Missy Elliott, Craig Brockman, Andreao Heard, Sherrod Barnes, Bryce Wilson, D-Roy and Mr. B, Nat Adderly Jr., Errol McCalla Jr., Matthew Knowles
• Recording Studios: Allustrious Studios, NYC; Baseline Studios, NYC; COE.BE.3 Studios, Stone Mountain, GA; The Enterprise, Burbank, CA; The Hit Factory, NYC; The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL; Patchwerk Studios, Atlanta, GA; Right Track Studios, NYC; Silent Sound Studio, NYC; Soho Studios, NYC; Sony Music Studios, NYC, South Beach Studios, Miami, FL, Stankonia Studios, Atlanta, GA; Sugarhill Studios, Houston, TX.
• Mastering Engineer : Tom Coyne
• Mastering Facility: Sterling Sound, NYC

Nominees and winners of the TEC Awards are determined through initial selections in April by a Nominating Panel made up of prominent professionals from all areas of the audio industry. Nominees are selected in the Technical and Creative fields, which consist of 24 sub-categories. Eligible projects or products are those that represent superior accomplishment in their respective fields completed or released during the eligibility period. A Voter’s Guide and ballot appear in the September 2004 issue of Mix magazine and constitute the final round of voting for the TEC Awards to be presented during the AES convention in San Francisco on October 30th.

Earlier this year Workman launched his latest endeavor, Dan Workman Music, during SxSW where Workman and partner Logan Bosemer presented the company’s latest projects. Dan Workman Music is a full service music production and artist development company in Houston. Recent projects include Solange Knowles, Sarah Sharp and up and coming rockers, the Southern Backtones. Dan Workman is a member of SPARS, ASCAP, a voting member of NARAS, and sits on the NARAS Texas Board of Governors.

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