24th Annual TEC Awards Set for San Francisco - Friday, October 3.T Bone Burnett, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Alison Krauss, Robert Plant head lineup of honorees and presenters Comedian Bob Sarlatte to host at pro sound industry gala SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- The 24th Annual Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards, the world's foremost recognition of outstanding achievement in professional audio production and product innovation, will be held this Friday at the Westin St. Francis on San Francisco's Union Square. Presented by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, this year's TEC Awards will recognize outstanding achievement in 26 categories of professional audio production and product innovation. In addition, T Bone Burnett, one of the most prolific musicians and producers of American roots music, will be inducted to the TEC Hall of Fame, and Ray Benson, founder and leader of Western Swing stalwarts Asleep at the Wheel, will be honored with the prestigious Les Paul This article is about the musician. For the guitar, see Gibson Les Paul. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. Award for the creative application of audio technology. The Les Paul Award is sponsored by the Gibson Foundation. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Bob Sarlatte, a San Francisco-based comedian, commercial actor and radio/television personality. His numerous network TV credits include more than 20 appearances on Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 and went off the air in 1993 after Letterman left NBC when he moved to Late Show on CBS. . Sarlatte will preside over presentations by a roster of music and sound industry veterans, including renowned artists Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, who will induct in·duct v. To produce an electric current or a magnetic charge by induction. T Bone Burnett to the TEC Hall of Fame for his achievements as a musician, composer and producer for more than three decades. The Les Paul Award will be presented to Ray Benson by a surprise guest to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. at show time. "This will be a truly memorable TEC Awards," said Hillel Resner, executive producer and president of the Mix Foundation. "We are grateful to Alison and Robert for helping us honor T Bone's many accomplishments. Besides our impressive lineup of presenters, don't be surprised if Asleep at the Wheel revs up the bus for the second half of the show!" Raising Sand, last year's acclaimed album by Krauss and Plant and produced by Burnett, is also nominated for Creative Achievement in Record Production, along with albums by the Eagles, John Fogerty, Shelby Lynne and White Stripes. Awards for creative achievement will also be presented in eight other categories, including Interactive Entertainment Sound Production, introduced last year to recognize the achievements of sound creators in the burgeoning video game field. The award is being sponsored this year by the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), a global, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. established to advance the interactive audio industry. Paul Lipson, president of G.A.N.G., will co-present the award. Other confirmed presenters form a galaxy of Bay Area and national musical and production talent, including musicians Michael Carabello (Santana), D'Wayne Wiggins (Tony! Toni! Tone!) and Jeff Watson Jeffrey D. Watson (born March 25, 1971 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is the current Member of Parliament for the Essex electoral district in Ontario. Watson was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in June, 2004. (Night Ranger); popular San Francisco radio personality Renee Richardson, platinum producer Al Schmitt Al Schmitt is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winning recording engineer and record producer. Schmitt grew up in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy he began working at Apex Recording Studios at the age of 19. and renowned tour sound mixer Howard Page, among others.(For a complete list and biographies of the TEC Awards nominees, visit www.mixfoundation.org.) Tickets to the TEC Awards may be purchased on the website or by contacting Karen Dunn at 925-939-6149 or karen@tecawards.org. The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. headquartered in Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the . Funds derived from the TEC Awards and other Foundation activities are donated to organizations working to promote safe listening practices including House Ear Institute's outreach campaign to teenagers and numerous audio education scholarships. The TEC Awards is sponsored by Mix magazine, the professional audio industry's leading international monthly, published by Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. . Other top-tier sponsors include the Gibson Foundation, Harman Pro Group, American Music and Sound, Guitar Center Professional, Meyer Sound, RODE Microphones, Sennheiser Electronics and Universal Audio. For complete list of sponsors, visit www.mixfoundation.org/tec/08sponsors.html. |
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