Sound Fellowships 2012

Who do you wish to recognise in your industry?

This is your unique opportunity, as an APRS member, to put forward the name of someone "outstanding" from your industry.
This is the 6th year we are inviting the APRS membership to participate in the nomination of candidates for the APRS Sound Fellowships. Each APRS member can nominate ONE individual who they believe should be recognised for his or her outstanding contribution to the Art, Science or Business of Recording.

Your annual nomination is added to the Pool of Nominees below and submitted to the APRS Sound Fellowship Academy - made up of past and present APRS Board members, and previous recipients of an APRS Fellowship. They are then invited to choose up to 6 Sound Fellowship recipients. Those 6 will be invited to receive their Fellowships at the Annual Sound Fellowship Lunch on Tuesday, 20 November at The Roof Gardens in London.
The Pool of Nominees, below, shows the range of potential candidates who have been nominated over the years. You can nominate any one of those, or any new candidate who you believe deserves recognition.
Please note, current APRS Board Members do not qualify for nomination.

Please return your nomination NO LATER THAN

Friday 3rd August via the form on the APRS website

Previous APRS Sound Fellowship nominees include:

Jazzy B Artist/studio owner/Grammy and Brit nominee/label owner
Mike Batchelor (Deceased) Innovative EMI audio electronics designer responsible for many devices including the TG (The Gramophone) range of recording and mastering desks still widely in use today after 40 years.
Malcolm Cecil Electronics wizard.bass player for Stevie Wonder
Norman Cook Producer/King of the DJ culture
Mark Crabtree Console innovator and founder of AMS Neve
John Davis Metropolis mastering engineer on Lana Del Rey's new album, plus CV loaded with past classics.
Tom Dowd (Deceased) Pioneer, innovating engineer/producer for Warner/Atlantic
Ivor Drawmer Inventor/manufacturer of ubiquitous compressors, gates etc
Lamont Dozier Songwriter, producer/artist/record company owner.
Mark Featherstone-Witty Founder of BRIT School and LIPA
David Fisher Surrey Tonmeister king, long serving APRS director
Barry Fox Technology journalist and commentator
Tom Hidley (USA) Founder of Westlake Audio, standardisation campaigner
Bruce Jackson (Deceased) Engineer/sound designer/Founder of Apogee
Bill Leader Legendary folk music preserver/producer
Steve Levine Producer, broadcaster and profession representative
Robert Margouleff Inventor of Stevie Wonder's electronic/synthesizer re-birth
Jim Marshall Master of 'Loud', Marshall amps and speakers changed the peak of ambition from 10 to 11
Bob Moog (Deceased) Legendary synthesiser innovator
Eddie Offord Engineer Producer of ELP, Yes, etc.
Jonathan Reichbach Ground breaking Software designer – President of Sonic Studio
Garth Richardson Canadian producer (Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Motley Crue)
Zen Schoepe Innovative audio publisher / journalist
Norman Smith (Deceased) Legendary (but generally unsung) EMI producer
Ray Staff UK mastering genius
Bruce Swedien Engineer, mixer - Michael Jackson and many, many more.
James Taylor Legendary songwriter, quality album maker
Michael B Tretow Engineer behind the ABBA recordings and instrumental in creating their very special sound.
Dr Wieslaw Woszczyk Prof of Sound Recording at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, Montreal
Pip Williams Definitive UK rock producer Status Quo, Moody Blues