The Music Producers Guild (MPG) have announced that they are presenting recording engineer and producer Bob Clearmountain with the Icon Award, a brand new award sponsored by SSL and gifted by the MPG to a person who is seen to be an icon of the recording industry.
Bob is one of the most respected producers and engineers, well known for his work with a huge list of major acts including The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Toto and Bryan Adams. He has been nominated for four Grammy awards, and won a Latin Grammy for his engineering work on Ricky Martin’s ‘MTV Unplugged’.
"The MPG is incredibly proud to be awarding Bob Clearmountain the MPG Icon Award. Bob has been absolutely instrumental in creating the landscape of modern production by defining the role of the dedicated mix engineer, freeing up producers and writers to work how they see fit, knowing that their work will be accurately represented and enhanced on the final record. a lot of us literally wouldn’t be doing what we do if it wasn’t for Bob. a true icon." - Cameron Craig, Executive Director, MPG
The third and final gifted award, The MPG Inspiration Award (sponsored by Audio Note) will be announced in the coming weeks, with the winners of the remaining categories announced at an upcoming ceremony, which is being held on 27 April 2023 at The Tower Hotel in London, UK.
“The MPG and Solid State Logic have work closely together for many years. Their support of both emerging and established producers and engineers not only provides a platform to represent them and their work within the industry, but as an ever-growing community to a wider audience, something which is vital for the continued success of the recording industry. Solid State Logic are delighted to sponsor the new Icons Award as this gives an opportunity to highlight some of the industry’s pioneers who have helped defined much of what we do today.” - Ross Gilbert, Head of Marketing, Solid State Logic
You can find out more about the Music Producers Guild, along with details on this year’s awards, on the MPG website.
