27th Annual TEC Awards Announces Nominees for Outstanding Creative Achievement The TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio has announced the nominees in seven categories of creative achievement in sound production for the 27th Annual Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California on Friday, January 20, 2012. Co-presented by the TEC Foundation and NAMM, the TEC Awards is the professional audio industry's most prestigious recognition of outstanding achievement in product innovation and sound production. The Creative Achievement Nominees join the nominees in 19 categories of technical achievement announced last month. Nominations for interactive sound production will be announced in the coming weeks. The awards for creative achievement recognize the producers, engineers, sound designers and editors, studios, tour companies and others behind the sound of diverse entertainment media. Nominations were made by a panel of more than 160 audio professionals who voted among a wide variety of projects released during the eligibility period of July 1, 2010 to August 30, 2011. Online voting begins on November 1 among members of various professional organizations, including the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy, Music Producers Guild (UK), Motion Picture Sound Editors, Cinema Audio Society, Game Audio Network Guild, Society of Professional Audio Recording Services, Association of Professional Recording Services (UK), NAMM and qualified professionals subscribing to various audio industry trade publications. The 27th Annual TEC Awards Creative Achievement Nominees Record Production/Single "Angel Dance," Robert Plant "Beg Steal Or Borrow," Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs "Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "F**k You," Cee Lo Green "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry Record Production/Album Band of Joy, Robert Plant God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs Teenage Dream, Katy Perry The Beginning, Black Eyed Peas 21, Adele Tour Sound Production Lady Gaga Born This Way Tour, Eighth Day Sound Paul McCartney On the Run Tour, Clair Robert Plant and the Band of Joy Tour, Thunder Audio Roger Waters The Wall Live Tour, Clair Sade and John Legend, Black Box Taylor Swift Speak Now Tour, Sound Image Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast 83rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS Harry Connick Jr., In Concert on Broadway (CD), Sony/Columbia Robert Plant and Band of Joy, "Live in Concert," NPR Music 65th Annual Tony Awards, CBS Television Sound Production American Idol, Fox Glee, Fox Saturday Night Live, NBC Treme, HBO True Blood, HBO Film Sound Production Black Swan, Fox Searchlight Pictures Inception, Warner Bros. Pictures Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount Pictures The Social Network, Columbia Pictures True Grit, Paramount Pictures Interactive Entertainment Sound Production (Nominees to be announced) Studio Design Project Airshow Mastering, Tacoma Park, MD Blade Studios, Shreveport, LA Jungle City Studios, Shreveport, LA Manifold Recording, Pittsboro, NC Revolution Recording, Toronto, Ontario The Barn, Pianella Studios, Malibu, CA
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