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Tracking CRAS Grad’s Grammy wins and nominations

CRAS Grads Pick Up 22 Grammy Credits This Year

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The 55th Grammy Awards show happened this past Sunday, and we had a great list of Conservatory graduates who worked on a number of albums that won awards! Our grads won awards for all different albums and all different jobs, ranging from Assistant Engineer to Pro Tools Operator to Head Engineer. Following each name is the day each grad started classes at the Conservatory and started their new life!

Grammy Awards Show Uses Audio-Technica Mics for the 16th Straight Year

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Grammy Awards Show Uses Audio Technica Mics for the 16th Straight Year

“For the 16th year in a row, Audio-Technica microphones appeared on the Grammy Awards Show, known throughout the industry as Music’s Biggest Night.

This year, the 55th Annual GRAMMYs, held February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, featured a wide selection of artists from various genres of music.

For the live show and broadcast, Audio-Technica supplied more than 250 hard-wired microphones and Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF wireless systems.”

More on the gear used for the 55th GRAMMY awards here!

For anyone interested in recording or live sound, mic selection is one of the most important keys to getting a great sound. There are hundreds of different mic manufacturers, and countless models of mics. Tube, ribbon, dynamic, cardioid, omni, wireless, handheld and piezo are just a few terms that outline the different types of mics, and each type of mic has its own application. Some are great for getting a fat kick drum, while others are better at catching high frequencies floating out of a violin.

CRAS has a massive mic collection, including Neumann, AKG, Audio-Technica, Royer, Shure and Earthworks, just to name a few.

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CRAS Scoring Session

Five CRAS Graduates work on Grammy Nominated “Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean

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Five CRAS Graduates work on Grammy Nominated “Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean

55th grammy Five CRAS Graduates work on Grammy Nominated Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Channel Orange is nominated for:

  • Record of The Year
  • Album of The Year
  • Best New Artist
  • Best Urban Contemporary Album

 Congrats to Jeff Ellis and Doug Fenske, both CRAS graduates received Grammy nominations this year for their engineering contributions to making of this album.

  • Jeff Ellis has been nominated for Record of The Year and Album of the Year.
  • Doug Fenske has been nominated for Album of the Year.

Both of these nominations are awarded to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.

Three other CRAS Graduates were credited as Assistant Engineers on this album and we congratulate them for being a part of the process in which this album has received such amazing nominations!

 

  • Will Anspach
  • Chad Carlisle
  • Adam Harr

Congratulations to you all!  The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences will be cheering for you on Grammy Night!

The Grammy winners will be announced on Feb. 10th, 2013.  For more information on all Grammy Nominations go to www.grammy.com

WIN! Chris Tomlin Wins Gospel Grammy

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Tomlin WIN! Chris Tomlin Wins Gospel Grammy

Chris Tomlin won the Grammy award for best contemporary Christian Music Album for “And If Our God Is For Us…” at the 54th annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. CRAS grad Erik Jahner worked with Tomlin along with an impressive list of other artists including  India.Airie Testimony: Vol. 1, Live & Relationship, Cyminology Bemun, Chris Tomlin And If Our God Is For Us, Jesse McCartney Right Where You Want Me and more. Congrats Chris and Erik!

WIN! Skrillex Takes Three Grammys

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Dubstepper Skrillex won 3 Grammys for Best Dance Recording (‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’), Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (Benny Benassi’s ‘Cinema (Skrillex Remix)’) electronic music’s biggest category, Best Dance/Electronica Album. CRAS grad Jim Monti worked with Skrillex and a long list of others including Korn, Neil Diamond, John Mayer, Meat Loaf, Lou Reed and Metallica. Congrats Skrillex and Jim!

WIN! Kanye West and Jay- Z Take Grammy Gold

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Kanye West  grabbed seven Grammy nominations this year, winning three of them before the telecast even aired (Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song for “All Of The Lights” and Best Rap Album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). Jay-Z and Kanye West also took Grammy statues for their ‘Watch the Throne’ hit ‘Otis. CRAS grad Christian Mochizuki worked with Kanye on his Grammy nominated album and has also assisted and engineered for Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Jay-Z. Congrats Kanye and Christian!