Doug Sax and Robert Hadley were nominated for the 4th mastering engineer Grammy, for their work on "Genius Loves Company" by Ray Charles.
"Genius Loves Company" received 7 Grammy nominations in all!
I was told the Mastering Engineer Grammy goes to the "Album of the Year" mastering engineer. So we are rooting for Ray Charles, our friends at Concord Records, and Doug Sax. He's very deserving. Stan Ricker is rooting for his friend also.
Ray Charles garnered seven nods.
In the General Field, nominees for Album Of The Year include Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles & Various Artists;
Charles' third nom in the Pop Field is in Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company (Ray Charles & Various Artists)
In the Pop Field, Ray Charles earns three of his seven nominations. In the Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals category he has two nominations for "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" (with Elton John) and "Here We Go Again" (with Norah Jones).
Doug Sax nominated for mastering engineer Grammy...
Interesting. On the one hand, you could argue that engineers should vote for the winner because the award should go to the best mastering, not as a virtual afterthought for the Best Album award. On the other hand, it could be too difficult to say which mastering is the best since mastering engineer A may have been a crappy recording to salvage while mastering engineer B may have been given a masterwork of hi-fi technology, something that would've been tough to screw up, i.e. the current rule at least circumvents that problem.
I'm still pulling for "The College Drop-Out." Ray's already got a truckload of Grammy's for much better recordings.
I'm still pulling for "The College Drop-Out." Ray's already got a truckload of Grammy's for much better recordings.