The 60th annual Grammy Awards were held last night, and among the big winners behind some of this year’s biggest albums was a clutch of hard-working graduates of Orlando’s Full Sail University, who helped bring some of these albums into the world.
List of local winners below:
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Ed Sheeran Divide: Brent Arrowood (Recording Arts, 2004), Assistant Engineer.
Best Rap Album:
Kendrick Lamar Damn.: Blake Harden (Recording Arts, 2005), Engineer.
Best Dance Recording:
LCD Soundsystem Tonite: Cameron Barton (Recording Arts, 2003), Mixing Assistant.
Best Metal Performance:
Mastodon Sultan’s Curse: Thomas “Tom” Syrowski (Recording Arts, 2001), Engineer/Mixing; Thomas “Tom” Tapley (Recording Arts, 2002), Engineer.
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Childish Gambino Redbone: Bryan Carrigan (Recording Arts, 1991), Engineer.
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
The Weeknd Starboy: Ben “Ben Billions” Diehl (Entertainment Business & Recording Arts, 2005), Producer, Engineer; Raphael Mesquita (Recording Arts, 2012), Engineer; David Schwerkolt (Recording Arts, 2006), Engineer;
Jeremy Lertola (Recording Arts, 2011), Assistant Engineer.
Best Latin Pop Album:
Shakira El Dorado; Dave Clauss (Recording Arts, 2006), Drum Recordings, Engineer, Guitar, Mezcla, Mixing, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Silbato, Vocal Engineer, Voices.
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ Tajmo: Zach Allen (Recording Arts, 2007) Engineer
Best Reggae Album:
Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley Stony Hill: Tristan Boston (Entertainment Business & Recording Arts, 2007), Composer, Producer; Marc Lee (Recording Arts & Digital Media, 99), Engineer, Mixing; Nikolas Marzouca (Recording Arts 98), Engineer.
Best Musical Theater Album:
Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording): Derik Lee (Recording Arts, 2005), Engineer.
Best Instrumental Composition:
Three Revolutions: Rafa Sardina (Recording Arts, 1993) Engineer, Mixing Engineer.
Congratulations all!
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This article appears in Jan 24-30, 2018.