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2008 Hamilton Music Industry Awards Winners
1. Music Teacher of the Year (primary, secondary or post-secondary)
Jonathan Abell – Westdale High School
Alyson Aylsworth – Ancaster High School
Darcy Hepner – Mohawk College (Winner)
Craig Hunter – Waterdown District High School
Jennifer Workman – Robert Bateman High School
2. Music Teacher of the Year (independent)
Nathan Fleet
Chris Houston
Gord Lewis (Winner)
Alison L. Slaats
Mike Trebilcock
3. Artist Manager of the Year
Rob Lanni - Coalition Entertainment (Finger 11) (Winner)
Parkside Mike Renaud - Upper Management (Porcelain Youth, Jeremy Fisher)
Matt Collyer - Union Label Group (Saint Alvia)
Shauna DeCartier – Six Shooter Records (Luke Doucet)
Leila Hebden – Dote Management (Young Rival, Junior Boys)
4. Instrument Retailer of the Year
Absolute Music
Mountain Music
Long & McQuade (Winner)
Payne Music
Pongetti Musical Instruments
5. Studio Engineer of the Year
Amy King - Danny Lockwood
Paul JP Riemens - Jace Martin
Ray Lyell - Neil W. Young
Duke Foster - Teenage Head With Marky Ramone (Winner)
Shawn Brush and Robert Di Gioia - The Krooked Cowboy Rides Again
6. Producer of the Year
Dan Achen – Holding Sky
Carl Jennings - 40 Sons and Daughters
Justin Koop – Saint Alvia
Daniel Lanois – Daniel Lanois (Winner)
Luke Doucet – Luke Doucet
7. Recording Studio of the Year
B-Town Sound (Winner)
The Barn
Catherine North
Grant Avenue Studio
Vibewrangler
8. Best Website/Online Publication
Fred Eaglesmith – www.fredeaglesmith.com
Jamilton – www.jamilton.ca
Teenage Head – www.teenagehead.ca (Winner)
Steve Strongman – www.stevestrongman.com
Y108 – www.y108.ca
9. Video of the Year – Under 15 Minutes
Caribou - She's The One (Winner)
Kathleen Edwards - I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
Brian Melo – Shine
Derek Miller – The Devil Came Down Sunday
Saint Alvia –Between the Lines
10. Best Album Artwork
Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Blood's Too Rich (Winner)
Simply Saucer – Half Human / Half Live
Afternoons In Stereo – The City Is Sleeping
Teenage Head - Teenage Head with Marky Ramone
The Creepshow – Run For Your Life
11. Record Label of the Year
Sonic Unyon Recording Company - Teenage Head, Simply Saucer (Winner)
Down By The Point – Cowlick, Paxton, Malcolm, Abbreviations
Goodfellow Records – Cursed
Verona Records – Circuit For The Blackout, Dead And Divine
Blackbox Recordings – Sydney
12. Music Retailer of the Year
The Beat Goes On
Cheapies (Winner)
Dr. Disc
Records On Wheels – Dundas
Looney Tunes – Burlington
13. Music Director (Radio) of the Year
Nathalie Desroches – C101.5
Chuck Evans - Y108 (Winner)
Rachel Palmieri – 93.3 CFMU
Michelle Quinn - KLITE
14. Publicist of the Year
Lynda Henriksen – Kirby, Rae Billing
Bruce Mowat – Michelle Titian, Bob Lanois
Sean Palmerston – Teenage Head, Simply Saucer, Cursed (Winner)
James Tennant – Steve Sinnicks
15. Radio Show of the Year
Big Fish - 93.3 CFMU
Get Hammered – Y108
Lou's Control - C101.5 (Winner)
Lullabies in Razorland - 93.3 CFMU
Sounds of the Hammer - C101.5
16. Media Person of the Year
Lou Molinaro – C101.5
Graham Rockingham - Hamilton Spectator
Kate Stutsman – CHTV
Ric Taylor - CFMU/ View Magazine (Winner)
James Tennant – CFMU/Hamilton Magazine
17. Radio Station of the Year
CFMU 93.3
CING 95.3 Country 95.3
CIOI 101.5 C101.5
CJXY 107.9 Y108 (Winner)
CKDS 102.9 K-LITE
18. Print Publication of the Year
H Magazine
Hamilton Magazine
The Hamilton Spectator
Mayday Magazine
View Magazine (Winner)
19. Poster Artist of the Year
Matt Jelly
Becky Katz (Winner)
Jeremy Kemeny
Darlene MacNeil
Billy Pozeg
20. Major Concert Venue of the Year
Dofasco Centre for the Arts
Hamilton Place (Winner)
Studio at Hamilton Place
The Westside Concert Theatre
Copps Coliseum
The Pearl Company
21. Live Club of the Year
The Blue Moon Lounge
The Casbah
Club Absinthe
The Corktown
The Pepper Jack Café (Winner)
22. Musical Event of the Year by the Peoples Choice
Winner: The Year Of The Cat
23. Live Sound Engineer of the Year
Anthony Cascella – The Casbah, Club Absinthe
Lou Furlanetto – The Corktown Pub
Doug Smith – Pepper Jack Café
Michael Stewart – Hamilton Place
Sean Williamson – Club Absinthe
Steven Foster – Studio at Hamilton Place (Winner)
24. Talent Buyer of the Year
Jayson Duggan – Hamilton Place
Ken Inouye – Pepper Jack Café (Winner)
John Elder – Copps Coliseum
Marko Lubarda, Jeremy Miller – Club Absinthe
Brodie Schwendiman – The Casbah
25. Booking Agent of the Year
The Agency Group
S.L. Feldman and Associates
Live Tour Artists
Paquin Entertainment
Spherical Productions (Winner)
26. Sound Company of the Year
FM Systems (Winner)
Soundbox Productions
27. Event Photographer of the Year
Wenda Atkin
Stephanie Bell
Robyn Bobiak
Kyle Weir (Winner)
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