SOUNDEDIT (International Festival of Music Producers and Sound Designers SOUNDEDIT) − an annual, international
festival dedicated to
music producers and
sound designers. Since its beginning in
2009
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, the festival has been taking place in
Łódź,
Poland. The main award of the festival is The Man with the Golden Ear Award.
The main organizer of SOUNDEDIT is Art Industry Foundation established by Marcin Tercjak (a
music journalist and
Radio Łódź presenter) and Maciej Werk (a music producer and the leader of
alternative music Alternative music may refer to the following types of music:
*Alternative rock
*Alternative pop
*Alternative R&B
*Neo soul, sometimes known as alternative soul
*Alternative reggaeton
*Alternative hip hop
*Alternative dance
*Alternative metal
*Chris ...
group Hedone). The chairman of the foundation and the director of the festival is Maciej Werk.
Aims of the festival
According to the organizers, the festival is an "attempt to honor those who stand behind the tedious process of creating a
song or a whole
album".
The other basics aims of the festival are:
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* To make Łodz a place of annual meetings of the most remarkable music producers and sound designers (...).
* Building the prestige of The Man With The Golden Ear Award so that it becomes a well-known and highly desirable award.
* Organizing exceptional concerts which will accompany meetings with music producers.
* Developing educational activity in the field of music and recording techniques.
* Creating an annual, important and valued event in Łodz, a city of rich musical traditions.
The Man with the Golden Ear Award laureates
2009:
* Daniel Lanois
* Gareth Jones
* Grzegorz Ciechowski (posthumously)
2010:
* Adrian Sherwood
* Andrzej Smolik
* Martin Hannett (posthumously)
2011:
* Mark "Flood" Ellis
* Daniel Miller
* Adam Toczko
2012:
* Martin „Youth” Glover
* Józef B. Nowakowski
* Steve Osborne
* Eugeniusz Rudnik
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Early life
Rudnik was born on 28 October 1932 in Na ...
* Tim Simenon
2013:
* Dan Austin
* Haydn Bendall
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References
Music festivals in Poland
Events in Łódź
Music production
Music festivals established in 2009
Autumn events in Poland
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