The 4th annual APRS Sound Fellowship Lunch is to be held at the Roof Gardens, Kensington on Tuesday 16th November 2010.  Tony Wadsworth, Chairman of the BPI, has been invited to give the ‘keynote’ address by way of proposing the special ‘Harewood Toast’.

The APRS’s annual celebration, hosted by Sir George and Lady Martin, sees the recognition of six new recipients of the APRS Sound Fellowship bestowed on individuals who made a ‘significant contribution to the art, science or business of sound recording.’

This year the association is recognising:

Quincy Jones – US multi-Grammy Award winning record producer, musical arranger, film composer, TV producer and trumpeter.

Mark Knopfler – British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, film score composer and owner of British Grove Studios.

Sir Paul McCartney – British musician, singer-songwriter, composer and creative studio innovator. He was also one of the Beatles.

Hugh Padgham – British record producer, engineer and developer of the ‘gated drum’ sound. (Our video with Hugh Padgham is here)

Colin Sanders CBE – Founder of  Solid State Logic, one of the world’s leading developers of audio mixing consoles. Died in a helicopter accident in 1998.

Ken Scott - British record producer and recording engineer. Currently pioneering a new wave of music technology software. (Our videos with Ken Scott are here)

Tickets for the Lunch can be booked online by going to: www.aprs.co.uk or phone APRS Head Office – 01803 868600. Special discounts are available for APRS and other trade body members.

This weeks photograph of George Martin is of George awarding Dave Harries with his Lifetime Achievement Award from the APRS last month.

View the complete photo series in our gallery here.

More George Martin photos next week….

APRS events sound like they may be a little less exciting than many music industry events but in actual fact the APRS Awards are one of these events that we look forward to every year.  This year was the best ever and the cast of people on stage collecting or giving awards were the Who’s Who of the recording industry (in the UK anyway):  Sir George Martin, Peter Gabriel, Trevor Horn, Robin Millar, Rupert Hine etc etc.  Videos from people who couldn’t make it included Bob Clearmountain.

THE HUGE SLIDESHOW OF PHOTOS OF THE EVENT

Watch this one minute wobble cam video extract with Sir George talking about the X Factor and toasting the APRS.

THE HUGE SLIDESHOW OF PHOTOS OF THE EVENT

The APRS hold monthly events and becoming a member is very affordable and the benefits seem to be many but being able to network with the people who’s climbed up to the top of the industry is the most worthwhile in our book as the help and inspiration they can give is invaluable.  Take a look at the APRS website here.

An interesting article by the Guardian’s Helienne Lindvall who reported the event is here.