GOOD LUCK! 2016 Gala Award (formerly HMA Industry Awards) Nominations! Including One for Us!

This year, Hamilton Music Industry Awards have been renamed the Gala Awards.  The trophies will be handed out on May 28, 2016, 4pm at the Bay City Music Hall.

Once again, this site has been nominated for Website/Online Publication of the Year.  A word from Lou, our blogger: "It's an honour to be nominated once again.  There are many exceptional websites promoting our amazing music scene and I'm in great company.  Good luck everybody."

McMaster radio station CFMU leads the pack with 10 nominations in 4 categories.  Next in line is Monster Truck with seven.  Whitehorse and Walk Off The Earth earned six each.

Here's a complete list of nominees

Website/Online Publication

• Hamilton Blues Lovers
• cutfromsteel.com
• Hamiltonhype.com
• hamiltonsrockandcountrymagazine.com
• ihearthamilton.ca
• paperstreetjournal.com
• southernsouls.ca
• urbanheromagazine.com

Female Vocalist

• Sarah Blackwood (Walk Off The Earth)
• Julie Fader (Etiquette)
• Terra Lightfoot
• Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse)
• Diana Panton
• Annie Sumi
• Lori Yates

Male Vocalist

• James Black (Finger Eleven)
• Ben Caplan
• Luke Doucet (Whitehorse)
• Jon Harvey (Monster Truck)
• Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio (Walk Off The Earth)
• Tom Wilson (Lee Harvey Osmond)

Guitarist

• Andrew Aldridge (Duane Rutter)
• Ian Andrews
• Robert Chapman (Brad Cheeseman Group)
• Luke Doucet (Whitehorse)
• Frank Koren (solo, Shawn O’Halloran)
• Terra Lightfoot
• David Nicoloff (HellBent Rockers)
• Brendan Stephens (The Vaudevilian)
• Jeremy Widerman (Monster Truck)

Drummer

• Lorenzo Castelli (Brad Cheeseman Group)
• Kyle Fisher (The Dirty Nil)
• Aaron Hutchinson (Haolin Munk)
• Steve Kiely (Monster Truck)
• Dave King (The Heavy Dream)
• Paul Panchezak of Trickbag (Shawn O’Halloran)
• Junior Clark (Diego Deville)
• Joel Cassady (Walk Off The Earth)

Bassist

• Carrie Ashworth (Duane Rutter)
• Brad Cheeseman
• Kevin Beeby (Andre Bisson)
• Matt Fleming (Terra Lightfoot)
• Jon Harvey (Monster Truck)
• Dave Nardi (The Dirty Nil)
• Josh Wiener (Haolin Munk)

Piano/Keyboard Player

• Brandon Bliss (Monster Truck)
• Greg Brisco (Ian Andrews, the Human Orchestra, Ginger St. James)
• NLX
• Jesse O'Brien (Andre Bisson)
• Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor (Walk Off The Earth)

Special Instrumentalist

• Ed Roth (Leonard, Burns and Dell, Shawn O’Halloran)
• Loretta Hale (Andre Bisson)
• !KrymeWon (Lee Reed)
• Gianni ‘Luminati’ Nicassio (Walk Off The Earth)
• Chris Ferguson (Haolin Munk)

Instrumental Record

• Brad Cheeseman Group: Brad Cheeseman Group
• Benjamin Dakota Rogers: Strongman’s Address To The Circus Crowd

Children's Album

• Diana Panton: I Believe In Little Things
• Various Artists:  A Mighty Tribe
• Splash and Boots: Songs From The Boot

Electronic Recording

• Illitry: The Sunset EP
• Junior Boys: Big Black Coat
• Motëm: Where The Wild Things Are
• ttwwrrss: ttwwrrss_3
• Etiquette: Reminisce

Video

• The Dirty Nil: No Weaknesses 
• Finger Eleven: Wolves and Doors
• Terra Lightfoot: Never Will 
• Monster Truck: Don't Tell Me How To Live 
• Whitehorse: Downtown 
• Walk Off The Earth: Rule The World 

Instrument Retailer

• Absolute Music
• The Acoustic Room
• Crash Landing
• Long and McQuade
• Mountain Music
• Picks and Sticks

Studio Engineer

• Steve Bigas 
• Nick Blagona
• Bob Doidge 
• Duke Foster 
• Amy King 
• Darren Magierowski
• Carm Milioto 

Producer (s)

• Andrew Aldridge (Duane Rutter)
• The Dirty Nil, Adam Bentley, Shehzaad Jiwani (The Dirty Nil)
• Bob Doidge (Caroline Wiles)
• Dan Edmonds (The Vaudevillian, Island People)
• Jesse O'Brien (Harrison Kennedy)
• Diana Panton
• Mike Trebilcock (HellBent Rockers)
• Graham Walsh (Young Rival, Etiquette, Metz, Viet Cong, Alvvays)

Recording Studio

• B-Town Sound
• Box Car 
• Catherine North
• Grant Avenue Studio
• Jukasa Studio 
• Pine Street Studios
• Studio 410 
• Threshold Recording Studios 

Artist Website

• Anniesumi.com 
• ilovemonstertruck.com
• leeharveyosmond.com
• loriyates.com
• terralightfoot.com
• walkofftheearth.com
• whitehorsemusic.ca

Best Album Artwork

• Diana Panton: I Believe In Little Things
• NLX: Luxury of Failure (Art Direction and Design Mark Byk)
• Lee Harvey Osmond: Beautiful Scars
• Dave Kerzner: New World Deluxe Edition (by Christine Leakey)
• Whitehorse: Leave No Bridge Unburned
• Finger Eleven: Five Crooked Lines (Art Direction James Black, Illustrations Matt Stawicki)
• Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings

Record Label

• Busted Flat 
• HAVN 
• Hidden Pony 
• Maisonneuve Music
• Other Songs Music Co.
• Rhymethink 
• Sonic Unyon
• True North

Music Retailer

• Beat Goes On
• Cheapies
• Crash Landing
• Dr. Disc
• Hammer City Records
• Picks And Sticks
• Revolution Records
• Stardust Records

Music Director (Radio)

• Rachel Connell (CFMU)
• Chuck Evans (Y108)
• Mark Munroe (K-Lite)
• Steve Kassay (KX 94.7)
• Maciej Pilinski (101.5 The Hawk)

Publicist

• Adam Bentley (Auteur Research)
• Cristina Fernandez (Listen Harder)
• Lisa Millar 
• David Young (Sonic Unyon)

Radio Show

• Freewheelin’ Folk Show (CFMU)
• Lou's Control (CFMU)
• Lullabies in Razorland (CFMU)
• New Noise (Y108)
• Watermelon Throwdown (CFMU)
• Y108 Indie Show (Y108)

Media Person 

• Kristin Archer (ihearthamilton.com, CFMU)
• Bill Boyd-Wilson (The Cadillac Bill Show)
• Lou Molinaro (CFMU)
• Graham Rockingham (The Hamilton Spectator)
• Ashley Stennett (Y108)
• Ric Taylor (CFMU, View Magazine)
• James Tennant (CFMU, Hamilton Magazine)

Radio Station

• 93.3 CFMU 
• 101.5 The Hawk
• 102.9 K-LITE
• Fresh 95.3
• KX 94.7
• Y108

Print Publication

• Hamilton Magazine
• Urbanicity
• View Magazine
• The Hamilton Spectator

Major Concert Venue

• Ancaster Fairgrounds
• Christie Conservation Area
• First Ontario Centre
• Gage Park
• Spencer Smith Park 

Live Club

• The Baltimore House
• Bay City Music Hall
• Casbah
• Club Absinthe
• The Corktown Pub
• Homegrown Hamilton
• Mills Hardware
• The Spice Factory
• Stonewalls
• This Ain’t Hollywood

Theatre

• Burlington Performing Arts Centre
• Hamilton Place
• Dofasco Theatre of the Arts
• Molson Canadian Studio at Hamilton Place
• The Pearl Company
• The Staircase Theatre

Talent Buyer

• Adam Carter/Jim Fitzgerald (Homegrown Hamilton)
• Marko Lubarda/Ben Rispin/Billy Pozeg (Club Absinthe)
• Lou Molinaro (This Ain’t Hollywood)
• Gary Santucci, Barbara Milne (The Pearl Company)
• Jimmy Skembaris, Grant Winestock (Baltimore House)
• Scott Warren (FirstOntario Centre)

Artist Manager (Local)

• Jeremy Greenspan 
• Mark Milne (Sonic Unyon)
• Brandon Reid 
• Dan Snaith 
• ‘Parkside’ Mike Renaud 
• Madeline Wilson 

Artist Manager (International)

• Shauna de Cartier and Helen Britton 
• Jonathan Kalter, Marc Polack 
• Rob Lanni and Eric Lawrence (Coalition Music)
• Oliver Mitchell (Bedlam Music Management)
• Chris Taylor, Taylor Klein (Oballa Entertainment)
• Dina Young, Miller and Smith Management 

Talent Agency (Local)

• The Darren Ross Agency 
• I Book Shows 
• JMA Talent 
• Spherical Productions

Talent Agency (International)

• Paquin Entertainment
• S.L. Feldman and Associates
• United Talent Agency 
• Billions

Tour Manager

• Joe Cacioppo 
• Brad Ferguson
• Duke Foster 
• Rich Hagan
• John Morely 

Live Sound Engineer 

• Stephen Foster (Molson Canadian Studio at Hamilton Place)
• Steve Haines (Club Absinthe)
• Rich Hagan (Deric Ruttan, George Canyon)
• Adam Neumann (Casbah)
• Shaun Shuell (LIGHTS, Tim Hicks)
• Doug Smith (This Ain’t Hollywood)
• Michael Stewart (Hamilton Place)

Sound and Lighting Company 

• AVW Tel Av 
• Bates Audio
• Creative Artists Group 
• Lou’s Music
• Soundbox Productions 

Event Photographer

• Alex Bromke
• Ted Buck
• David McEachern
• Misha Fotos
• Sean O’Neill
• Kyle Weir

Music Teacher (elementary school) by People's Choice

Music Teacher (secondary school) by People's Choice

Music Teacher (post-secondary school) by People's

Music Teacher (independent school) by People's Choice

Click here for the winners

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

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