101 Full Sail Graduates Work on 79 Nominated Projects at The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year

In 2006, 101 graduates from Full Sail Real World Education were involved in the production of 79 individual projects nominated for a GRAMMY Award in 66 separate categories. This follows closely behind last year's record number of 110 Full Sail graduates who worked on nominated projects in 2005.

Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) February 9, 2007 -- In 2006, 101 graduates from Full Sail Real World Education were involved in the production of 79 individual projects nominated for a GRAMMY Award in 66 separate categories. This follows closely behind last year's record number of 110 Full Sail graduates who worked on nominated projects in 2005.

In addition, graduate Padraic Kerin is directly nominated in the Album of the Year category for his work on Justin Timberlake's album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, and graduate Danny Cheung also received a nomination for Record of the Year for work on Mary J. Blige's single, Be Without You. Therefore, both men are eligible to receive a GRAMMY Award of their own if the nominated artists win.

Year after year Full Sail graduates are among those recognized for their outstanding efforts by The Recording Academy. We applaud all for their remarkable achievements and for being honored alongside the industry's best. It is extremely rewarding to see their dreams become reality.

Last year, Recording Arts graduate, Phil Tan, received a GRAMMY Award for serving as a Mix Engineer on Mariah Carey's Best Contemporary R&B Album, The Emancipation of Mimi. This year Tan has contributed to 14 GRAMMY-nominated artist projects that include: Chris Brown, Lionel Richie and Janet Jackson.

For 12 out of the last 13 years, a Full Sail graduate has worked on every GRAMMY Award-winning Album of the Year including: Norah Jones (Come Away With Me), OutKast (Speakerboxxx/The Love Below), and the 2004 Album of the Year, Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles.

Full Sail graduates are represented across many GRAMMY categories including: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Rock Album, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Rap Album, Best Country Album and Best Musical Show Album. Contributing as Engineers, Assistant Engineers or Sound Mixers, Full Sail graduates were responsible for creating some of this year's finest musical selections from artists such as: John Mayer, Nelly Furtado, John Legend, Beyonce, Dixie Chicks, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Carrie Underwood.

Full Sail President, Garry Jones said, "Year after year Full Sail graduates are among those recognized for their outstanding efforts by The Recording Academy. We applaud all for their remarkable achievements and for being honored alongside the industry's best. It is extremely rewarding to see their dreams become reality."

Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. With over 25,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on Oscar, Emmy and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour six out of the last six years. Full Sail's 178-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,000 students from 50 states and 37 countries. Currently, Full Sail offers degrees in the following disciplines: Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business, Film, Game Development, Music Business, Recording Arts, and Show Production & Touring.

Students experience a "real world" education with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day and a 24-hour around the clock schedule which earned Full Sail the "Most Innovative Program" Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The college has also been named: one of the top three entertainment media colleges by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the "Best Music Programs" in the country by Rolling Stone Magazine; one of the "Best Music Business Departments" in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.

# # #

Post Comment:
Trackback URL: http://ca.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1TcXVhLVByb2YtWmV0YS1NYWduLVplcm8=

full sail full sail real world education music grammy awards mariah carey mary j. blige justin timberlake be without you futuresex/lovesounds grammy nominations artists

Bookmark -  Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl It | Spurl | RawSugar | Simpy | Shadows | Blink It | My Web