2008 Industry Awards

Industry Awards

Agency of the Year                   

Winner: Paquin Entertainment 
Nominees: Graffitti Music, Magnum Opus Management, PM Gigs Inc., S.L. Feldman & Assoc. 

Best Album Design
Winner: Nick Perreault (In Transit – James Murdoch) 
Nominees: Glen Erickson (Township – The Wheat Pool), Jeff Sylvester (Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – Corb Lund), Jeff Sylvester (When We Were Spies – Ann Vriend), Michael Dangelmaier (The Gift, A Tribute to Ian Tyson

Engineer of the Year

Winner: Mike Fraser 
Nominees: Bart McKay, Dan Canfield, Johnny Gasparic, Shawn Pierce 

Independent Record Label of the Year

Winner: Nettwerk Music Group 
Nominees: Black Hen Music, Boompa Records, Mint Records, Rockstar Music Corp., Stony Plain Records 

Live Music Venue of the Year

Winner: The Commodore Ballroom 
Nominees: Amigos Cantina, Starlite Room, The Yale Hotel, West End Cultural Centre 

Manager of the Year

Winner: Allen Moy 
Nominees: Bruce Allen, Chris Burke-Gaffney, Gilles Paquin, Louis O’Reilly, Terry McBride

Producer of the Year

Winner: Steve Dawson
Nominees: Brandon Friesen, Danny Patton, David J. Taylor, Jack Shapira, Vince Ditrich

Talent Buyer of the Year

Winner: Ian Low, Live Nation Canada 
Nominees: Dominic Lloyd - West End Cultural Centre, Erik Hoffman, Gilles Paquin - Paquin Entertainment, Nhaelan McMillan - The Union, Pat McGannon - PM Gigs

Industry Builder Award Recipient
Gary McGowan