Apr 06, 2015

The Foundry Well-Represented in This Year’s MAMA Awards

We are very pleased to announce that once again, Madison Music Foundry's is nominated in this year's MAMA Awards. Blast House Studios is nominated for "Studio of the Year" and Blast House recording engineer Landon Arkens is nominated for "Studio Sound Engineer."

In addition to the Foundry awards, we have many instructors and students who are nominated as well. See below for a complete list. It's not easy keeping track of the hundreds of students who pass through the Foundry, so if you are a current or former student, and don't see your name or your group on this list, please email us, and we'll add you.

ABOUT THE MAMAS
The MAMAs (Madison Area Music Association) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to put instruments in the hands of kids who can't afford them. The awards ceremony is their high-profile event of the year, which is enjoyed by local musicians and fans alike, but ultimately serves their mission.

For a complete list of all nominees go to: MAMAs Awards

FOUNDRY NOMINEES
*Current or former student of the Foundry
**Multiple students of the Foundry
+Foundry Instructor
++Multiple Foundry Instructors
*+Foundry student and instructor

Artist of the Year   
Modern Mod*

Alternative Album        
Modern Mod - Tunnels*

Country/Bluegrass Album
Corinne McKnight – Take My Hand*

Pop/R&B Album  
Gabe Burdulis – The Little Things*+
Sam Lyons – Trance+

World Album 
The Kissers – Three Sails++

Alternative Song
Modern Mod – “Papercuts”*

Children’s Song
Black Star Drum Line(feat. DLO, Ant Da Hope Boy, Rob Dz) – “Slam”**

Hip Hop Song
Anthony Lamarr – “Pray”+

Pop/R&B Song   
Gabe Burdulis – “Little Yellow House”*
Sam Lyons – “Trance”+

World Song              
The Kissers – “Montreal”++

Blues Performer
The Jimmys+

Children’s Performer
Black Star Drum Line**

Country/Bluegrass Performer
Corinne McKnight*

Cover Band Performer
Steely Dane

Jazz Performer
The Big Payback++

Pop/R&B Performer
Anthony Lamarr+
Gabe Burdulis*+
Sam Lyons+

Rock Performer 
Joey B. Banks+

World Performer
David Hecht+
The Kissers++

Video of the Year 
Anthony Lamarr – “Masquerade”+

Male Vocalist
Gabe Burdulis*

Bassist
Gabe Burdulis*
Ken Fitzsimmons – The Kissers+

Drummer/Percussionist 
Joey B. Banks – The Big Payback+

Guitarist    
Gabe Burdulis*

Keyboardist  
Peter Baggenstoss – The Big Payback+

Woodwinds      
Pete Ross – The Jimmys

Recording Studio   
Blast House Studios

Studio Sound Engineer
Landon Arkens