The Music Producers Guild has extended the deadline for nominations for its 2012 Awards until 21 September.

With new categories in the International Section (International Engineer and International Re-mixer of the Year), there are now 17 Awards available – but before any awards can be presented, those who hope to win need to be nominated.

Nominating a worthwhile recording professional involves filling in a simple online form, with nominations are open to anyone. There is also no bar on nominating yourself and the Music Producers Guild is actively encouraging producers and engineers to do this.

Awards categories:

The Joe Meek Legacy Award, sponsored by Joe Meek by PMI Audio
Outstanding Contribution to UK Music, sponsored by PPL
Producer of the Year, sponsored by the BPI
Recording Engineer of the Year, sponsored by Prism Sound
Mix Engineer of the Year, sponsored by Solid State Logic
Mastering Engineer of the Year, sponsored by Sadie
Live Production of the Year, sponsored by Shure
UK Album of the Year, sponsored by Universal Audio
UK Single of the Year
Re-mixer of the Year
Breakthrough Producer of the Year, sponsored by Deep Recording Studios
Breakthrough Engineer of the Year
International Producer of the Year, sponsored by British Grove Studios
International Engineer of the Year, sponsored by Focusrite
International Remixer of the Year, sponsored by Novation
Studio of the Year, sponsored by Genelec
Unsung Hero

The Music Producers Guild Awards 2012 will be held in February 2012 at the Cafe de Paris, London, with the winner of the Producer of the Year category again automatically win a BRIT Award for Best Producer.

The awards have already made its mark on the music industry calendar as an event not to be missed. Last year’s sell-out event attracted more than 300 stars and music industry VIPs who turned out in force to celebrate the enormous contribution that recording professionals make to the success of the UK’s music industry.

Nominations: www.mpgawards.co.uk