2012 New Mexico Music Award Winners
The 25th Annual New Mexico Music Awards was held on Sunday, May 12th, 2012 at the Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Albuquerque and featured performances by Indigie Femme, Kito Peters, Siyeric, Anthony Leon & the Chain and hONEyhoUSe. Hayley Baysinger was presented with a scholarship from the Eric Larson Endowment. Hayley is a producer and audio engineer in Albuquerque who was attending UNM. We had guest presenters Mel Minter from Albuquerque the Magazine, Kristine Carlyle from 92.3 KRST FM and Tom Frouge of Avakado Artists.
Also in 2012, the Norman and Vi Petty estate in Clovis, New Mexico gave the NMMA permission to re-name the Best Producer Awards as the Norman Petty Producer’s Award. Norman Petty and his wife Vi were pioneers in early rock, recording and producing a young Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Chuck Knox and many other artists who went on to national and international prominence.
Thanks to our sponsors, Grandma’s Music & Sound, Quickbeam Systems, Sennheiser Audio and High Fidelity Mastering.
Eric Larson Lifetime Achievement Recipient -Tom Rutherford
Photo credit: Susan Ruiz
Pioneering New Mexico on air personality and politico Tom Rutherford had been our Master of Ceremony since the very first NM MIC Awards show in 1988. Tom had been asked to MC for the NMMIC to lend an air of respectability to the program. Without hesitation, he accepted. Dressed in a snazzy white tux each year, Tom brought class and organization to the program. Tom volunteered every year and brought all of his wit and energy to each and every show.
Tom served for 24 years as a State Senator in the New Mexico Legislature and was the majority floor leader when he retired in 1996. He was subsequently elected to the Bernalillo County Commission where he served for 8 years. He is a co-founder of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and a 1982 graduate of the University of New Mexico Law School. Tom’s practice has always included a heavy emphasis on administrative law and governmental affairs and he was retained as General Counsel for the National Fraternal Order of Police for 6 years. In 1997 he founded The Rutherford Group, a separate entity, and began to represent local, national, and international corporations and groups before the legislature.
The Eric Larson Endowment at UNM provides unrestricted funds for juniors or seniors who have chosen music or the recording arts as their major and have maintained a 3.0 GPA. Eric Larson was co-founder of the New Mexico Music awards and passed away in 2005. The New Mexico Music Awards contributes annually to the scholarship fund. To donate, go to ericlarsonendowment.com
Winners are listed in the following order unless otherwise indicated for specialty categories.
Title
Artist
Producer(s)
Studio
Adult R&B
Only If You Want It
Jo Amber & David Wade
Simes Carter
The Beat Depo
Adult Contemporary
The Sound of Trees
Good As Dead
John Wall
Wall of Sound
Alternative
Heaven (Devil In The Details)
The Echoing Green
Joey Belville
The Echoing Green
Americana
Same Sun and Moon
Lisa Carman
Lisa Carman & Kevin Zoernig
The Kitchen Sink
Blues
Sleepless Nights
Tiho Dimitrov
Tiho Dimitrov & Rob Heineman
Dos Lunas Studios
Bluegrass
Time and Money
Richard and Glenn Martin
Richard and Glenn Martin
Eagle Rock
Children’s Music
Bubbles
Lydia Clark
Lydia Clark
Andrew Click Productions
Country
You Don’t Know Country
Gabriel Lucero & Jim Sales
Jim Sales
Green Chili Records
Electronica
Bedtime Stories
Elu
Jeffrey Mettling
Trinity
Folk-traditional
Crowded Room
Breaking Blue
Jonathan Anderson
JD Sez Recording
Hip Hop
Epic Triumph
R(x)
Delta 9
Delta 9 Studios
Hispanic Contemporary
Viboras
Nosotros
Nosotros
Fingerprint Warehouse
Jazz
Ouroboros
Michael Glynn
Dave Weininger & John Rangel
Free2Earth Music
Mainstream Rock
Rough Around The Edges
The Rudy Boy Experiment
Rudy Jaramillo
Eagle Rock
Metal
Ashes Fall
Stellar By Night
Brandon Ruckus & Shane McConnell
Rockshack Music
Native American-Traditional
Beautiful Road
Indigie Femme
Larry Mitchell
Insatable Studio
Native American-Contemporary
Plains Rider
Rushingwind & Mucklow
Michael Mucklow
Harmony Road
New Age Contemporary
Snake I’s
Kathleen Sabo
Kathleen Sabo
Voice and Verse
Novelty/Humorous
Tonight, Tonight (Burrito Guy)
The Hater Haters Band
Russell Scharf
Canyon Road Studio
Pop
Songs For You
The Bus Tapes
Jeff Nelson
A4V
Punk
She Always Never Sometimes Says
Hazy Dean
Brian Widger
Blackness is My Home
Rap
Sunset Love
Madd City featuring Dominic Munoz
Justin Cole
Religious/Gospel
Not Going Back
J Dubb Feat. Russell Scarlett
Adamack
Home
Western
Fall Roundup
Richard and Glenn Martin
Richard and Glenn Martin
Eagle Rock
World Beat
O Meo Coracao
Brazil Project
Bert Dalton
Shepherd
Best Arrangement
It’s All Good
John Rangel
Arrangement by:
John Rangel
Best Artist’s Website
Thomas Taylor
for
Best Cover
Ponteio
Brazil Project
Bert Dalton
Shepherd
Best Instrumental Performance
A Sea Castle In The City of Clouds
Thought – Jacy Oliver & Ben Durfee
Jacy Oliver
Oliver Music Studio
Best Mastering Engineer
Andy Rogulich
Pandora
Kookie Jones
Best Packaging
Liz Painter & Heather Sparrow
for
Liz Painter- What if?
Best Recording Engineer
Roger Baker
for
I’ll Be there For You
Best Song
Tarnished Chrome
Kito Peters
Best Video
Can’t Have My Love
Jo Amber & V6M
Vizion House Productions
Best Vocal Performance
An Olive Tree
Barbara Bentree
Best Jazz CD
Tribute Trio – Dedications Volume I
Tribute Trio
Free2Earth Music
Best Pop CD
Lumpy – Life, Man
Bryan Highhill – Lumpy
Bryan Highhill
Home recording
Best Rock CD
Safe Harbor
Good As Dead
John Wall
Wall of Sound
Norman Petty Producer’s Award
John Rangel
for
Barbara Bentree
“Green”
Turtle Creek Media
Best of the Year
Sun
hONEyhoUSe
John Wall & hONEyhoUSe
Wall of Sound