2000 New Mexico Music Industry Coalition Award Winners
The 13th Annual New Mexico Music Industry Coalition Awards were held on April 13th, 2000 at the Albuquerque Convention Center and featured performances from Susan Clark, Consuelo Luz, Elliott Rogers, Guajira and Zero Hour. Guest presenters included Terry & Ron from 103.3 FM K-Bull, Tony & Miles from Hot New Country 92.3 KRST, Nina Diamante and Emmy winning songwriter Harriet Schock. Our MC’s were Tom Rutherford and Catheryn McGill.
The 2000 awards also saw the initiation of the Elena Maes Memorial Award. The award was presented in the name of Maes by her family. Elena Maes was a vocalist and songwriter who worked with many of New Mexico’s most talented and diverse artists. Maes had volunteered with the MIC Awards beginning in 1994. In 1996, she was diagnosed with LUPUS and sadly, passed away from the disease in 1999 at the age of 25. The family decided that the best way to memorialize her was through her love of music.
After a few years, the family ended its involvement with the MIC Awards and the award was replaced with the Eric Larson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.
2000 Elena Maes Memorial Award Recipient-Lorenzo Pimentel
At the age of 14, Lorenzo Pimentel began apprenticing at his brothers’ guitar-making shop in Mexico. His passion for the craft helped him advance quickly, and soon after he was building guitars on his own. At the age of 23, he came to the United States where he began making guitars in a violin store. In 1951, he moved to Carlsbad, NM where he opened his own shop. It wasn’t long before he’d mastered creating exquisite classical guitars. Four of his sons each embraced his legacy, and six decades later, the family name is known around the world as one of the best family guitar makers alive.
Pimentel’s guitars are played by the most prominent guitar players in the world. Each is hand built, the wood selected for each artist. Lorenzo Pimentel passed away in 2010 at the age of 82, but left a legacy of fine guitar building that will last for years to come.
Listed as follows unless otherwise indicated
Artist
Title
Producer
Studio
Best Musical Production-Adult Contemporary
Susan Clark
Indiana Weather
Scott Swezy
Zuzax Trax
Best Musical Production-Alternative Rock
Jet Black Jet
Crash
Steven Maes & Anthony Sias
Broadway Studio & Water Studio
Best Arrangement-Previous Work
Consuelo Luz
Las Estreyas
Consuelo Luz, Jim Wilson, Jeff Silberman & Ray Obiedo
Stepbridge Studios, Fantasy Records, Werewolf Recording
Best Arrangement Original
Stuart MacAskie & Catheryn McGill
This Way Out
Stuart MacAskie & Catheryn McGill
Santa Fe Center Studios & One On One Studios
Best Musical Production-Blues
Susan Clark
Chip’s Blues
Scott Swezy
Zuzax Trax
Best Musical Production Country
Ginger Griffith
It’s Love
Ron Sanborn
Moon Music & Sound
Best Musical Production- Dance Oriented Rock/Techno
Jeff Mettro
Twist
Jeff Mettling
Metro Production Studios
Best Engineer
Eric Larson
Loving Molly
Kevin Hughes
Santa Fe Center Studios
Best Musical Production-Folk
Jaime Michaels
Steal Light
S. Widdowson
Best Instrumental Performance
Melissa Henrie, Marshall Henrie & Cynthia Mrazek Pyne
It Happened Very Long Ago
Melissa Henrie, Marshall Henrie
Junkyard Studios & High Desert Recording
Best Musical Production-Jazz
Susan Clark
Take Me Home
Scott Swezy
Zuzax Trax
Best Musical Production-Mainstream Rock
Zero Hour & Tim Stroh
Becoming My Enemy
Zero Hour & Tim Stroh
Stepbridge Studios
Best Musical Production-Metal
III Peters Gabriel, Torma Jesse Rodriguez, Tim Ju
Edipus
Jim Agnew & Gabriel Torma
High Desert Recording
Best Musical Production-Novelty/Humorous
Edwin Tucker & Jim Agnew
The Pokemon
Jim Agnew
High Desert Recording
Best Musical Production-New Age/Eclectic
Roark Barron
Cumclution
Roarark Barron
Luciousland
Best Musical Production-Original Modern Classic
Lyra Barron
Catharsis
Lyra Barron
Lucious Music Studios
Best Packaging Design
Busy McCarrol & Susan Holmes
Bar Bar Ella-The Beatnik Spy Music Files
Susan Holmes (Graphic Illustrator)
Busy McCarrol & Jeff Nelson
Kludigt Sound
Best Musical Production-R&B
TVA Parker
Mr. Wrong
Big Houze Records
Studio 3
Best Musical Production-Rap
Big Houze Records/Strife aka Illest
Deep Impact
Big Houze Records
Studio 3
Best Recording of a Live Performance
The Gagan Brothers Band
Professor Noise
The Gagan Brothers Band
Catamount Bar & Grill by Stacey Parrish Water Studios
Best Musical Production-Reggae/World Beat
Consuelo Luz
Ki Mitsion
Consuelo Luz & Jim Wilson
Stepbridge Studios
Best Musical Production-Religious
Dave & Dionne Archibeck & Becca
Exult the Lord
Coulter & Archibeck
Old Town Recording Studios
Best Remake
Danny Winn & the Earthlings
Africa (Ska Style)
Danny Winn & Jeff Mettling
Mettro Production Studios
Best Musical Production-Salsa/Latino
Guajira
Tango
Chuck Coulter
Old Town Recording Studio
Best Song
Elliot Rogers
Forever You & I
Best Musical Production-Traditional Style Hispanic
Impacto Nortena & Santa Fe Center Sound
Mato a Sueldo
Impacto Nortena
Santa Fe Center Studios
Best Vocal Performance
Susan Clark
Take Me In Your Arms
Scott Swezy
Zuzax Trax
Best Producer
Denean
The Farmer’s Daughter
Denean
Thunderbird Recording & Santa Fe Center Studios
Best Album of the Year
Busy McCarrol & Jeff Nelson
Bar Bar Ella-The Beatnik Spy Music Files
Busy McCarrol & Jeff Nelson
Kludigt Sound