2005 New Mexico Music Industry Association Award Winners
The 17th Annual New Mexico Music Industry Awards was delayed by a month because of the death of Eric Larsson, Co-founder of the New Mexico Music Industry Coalition (later the NM Music Awards) in April of 2005.
On Sunday, June 26th, 2005 the awards were held at the Marriot Pryramid North in Albuquerque in memory of Larson, the driving force behind the awards program. He would often take on the task of acquiring judges, write a show script and handle the overall production of the program. There were performances by the Michael Anthony Trio, Doreen Martinez, Russell “Doc” Metzger and the Hollis Wake.
The show introduced the Eric Larson Music Endowment at the University of New Mexico, established by the Larson family and the NMMIA.
The endowment will be used to assist University of New Mexico juniors and seniors who have declared majors in music or a related field, and who maintain a 3.0 grade point average. It will be presented annually at the MIC awards show.
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 as follows except where otherwise indicated:
Artist
Title
Best Website
The Soar Corporation for
soundofamerica.com
Best Packaging Design
Bogey for
Rock Art
Best Musical Production-Novelty/Humorous
Debo & Alpha Blue for
Ain’t Life Grand
Best Musical Production-Country
Russell “Doc” Metzger & Ken Riley for
A Home Blessed With Love
Best Musical Production-Folk/Americana
Pedro Marquez for
Cowcamp Moon
Best Musical Production-New Age Contemporary
Dave Williams & Tim Veltkamp for
Watermark
Best Musical Production-Jazz
Michael Anthony for
Detours
Best Musical Production-Adult Contemporary
Madi Sato, Patricia Riggan & Larry Mitchell for
Rising Sun
Best Instrumental Performance
BMP
Martinez, Friedlander, Miner, Santiago, Robledo, Gutierrez for
Some Skunk Funk
Best Vocal Performance
Scott Affleck for
The Secret Chant of Sleeping Giants
Best Arrangement of an Original Composition
Michael Anthony for
Detours
Best Musical Production-Native American
Ronald Roybal for
Sacred Mountain
Best Musical Production-Traditional Style Hispanic
Doreen Martinez for
Que Haiga Paz
Best Musical Production-World Beat
Brule for
Buffalo Moon
Best Remake
Amber Felicia & Daryl Piper for
Got To Be There
Best Musical Production-Religious/Gospel
Gilberta Miera for
I’m Free
Best Musical Production-Rhythm & Blues
Madi Sato & Patricia Riggan for
One Moment
Best Musical Production-Hip Hop
Big Rich Tha Don for
Sick
Best Musical Production-Rap
Skinnyfat for
Bigger Than You
Best Musical Production-Alternative Rock
The Hollis Wake for
Just Let Go
Best Musical Production-Electronica
Dare N Wade & Peter Gonzales for
Dancing In Your Rain
Best Musical Production-Punk
The Hollis Wake for
Paper Doll
Best Musical Production-Metal
E Ocean, R Chase, C Martin, C Robberts, J Turner for
Contradiction
Best Musical Production-Mainstream Rock
The Hollis Wake for
The End (again)
Best Recording Engineer
Jon Gold & Omar Rane for
Let The Cotton Go
Best Song
Todd Lowry for
Hello Santa (For A Soldier)
Best Producer
Tom Bee, Robby Bee & Paul LaRoche for
The Collection
Best CD of the Year
Michael Anthony for
New Journey