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By: Listen Up, Tony (Awards)!: Petitioning for Reinstatement | Designing Sound Designing Sound

Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:51:41 +0000

[…] first time I heard of the decision by the Tony Administration Committee was from Randy Thom’s post in Designing Sound on the 13th (two days after the announcement). The news initially confused me; it seemed like a […]

By: charles maynes

charles maynes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:14:31 +0000

Live sound is a remarkably difficult thing and those shows, especially like Le Mis with complicated musical and vocal arrangements demand exceptional work to succeed. They are as deserving of those awards as costume and lighting and set designers.

shameful stuff.

By: Paul G

Paul G — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:06:11 +0000

I don’t really care if they televise the sound design Tonys as long as they continue to award them. They can do certain types of award prior to the telecast for all I care, if it’s just TV that they’re worried about. That’s not really the issue though. The concern here is that very few Tony voters actually voted for anyone in this category, because so few are sufficiently educated in what is good or bad sound to feel they should vote. Rather than pick someone at random, or pick the only name they have heard of, they apparently abstain.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:47:12 +0000

Well that is sad news. So much effort and great work brushed aside by people who very likely don’t understand it fully.