Fourth Annual Pensado Awards Winners Announced at Sold-Out Event

Winners announced in 12 categories at a live ceremony at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 3, 2017

LOS ANGELES, CA — The fourth annual Pensado Awards^[1], an award show acknowledging today’s emerging brand of music professional and “recognizing the faces behind the sound,” held its fourth annual awards ceremony on Sunday, December 3, 2017, at Los Angeles’ historic Fonda Theatre.

The ceremony hosted a sold-out crowd of nearly 700 recording and music industry figures – some as proud nominees, some as presenters, some there to simply be part of the evening. This year’s co-hosts were drummer Samantha Maloney (Hole, Mötley Crüe, Peaches), legendary producer, engineer and mixer Chris Lord-Alge (Pink, Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Green Day) and Kosine of acclaimed production duo Da Internz (Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, John Legend). A highlight of the evening was when music industry legend Miles Copeland presented multiple GRAMMY®-nominated producer, musician and mixing engineer Greg Wells (Adele, OneRepublic, Keith Urban, Katy Perry, Twenty One Pilots) with the Pensado Giant Award. That segment of the show also included a special taped video tribute to Greg Wells from James Corden, Katy Perry, Hugh Jackman, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Keith Urban, Mix Master Mike and k.d. lang, and a live performance by Greg on drums.

Presenters included such acclaimed industry figures as 2018 GRAMMY nominees 1500 or Nothin'; engineer/mixer DJ Swivel (The Chainsmokers, others) and producer/engineer Noah Passovoy (Maroon 5); multi-platinum producer/composer Busbee and Hamilton soundtrack engineer Eboni Smith; Harry Shearer (of This Is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons and much more), CJ Vanston (producer, film composer, keyboardist) and Candace Stewart (Manager, EastWest Studios); mastering engineers Eric Boulanger (La La Land, Green Day, Diana Krall) and Jonathan Wyner; Lindsay Rothschild from YouTube and Matt Terrell from