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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Bob L,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">thorough congratulations to you for this honour!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I fully feel with you for the discrepancy of yet another crushed product<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">hitting our ears – and one which obviously doesn’t disturb the committee….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It is a long uphill battle that we have to fight…..
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">On the day this is finally over, we will make the biggest but quietest celebration ever
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best, Florian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> MLA [mailto:mla-bounces@grimmaudio.nl]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Robert Ludwig<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2016 18:00<br>
<b>An:</b> Eelco Grimm<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [MLA] Congratulations, Bob Ludwig...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Both this and last years Best Engineered-non classical win (The Alabama Shakes and Beck) were masters the mix engineers pre-crushed, and both of those albums ended up being some of the loudest albums I did for the
<u>year</u>! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Both times I was shocked that the Grammy Craft Committee thought those albums were worthy of nomination (let alone the shock that they won!). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It makes me want to give up the loudness fight when the accolades from our own engineering community are championing these loud mixes!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Admittedly both albums seem to “live” in that crush in a musical way. Still I wonder.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob<o:p></o:p></p>
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