Grammy No9 For Rafa Sardina Mexico en la piel Luis Miguel >Best Ranchero Album Tu No Tienes Alma Alejandro Sanz >Best song >Record of The Year

Alejandro Sanz at the 6th Latin Grammy Awards, Los Angeles

November 15, 2004, Los Angeles, CA -- Rafa Sardina who
accepted an award for best-engineered album for "No Es Lo Mismo" last year adds two more trophies to his Grammy collection.
Sardina's engineering/mixing work with Warner's top International mega stars took the honors - Luis Miguel's "Mexico En La Piel"
won Best Ranchero Album and Alejandro Sanz' "Tu No Tienes Alma" won Best Song and Record of the Year earlier this month at the sixth Latin Grammy Awards.

Sanz, who dedicated his award to his late father, beat a fellow Spaniard, alternative singer-songwriter Bebe in both categories. "I dedicate it to all of them who inspired me to do music," Sanz said. Sanz who penned all the songs, co-produced "No Es Lo Mismo" with musician/arranger Lulo Perez. The album swept the Grammy show last year winning awards for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album. This is Sanz' 13th Latin Grammy Award making him one of the top Latin Grammy winners.

Rafa engineered the entire album between Miami, Los Angeles and Seattle. "Alejandro is an amazing talent to work with. He's a master songwriter and musician and I love working with him and his team who make my work shine," says Sardina.

Sardina also won Best Engineering Award during Music Awards held in Madrid, Spain last year. The Latin Grammy for best engineer will be Rafa's 9th Grammy win with total of 15 nominations for the mixer/engineer to-date.

The Sixth Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeleles on November 3rd, was aired nationally on Univision (the country's top Spanish-language network) for the first time. For a complete list of winners, click here.

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Nine-time Grammy Award winner engineer/mixer Rafa Sardina has an eclectic and impressive client list that includes artists: Alejandro Sanz, Macy Gray, Stevie Wonder, Esthero, Dru Hill, Kina, Mariah Carey, Luis Miguel, Soul Coughing, Angie Stone, Juan Gabriel, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Indian legend Yesudas, to name a few.

Sardina engineered Alejandro Sanz' Grammy winning Album, No Es Lo Mismo (Best Latin Pop Album 2004 Vocal or Instrumental) and mixed five tracks for "33" (certified Platinum X5 and nominated "Best Latin Pop Album" 2004) by international artist, Luis Miguel. Sardina also produced/mixed and engineered "Sin Querer" for singer/songwriter Ana Pozas' second album including the song "Si Es Por Tí" featuring a duo with Ana and the new Latin pop sensation, Alex Ubago. Sardina engineered "Meditteraneo" for Rendez Vous artist Marc Antoine and mixed Antonio Orozco's new album "El Principio Del Comienzo" (New Beginning) for Universal Music (Certified Platinum and Number One In Spain in its first week of release)!

An avid ProTool user (HD system upgrade) Sardina is always developing new artists and working in his new studio, After Hours in Los Angeles.
Sardina who was recenlty interviewed by Audio Technica endorses the fame mics and also enjoys Apogee, Manley, DUY , JBL and Avalon products.

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