Ted Mason (London, England), better known by his stage name T. Mason, is a British Nicaraguan musician and producer. He was a former member, manager and producer of the British band Modern English. He is currently a member of the British American duo McGovern & Mason, with Elizabeth McGovern. Biography Ted Mason is a former member of the multiplatinum British rock/pop band Modern English, former journalist for the British newspaper the Guardian UK and an EMMY nominated film producer. The band has sold over 8 million records in the United States with hit songs such as Melt with you, Hands Across the Sea, Ricochet Days, 16 Days, After the Snow, and I Can't Breath. He is a producer, composer (composing and producing the music for the Academy Award- winning HBO doc “Prudence’s Song”) as well as a lead guitarist, Classical/Flamenco/Bebop guitarist, singer, songwriter and he is President of his own Record Label Mi5 Recordings, financed distributed by Universal Music Group. As a producer, Mason has worked some of the most successful artists in music and in every genre from Rock, Soul, Hip Hop, Classical, World Music to Rai Music. Mason has worked with various musicians as a musician, producer, and label rep: AKON, Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Pharrell Williams, Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, Cheb Khaled, Rachid Taha, Gang Starr, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldof, the Verve, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, DJ Khaled, Youssou N’dour, Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Grey, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel, Common, Too Short, Ringo Starr, Timmy Allen, Wyclef Jean, Jesus Jones, Mercan Dede, Salif Keita, Infamous Mobb, Wu-Tang, Ali Campbell (UB40), Shaggy, Prodigy (Mobb Deep), The Prodigy (Mi5 UK), Donna Summer, Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Diblo Dibala, Lokua Kansa, Mathematics, Fishbone, Defari, Lucky Diop, Gang Starr, Betty Carter, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Juan Carmona, and Paco de Lucia. Mason handles all aspects in the music industry in regards to the label Mi5 Recordings which include, financial projections for releases, management, Artists Development, Radio program financials and implementation for releases both for Mi5 Recordings and Universal Music Group, royalty management, legal management, contractual development and implementation, production and artist's composition. In film Production, Mason handles financial projection and budgets, artist procurement, live production (which include live Times Square productions of Volvo for Life Awards, with responsibilities of full music production and artist procurement, full backline and