New York NY | April 11th, 2011
Attended Grammy Seminar 101. Theme of the seminar outlined consolidation of diverse music fields into simpler areas. Grammy CEO Neil Portnow opened the meeting and turned it over to Awards President Bill Freimuth.
Reason for reducing awards diversity: it's unfair for someone to win a Grammy is a field of 30 entries (ex: alternative Urban R&B) vs another of 700 entires (ex: rock).
Changes include deleting separate male | female rock | country fields and in their place have rock performance (male | female) and Country Solo Performance (male| female). No more rock instrumental. Country instrumental. Contemporary | Traditional blues are merged into Blues. No more Latin Jazz.
After a long line of members politely vocied their objection to these changes, CEO Neil Portnow declared it's time fopr Grammy Members to get involved in Grammy Commmittees. The Grammys will let members use their facilities to discus and plan changes to make the Awards Pprocess more in line with Grammy Member expectations.
Bottom Line: It's important to get the word out to Grammy Voting members about your music - to get attention | awareness | and votes!!
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