[Dixielandjazz] Grammys

[Richard Broadie]

I've been a member of NARAS for quite some time.  Anyone want to pay me $50
for me to vote for them?   :-)  This year I threw my ballot in the trash, a
term that seemed to correspond IMHO with most of this year's nominees.

Dick Broadie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Mopsick" <mophandl at landing.com>
To: "Rob McCallum" <rakmccallum at hotmail.com>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Jim Cullum Band and Grammys


>
>
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > What does NARAS stand for?
>
> National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
>
> see http://grammy.aol.com/academy/
>
> mopo
>
>
> >
> > All the best,
> > Rob McCallum
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Don Mopsick <mophandl at landing.com>
> > To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:06 PM
> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jim Cullum Band and Grammys
> >
> >
> > > Steve Barbone writes:
> > >
> > > "Listen to Jim Cullum, whose band plays a little different book and
> whose
> > > members make a living at it. Isn't he playing OKOM? Of course he is."
> > >
> > > Thanks for the plug. Seriously, the JCJB has been on the air for 13
> years,
> > > is heard weekly by about 1 million people over 150 public radio
staions,
> > and
> > > 30,000 read the monthly newsletter, Jazz Me News. So, we're not
exactly
> > > unknown, but have never been Grammy-nominated.
> > >
> > > In order to nominate, you must be a member of NARAS, which costs $50 a
> > year.
> > > I have first-hand experience of someone who shall remain nameless who
> paid
> > a
> > > bunch of guys $50 to join NARAS, so they could nominate and vote for
his
> > > album, which then won a Grammy that year!
> > >
> > > I point this out to show you how utterly bogus the Grammy Award is.
> Still,
> > > it would be nice to get one, so I could impress those who don't know
> that.
> > >
> > > If someone did that paid-nomination thing for us, I would much prefer
to
> > be
> > > nominated (and win) in the general jazz category, because to me "jazz"
> is
> > > the most accurate word there is to describe the music of the JCJB, and
> > > musically speaking, classic jazz in general can certainly hold its own
> > > against any other flavor of jazz.
> > >
> > > The endurance of Riverwalk on radio is proof that there is a market
for
> > > classic jazz. No one in the band ever thought we would last this long.
> Let
> > > us give thanks.
> > >
> > > mopo
> > >
> > >
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