Whats more pathetic than music awards? - Harmony Central Musician Community Forums

ChromaLord · 11-30-2008, 04:13 PM

I've been a full voting member of the Grammy's for over a decade and I always give my ballot to a friend.I couldn't vote in good faith for anything that gets nominated and believe me when I tell you, it's totally rigged.

But more than this we have the American Music Awards,The Country Music Awards (which seems strange seeing how modern Country is actually pop), MTV Awards and others, all which perpetuate a fraud. IMHO there should only be two awards shows: one for only technical achievements(voted on strictly by qualified NARAS members) and the other for publicly voted- for "entertainers". These popularity contests are just that, a contest to shamelessly self-congratulate each other for how much money their act made that year cloaked under the auspice of "outstanding musical achievement". Few acts actually possess music abilities which are noteworthy and worth some sort of recognition by their piers but certainly its a very low percentage and certainly doesn't merit the the national TV time and credibility it receives.
I have not viewed any music awards show in about a decade. The last I saw was so embarrassing, it maid me feel uncomfortable watching to see not only how bad the performers/songs were but how self righteous they were about it and how the audience, primarily full of industry insiders, were so fanatic about their support.
The Grammy's should have categories like: Best Entertainment Lawyer, Best Return on Promotional Investment Ratio,Major Label Most Vended by Walmart, Most Effective Ad-Revenue Campaign With Clear Channel, Quickest Mass-Market Radio Saturation Campaign, Best ProTools Band. Best Use of Vocal Pitch Correction, Myspace Band With The Most Views. etc

GЯДИКФЯ · 11-30-2008, 04:39 PM

TV awards

ChromaLord · 11-30-2008, 04:49 PM

I agree there are way too many awards in the acting profession, but you cant fake good/bad: acting, direction, script writing etc. I'm not saying the best pic/best actors nods are always accurate, but I've never heard a director or actor get up on stage and thank God about how good they think they are.
At least they (the Oscars) dedicate a whole separate night to technical awards, and honor foreign works and works of small budgets, unpopular formats, and documentaries. The music awards shows, by comparison, offer nothing so altruistic.(ok, except for best Polka album, that they play up as in industry joke)

Ye Olde butterz · 11-30-2008, 04:51 PM

award shows should have an award show

iago · 11-30-2008, 04:52 PM

Agreed. The problem is how many CD's are released per year in all genres? More than 1,000? There's no way any voting members can be knowledgeable enough to make informed choices.

By comparison, the number of movies released per year is far less and voters can presumably make informed choices.

King of Shrink · 11-30-2008, 04:53 PM

Indeed. I haven't watched the Grammies ever, and the VMA's? Not in years.

King of Shrink · 11-30-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iago

Agreed. The problem is how many CD's are released per year in all genres? More than 1,000? There's no way any voting members can be knowledgeable enough to make informed choices.

By comparison, the number of movies released per year is far less and voters can presumably make informed choices.

I'm sure if you take every random little band and director into accounts, there are thousands and thousands and thousands of music/film released every year.

ulankfan · 11-30-2008, 05:46 PM

Telling folks you are a voting member.

El Cruncho · 11-30-2008, 06:16 PM

My imaginary band always snubs the imaginary grammys we win.

We have integrity.

Philanderer · 11-30-2008, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Cruncho

My imaginary band always snubs the imaginary grammys we win.

We have integrity.

You guys are so indie

.

Dr. Nick Riviera · 11-30-2008, 06:52 PM

It's gonna be all about Guns n' Roses this year...

Which means the suckage will be amplified by 10...

butterknucket · 11-30-2008, 07:05 PM

The MTV Teen Choice Awards

11-30-2008, 04:13 PM	#1
ChromaLord Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 3,620	Whats more pathetic than music awards? I've been a full voting member of the Grammy's for over a decade and I always give my ballot to a friend.I couldn't vote in good faith for anything that gets nominated and believe me when I tell you, it's totally rigged. But more than this we have the American Music Awards,The Country Music Awards (which seems strange seeing how modern Country is actually pop), MTV Awards and others, all which perpetuate a fraud. IMHO there should only be two awards shows: one for only technical achievements(voted on strictly by qualified NARAS members) and the other for publicly voted- for "entertainers". These popularity contests are just that, a contest to shamelessly self-congratulate each other for how much money their act made that year cloaked under the auspice of "outstanding musical achievement". Few acts actually possess music abilities which are noteworthy and worth some sort of recognition by their piers but certainly its a very low percentage and certainly doesn't merit the the national TV time and credibility it receives. I have not viewed any music awards show in about a decade. The last I saw was so embarrassing, it maid me feel uncomfortable watching to see not only how bad the performers/songs were but how self righteous they were about it and how the audience, primarily full of industry insiders, were so fanatic about their support. The Grammy's should have categories like: Best Entertainment Lawyer, Best Return on Promotional Investment Ratio,Major Label Most Vended by Walmart, Most Effective Ad-Revenue Campaign With Clear Channel, Quickest Mass-Market Radio Saturation Campaign, Best ProTools Band. Best Use of Vocal Pitch Correction, Myspace Band With The Most Views. etc

11-30-2008, 04:53 PM	#6
King of Shrink Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Eureeka's Castle Posts: 16,853	Indeed. I haven't watched the Grammies ever, and the VMA's? Not in years. __________________ ▲

11-30-2008, 05:46 PM	#8
ulankfan Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 9,276	Telling folks you are a voting member. __________________ Our principal constraints are cultural. During the last two centuries we have known nothing but exponential growth and in parallel we have evolved what amounts to an exponential-growth culture, a culture so heavily dependent upon the continuance of exponential growth for its stability that it is incapable of reckoning with problems of nongrowth.

11-30-2008, 06:16 PM	#9
El Cruncho Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Crunchy Town Posts: 13,675	My imaginary band always snubs the imaginary grammys we win. We have integrity. __________________ FREE TEH SBF3K! FREE TEH FORK! FREE BEER! Support ugly musicians. Kancho!

11-30-2008, 06:52 PM	#11
Dr. Nick Riviera Hi! Everybody Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ike'in a Ho!! Posts: 30,185	It's gonna be all about Guns n' Roses this year... Which means the suckage will be amplified by 10... __________________ I KEED!!!

11-30-2008, 04:49 PM	#3
ChromaLord Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 3,620	I agree there are way too many awards in the acting profession, but you cant fake good/bad: acting, direction, script writing etc. I'm not saying the best pic/best actors nods are always accurate, but I've never heard a director or actor get up on stage and thank God about how good they think they are. At least they (the Oscars) dedicate a whole separate night to technical awards, and honor foreign works and works of small budgets, unpopular formats, and documentaries. The music awards shows, by comparison, offer nothing so altruistic.(ok, except for best Polka album, that they play up as in industry joke)

11-30-2008, 04:52 PM	#5
iago Mr. Irrelevant Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,721	Agreed. The problem is how many CD's are released per year in all genres? More than 1,000? There's no way any voting members can be knowledgeable enough to make informed choices. By comparison, the number of movies released per year is far less and voters can presumably make informed choices.

11-30-2008, 07:05 PM	#12
butterknucket Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Location! Location! Location! Location! Location! Location! Location! Location! Posts: 18,819	The MTV Teen Choice Awards __________________ (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

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