Mix (in stereo, at least) sounds perfect right off the bat. They haven't given us anything to bitch about.
Now what?
Now what?
Obligatory Grammy audio complaint thread
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SPOILER!!
t-minus 2 hrs until air time out here in the West!
SPOILER!!
t-minus 2 hrs until air time out here in the West!
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Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to ruin it for you. ^_^
Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to ruin it for you. ^_^
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There were some great mixes and some very different mixes ... and why did Dylan make me feel uncomfortable?
There were some great mixes and some very different mixes ... and why did Dylan make me feel uncomfortable?
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Like the fact that they don't broadcast the jazz awards. So I boycotted them Grammies, along with all the rest of my jazz playing brethren.
Like the fact that they don't broadcast the jazz awards. So I boycotted them Grammies, along with all the rest of my jazz playing brethren.
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FWIW they (the Cossette company) who produce the show for television have decided that, for the sake of ratings, it's better to have a lot of multi "artist" special performances rather than hand out a lot of awards on the air. This year I think they only handed out about 10 to 12 Grammys on the "big show".
Everything else, including a lot of categories that used to be given out on the network broadcast was announced at the pre show which is only available on line.
I think that the current leadership of the Recording Academy feels that the broadcast is now mostly "face time" and the better the ratings the more $ they get to fund all of the actually good things they do throughout the country the rest of the year.
I've been a voting NARAS member since the 1980s and the changes in that time have been massive. I actually served three terms on the SF Chapter Board of Governors and the reports we got back from our representative on the broadcast committee were, even then, pretty discouraging. At least then the battle lost was that Kenny G got to be the "jazz" representative on the show instead of Oscar Peterson. Now everyone I care about who's nominate gets to go and sit in the arena while the spectacle unfolds but the REAL awards show goes on earlier in the afternoon and unseen by the general public.
FWIW they (the Cossette company) who produce the show for television have decided that, for the sake of ratings, it's better to have a lot of multi "artist" special performances rather than hand out a lot of awards on the air. This year I think they only handed out about 10 to 12 Grammys on the "big show".
Everything else, including a lot of categories that used to be given out on the network broadcast was announced at the pre show which is only available on line.
I think that the current leadership of the Recording Academy feels that the broadcast is now mostly "face time" and the better the ratings the more $ they get to fund all of the actually good things they do throughout the country the rest of the year.
I've been a voting NARAS member since the 1980s and the changes in that time have been massive. I actually served three terms on the SF Chapter Board of Governors and the reports we got back from our representative on the broadcast committee were, even then, pretty discouraging. At least then the battle lost was that Kenny G got to be the "jazz" representative on the show instead of Oscar Peterson. Now everyone I care about who's nominate gets to go and sit in the arena while the spectacle unfolds but the REAL awards show goes on earlier in the afternoon and unseen by the general public.
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I'm with Lee. The awards "we are about" are on before the TV stuff ever happens. It isn't important enough for TV viewers but if we had our own program it would be a big deal. But... that is allways part of being the tech. Get over that... you learn that on the second day.
I'm with Lee. The awards "we are about" are on before the TV stuff ever happens. It isn't important enough for TV viewers but if we had our own program it would be a big deal. But... that is allways part of being the tech. Get over that... you learn that on the second day.
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Hello Lee,
I think you are mistaken. The Producer of the Grammy Awards Show was Ken Ehrlich of AEG/Ehrlich Productions, LLC. Ken has, as far back as I recall, been the Producer of the Award Show. Ken sold/mergered his Ehrlich Productions with AEG a few years back.
Cossette, I believe, handled some of the PR work, Advertising, and Ballot collection.
Cheers,
Hammer
Hello Lee,
I think you are mistaken. The Producer of the Grammy Awards Show was Ken Ehrlich of AEG/Ehrlich Productions, LLC. Ken has, as far back as I recall, been the Producer of the Award Show. Ken sold/mergered his Ehrlich Productions with AEG a few years back.
Cossette, I believe, handled some of the PR work, Advertising, and Ballot collection.
Cheers,
Hammer
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Charlie, you are right that Ken Ehrlich is the Executive Producer of the show. Even though I may have the titles incorrect I do remember that the Cossettes, Pere et Fil, were, during my tenure at a Governor anyway, the ones who were always pushing for "more glitz and big names" on the broadcast while those of us in the local chapters were lobbying for more representation of jazz, folk, classical and other non pop music in the talent mix.
My point remains that, as the largest single income source for NARAS, the Grammy telecast and the committee that makes those decisions is under a lot of pressure from many sides and factions. Most of what some people in the "less commercial" fields of music don't like about the broadcast is the result of the "go for the biggest possible general audience" programming.
Ballot collection is done directly by the Academy's accounting firm, Delloitte and Touche.
Charlie, you are right that Ken Ehrlich is the Executive Producer of the show. Even though I may have the titles incorrect I do remember that the Cossettes, Pere et Fil, were, during my tenure at a Governor anyway, the ones who were always pushing for "more glitz and big names" on the broadcast while those of us in the local chapters were lobbying for more representation of jazz, folk, classical and other non pop music in the talent mix.
My point remains that, as the largest single income source for NARAS, the Grammy telecast and the committee that makes those decisions is under a lot of pressure from many sides and factions. Most of what some people in the "less commercial" fields of music don't like about the broadcast is the result of the "go for the biggest possible general audience" programming.
Ballot collection is done directly by the Academy's accounting firm, Delloitte and Touche.