BMA winners

[Bruce Bears]

Yeah... There are lots of great musicians who don't have a killer show
business instinct or nose for marketing (some who are actually successful in
spite of it... and probably the best ones to be real... i.e. the ones who
play because that's who they are, not just because it's what they do). Out
of curiosity (and because I played on a recording that was nominated and got
a deal on tickets) I went to the Grammy's in 2010 and was amazed to listen
as Roberta Flack announced winner after winner in the classical categories
without anyone coming up to accept their awards. Eventually she got so
frustrated she asked if there were any classical nominees who WERE going to
come up?! Being above it all may be the mark of a "real" artist, but it
certainly does that artist's career and the genre the represent no favors. I
think there are many great artists who don't get nominated for the BMAs
simply because they (or their management if they have it) don't try to be.
Not really an excuse for the quality of the nominees who are, or a criticism
of those who aren't, or vice versa... just an observation.
Bruce B

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonny Meister
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:32 PM
To: BLUES-L@LISTSERV.NETHELPS.COM
Subject: Re: BMA winners

Actually I think a good number of nominees for various awards had no
new recording or no particular special event in the past year, and
some weren't even that active. The BMA probably has some marketing
value, but not all that much, in part because it sometimes shows what
one wouldn't want to show... lack of qualified nominees, or same ones
year after year, winners and nominees not present for it, a DVD
nominated that isn't really officially issued, etc.  I have to admit
being less than satisfied with the slate of nominees this year as
well. I couldn't vote for any of my top picks for best contemporary album:

Bobby Rush  "Show You A Good Time"
Cedric Burnside Project  "The Way I Am"
Diunna Greenleaf  "Trying To Hold On
Grana Louise  "Getting' Kinda Rough!"
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne  "An Old Rock On A Roll"
Laurie Morvan Band  "Breathe Deep"
Quintus McCormick Blues Band  "Put It On Me!"
Nellie "Tiger" Travis  "I'm Going Out Tonight"
Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan  "Okiesippi Blues"

It would help a lot if it could be televised, even if only on the
'net, but it's clearly a struggle.

At 07:00 PM 5/16/2012, Bruce Bears wrote:
>Absolutely... Still, I think there is a clear use of the BMAs as a
>marketing
>tool to support acts that have recorded during the year

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