03-10-2011, 12:13
Great post, Evil !...thanks for this !
I guess in the end my one beef is that the "music award" shows (which I don't pay attention to much anyway) always for the most part honour or recognise the "most popular" or commercially successful artist. The one exception last year was when Esperanza Spalding came out of the blue to win the Grammy's best new artist !!!!
Having said that, I think that the creation of a new category for the Junos (Canadian music awards) is a long time coming but by tagging "hard rock" with it it opens up the possibility of a hard rock band to win the Heavy Metal category !
Hard rock is more commercially successful and accessible to the public ! The categories should be separated !
I guess in the end my one beef is that the "music award" shows (which I don't pay attention to much anyway) always for the most part honour or recognise the "most popular" or commercially successful artist. The one exception last year was when Esperanza Spalding came out of the blue to win the Grammy's best new artist !!!!
Having said that, I think that the creation of a new category for the Junos (Canadian music awards) is a long time coming but by tagging "hard rock" with it it opens up the possibility of a hard rock band to win the Heavy Metal category !
Hard rock is more commercially successful and accessible to the public ! The categories should be separated !
evilB Wrote:I find it funny that my point accepted and to some degree agreed with the "way too many-genres" argument. For those who do not care because let's face it, it is rather unimportant to worry about the label given.
I certainly do not sweat the "get real' posts as there is a good reason to chuckle at the genre creating mindset - if you cannot laugh at yourself you need to figure out what's not right in your world and fix it so you can be happier. Can I seriously distinguish between "hard-core" and "metal-core"? On most days I'll have great reasons for my labels on a bad day I'll put up my hands and say "enough".
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
