Friday, June 13, 2014

AS CREATIVE AWARDS TAXONOMY WEEK CONTINUES:  Among the changes for next year's Grammy Awards:

  • Songs with "samples or interpolations of previously written songs" now eligible in all songwriting categories, not just rap.
  • "Dance/Electronica" awards are now "Dance/Electronic" 
  • This one, I've just got to include verbatim, because I have no idea what they're trying to accomplish:

"A more formal, official guideline for the Alternative Music Field has been established. The new guideline states that the Best Alternative Music Album category is intended for recordings that take as a starting point any existing musical genre or combination of genres, and expand and redefine the boundaries of those genres. Though there may be considerable overlap with the Alternative radio format, this category is not intended to mirror it. 
"Previously, this category was intended for recordings of a nontraditional form that exist (at least initially) outside of the mainstream music consciousness. Its avant-garde approach may utilize new technology or new production techniques and contain elements of rock, pop, dance, folk or even classical music styles. 
"Though the difference between the two may not appear to be particularly dramatic or significant, the new definition is more inclusive and foregoes references to any other particular genre, as well as clarifies the category's relationship to the radio format."
Trivia: it looks like only two women have ever received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album  since its inception in 1991, whether as an individual artist or as part of a group. Name 'em.

17 comments:

  1. ...and you can tell everybody...that this song is now eligible.

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  2. My guess was Tori Amos and Kim Gordon. Neither is correct.

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  3. Had to look up who won Best Alternative Album winners... and that's not who I would have guessed. I thought there was a chance PJ Harvey had won, but she hasn't won ANY Grammys, and now I'm annoyed about that.

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  4. My without looking guesses, D'Arcy and Hayley Williams.

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  5. Strike 1 and strike 2.

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  6. Good guesses, though. Especially D'Arcy.

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  7. lisased1:18 PM

    Laurie Anderson?

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  8. Sophietje2:10 PM

    I'm going to guess No Doubt and Hole. They are/were alternative, right? But in a just world, it would be Fiona Apple and PJ Harvey.

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  9. Sophietje2:11 PM

    wow. I was wrong!!!

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  10. victoria2:27 PM

    Without looking, Gwen Stefani (probably as part of No Doubt) and Sarah McLachlan.

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  11. victoria2:28 PM

    Nope. That's an excellent trivia question!

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  12. bristlesage2:30 PM

    I'm pretty sure one of them is Meg White. And I'm pretty sure Post didn't win, but I'll say Bjork anyway.

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  13. The Pathetic Earthling3:50 PM

    I know squat about alternative music, but I was actually able to guess one (and, in fact, the first winner). But even reading the list I don't see who the second one is.

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  14. Meg White, as half of the White Stripes.

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  15. I would guess Kim Deal and Alanis.

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  16. In thinking, I suspect part of this is a response to last year's argument about the proper category for Macklemore/Ryan Lewis. Allegedly, the "rap field" people said "that's pop, and shouldn't be nominated as rap," and the administrators overruled.

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