Friday, May 27, 2011
Musician Coalition Continues to Protest Grammy Category Changes
Nekesa Mumbi Moody of the Associated Press is reporting that a coalition of musicians is demanding that the Recording Academy restore more than 30 categories cut from the Grammy Awards, alleging that the reductions unfairly target ethnic music and were done without the input of its thousands of members. A protest was planned Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif., at an academy board meeting.
It is part of a campaign by those upset by last month's decision to reduce the Grammy fields, which this year totaled 109, to 78. The academy announced the changes April 6; the move came after a more-than-yearlong examination of the awards structure, the first in the Grammys' 50-plus-year history.
Grammy President and CEO Neil Portnow said at the time that the changes would make the Grammys more competitive, and the awards more coveted. He also said that the changes would be in effect for the 2012 Grammys. He urged dissenters to work with the academy, which would examine the effect of the changes for the 2013 awards. Protesters are calling for Portnow's resignation after he said that the changes were set in stone, when in fact there is an opportunity for the changes to be reversed.
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