“While the music industry is doing everything they possibly can to go out of business, can we all make sure to rid ourselves of the Grammys, too? Out of touch old men jacking each other off. ENOUGH!”
Those are the words of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.
I know how he feels. I was a member of NARAS, now known as the Recording Academy, the organization which does the Grammys, for about ten years, before getting sick of how slow they were to move on new things such as technology and the changing face of the music business.
And it did seem like an old man's gig, with people like Michael Greene running the show. He pissed off Rudy Giliani so much that the Grammy Awards were BANNED from New York. And there were multiple sexual harassment allegations on him, including one by former executive Jill Marie Geimer, in which NARAS trustees voted to pay out $650,000.00 in order to settle.
But the organization does seem to be changing, even if it's slow. Michael Greene was forced to resign in 2002 and new leadership is in place. For more info on what they offer now, visit Grammy.com.
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