Grammy Nominations

Just my personal thoughts:

1) Snubbed for Best Album: Barry Manilow's 'At the Mayflower'. This CD truly has well-written, well-produced, well-arranged and superbly performed songs. This was Barry's best album in 20 years and its internet and store sales proved this.

2) Nominating Eminem for 'Album of the Year' is absurd. How can a 'rap' album possibly be album of the year. I'm really not anti-rap (I like Eminem), but musically one has to wonder what the Grammy voters are thinking.

Cantor Scott (www.CantorScott.com)

Here are the nominations:

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. Final Nominations List 45th Annual GRAMMY® Awards (For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002 Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category are as a result of ties) General Field Category 1 - Record Of The Year (Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.) • A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton Ron Fair, producer; Tal Herzberg, Jack Joseph Puig & Michael C. Ross, engineers/mixers Track from: Be Not Nobody [A&M Records] • Without Me Eminem Jeff Bass & Eminem, producers; Steve King, engineer/mixer Track from: The Eminem Show [Aftermath/Interscope Records] • Don't Know Why Norah Jones Norah Jones, Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, producers; Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, engineers/mixers Track from: Come Away With Me [Blue Note Records] • Dilemma Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland Bam & Ryan Bowser, producers; Brian Garten, engineer/mixer Track from: Nellyville [Universal Records] • How You Remind Me Nickelback Nickelback & Rick Parashar, producers; Joey Moi & Randy Staub, engineers/mixers Track from: Silver Side Up [Roadrunner Records] General Field Category 2 - Album Of The Year (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.) • Home Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks & Lloyd Maines, producers; Gary Paczosa, engineer/mixer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records] • The Eminem Show Eminem Jeff Bass, Dr. Dre, Eminem & Denaun Porter, producers; Steve Baughman, Mauricio 'Veto' Iragorri & Steve King, engineers/mixers; Brian 'Big Bass' Gardner, mastering engineer [Aftermath/Interscope Records] • Come Away With Me Norah Jones Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland & Craig Street, producers; Husky Huskolds, Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer [Blue Note Records] • Nellyville Nelly Jason 'Jay E' Epperson, Just Blaze, The Neptunes, The Trackboyz & Waiel 'Wally' Yaghnam, producers; Steve Eigner, Brian Garten, Russ Giraud, Gimel 'Young Guru' Keaton, Greg Morgenstein, Matt Still & Rich Travali, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer [Universal Records] • The Rising Bruce Springsteen Brendan O'Brien, producer; Nick Didia & Brendan O'Brien, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer [Columbia Records Group] General Field Category 3 - Song Of The Year (A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.) • Complicated Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters (Avril Lavigne) Track from: Let Go [Arista Records; Publisher: Avril Lavigne Publishing] • Don't Know Why Jesse Harris, songwriter (Norah Jones) Track from: Come Away With Me [Blue Note Records; Publishers: Beanly Songs, Sony/ATV Music Pub.] • The Rising Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) Track from: The Rising [Columbia Records Group; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen] • A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton, songwriter (Vanessa Carlton) Track from: Be Not Nobody [A&M Records; Publishers: Rosasharn Publishing, Universal Music] • Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson) Track from: Drive [Arista Records Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Tri-Angels Music] General Field Category 4 - Best New Artist (For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.) • Ashanti • Michelle Branch • Norah Jones • Avril Lavigne • John Mayer Field 1 - Pop Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) • Soak Up The Sun Sheryl Crow Track from: C'mon, C'mon [A&M Records] • Don't Know Why Norah Jones Track from: Come Away With Me [Blue Note Records] • Complicated Avril Lavigne Track from: Let Go [Arista Records] • Get The Party Started Pink Track from: Missundaztood [Arista Records] • Overprotected Britney Spears Track from: Britney [Jive Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 6 - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) • 7 Days Craig David Track from: Born To Do It [Wildstar Records/Atlantic Records] • Original Sin Elton John Track from: Songs From The West Coast [Rocket/Universal Records] • Your Body Is A Wonderland John Mayer Track from: Room For Squares [Aware Records/Columbia Records] • Fragile Sting Track from: ...All This Time [A&M Records] • October Road James Taylor Track from: October Road [Columbia Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) • Everyday Bon Jovi Track from: Bounce [Island/Def Jam] • Girl All The Bad Guys Want Bowling For Soup Track from: Drunk Enough To Dance [Jive Records] • Where Are You Going Dave Matthews Band Track from: Busted Stuff [RCA Records] • Hey Baby No Doubt Track from: Rock Steady [Interscope Records] • Girlfriend *NSYNC Track from: Celebrity [Jive Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 8 - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.) • Dirrty Christina Aguilera Featuring Redman [RCA Records] • Christmas Song India.Arie & Stevie Wonder Track from: Voyage To India [Motown Records] • What A Wonderful World Tony Bennett & kd lang Track from: A Wonderful World [RPM Records/Columbia Records] • Better Than Anything Natalie Cole & Diana Krall Track from: Ask A Woman Who Knows (Natalie Cole) [Verve Records] • It's So Easy Sheryl Crow & Don Henley Track from: C'mon, C'mon (Sheryl Crow) [A&M Records] • The Game Of Love Santana & Michelle Branch Track from: Shaman (Santana) [Arista Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) • Auld Lang Syne B.B. King Track from: A Christmas Celebration Of Hope [MCA Records] • Blackbird Dave Koz & Jeff Koz Track from: Golden Slumbers A Father's Lullaby (Various Artists) [Warner Brothers Records] • As It Is Pat Metheny Group Track from: Speaking Of Now [Warner Bros. Records] • 18 Moby Track from: 18 [V2 Records] • Playing With Fire Kirk Whalum Track from: Unconditional [Warner Brothers Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) • Just Chillin' Norman Brown [Warner Brothers Records] • Paradise Kenny G [Arista Records] • Ride Boney James [Warner Brothers Records] • The Power Of Love John Tesh [Garden City Music] • The Christmas Message Kirk Whalum [Warner Brothers Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) • Come Away With Me Norah Jones [Blue Note Records] • Let Go Avril Lavigne [Arista Records] • Rock Steady No Doubt [Interscope Records] • Missundaztood Pink [Arista Records] • Britney Britney Spears [Jive Records] Field 2 - Dance Category 12 - Best Dance Recording (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.) • Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield Daniel Bedingfield & Al Stone, producers; John Davis, mixer Track from: Gotta Get Thru This [Island/Def Jam] • Days Go By Dirty Vegas Ben Harris, Paul Harris & Steve Smith, producers Track from: Dirty Vegas [Capitol Records] • Superstylin' Groove Armada Groove Armada, producers; Dave Pemberton, mixer Track from: Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) [Jive Electro Records] • Love At First Sight Kylie Minogue Julian Gallagher & Richard 'Biff' Stannard, producers; Ash Howes, mixer Track from: Fever [Capitol Records] • Hella Good No Doubt Nellee Hooper & No Doubt, producers; Mark 'Spike' Stent, mixer Track from: Rock Steady [Interscope Records] Field 3 - Traditional Pop Category 13 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) • Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues Tony Bennett [Columbia/RPM Records] • Michael Feinstein With The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Feinstein [Concord Records] • Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein Bernadette Peters [Angel Records] • It Had To Be You...The Great American Songbook Rod Stewart [J Records] • Christmas Memories Barbra Streisand [Columbia Records Group] Field 4 - Rock Category 14 - Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) • Steve McQueen Sheryl Crow Track from: C'mon, C'mon [A&M Records] • The Weakness In Me Melissa Etheridge [Island Records] • Sk8er Boi Avril Lavigne Track from: Let Go [Arista Records] • Gnawin' On It Bonnie Raitt Track from: Silver Lining [Capitol Records]

Just my personal thoughts:

1) Snubbed for Best Album: Barry Manilow's 'At the Mayflower'. This CD truly has well-written, well-produced, well-arranged and superbly performed songs. This was Barry's best album in 20 years and its internet and store sales proved this.

2) Nominating Eminem for 'Album of the Year' is absurd. How can a 'rap' album possibly be album of the year. I'm really not anti-rap (I like Eminem), but musically one has to wonder what the Grammy voters are thinking.

Who knows, but looking up the definition of Grammys I found this (below) and it says FA about musical merit, that's if you even consider Eminem devoid of it in the first place, which is debatable. I'm thinking that possibly your admiration of Bazzer outweighs other considerations.

Anyway, more importantly where am I in the nominations? I've got my soundclick site up and running what the hell else do I have to do ffs?! Might as well give up.

I agree that the Grammy definition of 'Best Album' says nothing about musical merit, but shouldn't that be inferred? Why would a recording win a Grammy that lacked musical 'splendor'

I'm not an advocate of rap, but who makes the decision as to 'well-written' 'creative melodies' and 'superb lyrics'....you?

We all know that music is a very subjective thing...the popularity and commercial success of an artist or a song has a lot to do with the chances of a nomination, even if you or I disagree with that choice.

There's ALWAYS somebody that thinks the most recent nominations are absurd...every year.

And those are just my thoughts

Ya mean like Milli Vanilli?

Jay Seeley

Barry Manilow?

Are you on drugs?

Ain't doubting the man's talent...but a grammy nomination?

Just my personal thoughts:

1) Snubbed for Best Album: Barry Manilow's 'At the Mayflower'. This CD truly has well-written, well-produced, well-arranged and superbly performed songs. This was Barry's best album in 20 years and its internet and store sales proved this.

2) Nominating Eminem for 'Album of the Year' is absurd. How can a 'rap' album possibly be album of the year. I'm really not anti-rap (I like Eminem), but musically one has to wonder what the Grammy voters are thinking.

Cantor Scott (www.CantorScott.com)

Here are the nominations:

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. Final Nominations List 45th Annual GRAMMY® Awards (For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002 Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category are as a result of ties) General Field Category 1 - Record Of The Year (Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.) . A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton Ron Fair, producer; Tal Herzberg, Jack Joseph Puig & Michael C. Ross, engineers/mixers Track from: Be Not Nobody [A&M Records] . Without Me Eminem Jeff Bass & Eminem, producers; Steve King, engineer/mixer Track from: The Eminem Show [Aftermath/Interscope Records] . Don't Know Why Norah Jones Norah Jones, Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, producers; Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, engineers/mixers Track from: Come Away With Me [Blue Note Records] . Dilemma Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland Bam & Ryan Bowser, producers; Brian Garten, engineer/mixer Track from: Nellyville [Universal Records] . How You Remind Me Nickelback Nickelback & Rick Parashar, producers; Joey Moi & Randy Staub, engineers/mixers Track from: Silver Side Up [Roadrunner Records] General Field Category 2 - Album Of The Year (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.) . Home Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks & Lloyd Maines, producers; Gary Paczosa, engineer/mixer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records] . The Eminem Show Eminem Jeff Bass, Dr. Dre, Eminem & Denaun Porter, producers; Steve Baughman, Mauricio 'Veto' Iragorri & Steve King, engineers/mixers; Brian 'Big Bass' Gardner, mastering engineer [Aftermath/Interscope Records] . Come Away With Me Norah Jones Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland & Craig Street, producers; Husky Huskolds, Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer [Blue Note Records] . Nellyville Nelly Jason 'Jay E' Epperson, Just Blaze, The Neptunes, The Trackboyz & Waiel 'Wally' Yaghnam, producers; Steve Eigner, Brian Garten, Russ Giraud, Gimel 'Young Guru' Keaton, Greg Morgenstein, Matt Still & Rich Travali, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer [Universal Records] . The Rising Bruce Springsteen Brendan O'Brien, producer; Nick Didia & Brendan O'Brien, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer [Columbia Records Group] General Field Category 3 - Song Of The Year (A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.) . Complicated Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters (Avril Lavigne) Track from: Let Go [Arista Records; Publisher: Avril Lavigne Publishing] . Don't Know Why Jesse Harris, songwriter (Norah Jones) Track from: Come Away With Me [Blue Note Records; Publishers: Beanly Songs, Sony/ATV Music Pub.] . The Rising Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) Track from: The Rising [Columbia Records Group; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen] . A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton, songwriter (Vanessa Carlton) Track from: Be Not Nobody [A&M Records; Publishers: Rosasharn Publishing, Universal Music] . Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson) Track from: Drive [Arista Records Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Tri-Angels Music] General Field Category 4 - Best New Artist (For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.) . Ashanti . Michelle Branch . Norah Jones . Avril Lavigne . John Mayer Field 1 - Pop Category 5 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) . Soak Up The Sun Sheryl Crow Track from: C'mon, C'mon [A&M Records] . Don't Know Why Norah Jones Track from: Come Away With Me [Blue Note Records] . Complicated Avril Lavigne Track from: Let Go [Arista Records] . Get The Party Started Pink Track from: Missundaztood [Arista Records] . Overprotected Britney Spears Track from: Britney [Jive Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 6 - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) . 7 Days Craig David Track from: Born To Do It [Wildstar Records/Atlantic Records] . Original Sin Elton John Track from: Songs From The West Coast [Rocket/Universal Records] . Your Body Is A Wonderland John Mayer Track from: Room For Squares [Aware Records/Columbia Records] . Fragile Sting Track from: ...All This Time [A&M Records] . October Road James Taylor Track from: October Road [Columbia Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) . Everyday Bon Jovi Track from: Bounce [Island/Def Jam] . Girl All The Bad Guys Want Bowling For Soup Track from: Drunk Enough To Dance [Jive Records] . Where Are You Going Dave Matthews Band Track from: Busted Stuff [RCA Records] . Hey Baby No Doubt Track from: Rock Steady [Interscope Records] . Girlfriend *NSYNC Track from: Celebrity [Jive Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 8 - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.) . Dirrty Christina Aguilera Featuring Redman [RCA Records] . Christmas Song India.Arie & Stevie Wonder Track from: Voyage To India [Motown Records] . What A Wonderful World Tony Bennett & kd lang Track from: A Wonderful World [RPM Records/Columbia Records] . Better Than Anything Natalie Cole & Diana Krall Track from: Ask A Woman Who Knows (Natalie Cole) [Verve Records] . It's So Easy Sheryl Crow & Don Henley Track from: C'mon, C'mon (Sheryl Crow) [A&M Records] . The Game Of Love Santana & Michelle Branch Track from: Shaman (Santana) [Arista Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) . Auld Lang Syne B.B. King Track from: A Christmas Celebration Of Hope [MCA Records] . Blackbird Dave Koz & Jeff Koz Track from: Golden Slumbers A Father's Lullaby (Various Artists) [Warner Brothers Records] . As It Is Pat Metheny Group Track from: Speaking Of Now [Warner Bros. Records] . 18 Moby Track from: 18 [V2 Records] . Playing With Fire Kirk Whalum Track from: Unconditional [Warner Brothers Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 10 - Best Pop Instrumental Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) . Just Chillin' Norman Brown [Warner Brothers Records] . Paradise Kenny G [Arista Records] . Ride Boney James [Warner Brothers Records] . The Power Of Love John Tesh [Garden City Music] . The Christmas Message Kirk Whalum [Warner Brothers Records] Field 1 - Pop Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) . Come Away With Me Norah Jones [Blue Note Records] . Let Go Avril Lavigne [Arista Records] . Rock Steady No Doubt [Interscope Records] . Missundaztood Pink [Arista Records] . Britney Britney Spears [Jive Records] Field 2 - Dance Category 12 - Best Dance Recording (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.) . Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield Daniel Bedingfield & Al Stone, producers; John Davis, mixer Track from: Gotta Get Thru This [Island/Def Jam] . Days Go By Dirty Vegas Ben Harris, Paul Harris & Steve Smith, producers Track from: Dirty Vegas [Capitol Records] . Superstylin' Groove Armada Groove Armada, producers; Dave Pemberton, mixer Track from: Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) [Jive Electro Records] . Love At First Sight Kylie Minogue Julian Gallagher & Richard 'Biff' Stannard, producers; Ash Howes, mixer Track from: Fever [Capitol Records] . Hella Good No Doubt Nellee Hooper & No Doubt, producers; Mark 'Spike' Stent, mixer Track from: Rock Steady [Interscope Records] Field 3 - Traditional Pop Category 13 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) . Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues Tony Bennett [Columbia/RPM Records] . Michael Feinstein With The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Feinstein [Concord Records] . Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein Bernadette Peters [Angel Records] . It Had To Be You...The Great American Songbook Rod Stewart [J Records] . Christmas Memories Barbra Streisand [Columbia Records Group] Field 4 - Rock Category 14 - Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) . Steve McQueen Sheryl Crow Track from: C'mon, C'mon [A&M Records] . The Weakness In Me Melissa Etheridge [Island Records] . Sk8er Boi Avril Lavigne Track from: Let Go [Arista Records] . Gnawin' On It Bonnie Raitt Track from: Silver Lining [Capitol Records] . Alone Susan Tedeschi Track from: Wait For Me [Tone-Cool Records] Field 4 - Rock Category 15 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) . Slow Burn David Bowie

Why is it absurd? Obviously, more people emotionally responded to 'The Eminem Show' than they did to 'At the Mayflower'.

That's pretty much what award shows are - 80% a reflection of public preference, mixed in with 20% of the judges' own snobbery.

Those are two criterea that I couldn't care less about, so I don't watch them.

They've always been, to a large part, ludicrous.

Peter http://www.soundclick.com/peterschindelman http://www.demo-exchange.com/dx.html