An interesting petition has just surfaced, asking for The Recording Academy to reconsider it’s rules and regulations for what music makes itself eligible to win the most prestigious music award there is. There’s no disagreement that the landscape of the music industry has drastically changed in the last decade and to fit these changes, one man thinks new rules should implement these changes.
To be eligible for a Gramophone award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the music must be “commercially released in general distribution in the United States, i.e. sales by label to a branch or recognized independent distributor, via the Internet, or mail order/retail sales for a nationally marketed product. Recordings must be available for sale from any date within the eligibility period through at least the date of the current year’s voting deadline (final ballot).”
Max Krasowitz believes these rules should change with his petition on change.org and that “Not all artists should be forced to release their music for free”…”But the ones who do should not be punished for doing so.”
What do you think, good idea or nah?
