Linda Chorney I’m not sure how the major labels feel about the Recording Academy finally eliminating the Nomination Review Committees (NRC), but I can promise you that independent artists like me are doing back flips, just like I did the day I was nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for best Americana album — the first in the category without a label, publicist or manager.
How the fuck did that happen? There was no NRC in American Roots. I, and the other four nominees received the most votes — period.I was able to present my sixth album, “Emotional Jukebox,” on a NARAS-hosted in-house social networking site called Grammy 365 (may it rest in peace), where members shared music for consideration.
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