Chris Willman Music WriterRIP to “the room where it happens” — the Grammy Awards’ blue-ribbon committees, which are officially being laid to rest this year after being an essential part of the nominating process in most categories since the 1990s.
Never again will non-insiders have to play the role of Aaron Burr, wondering if there was actually smoke filling those rooms, and if so, what kind.
That murky haze is being replaced by the clear air of “transparency,” and not a moment or voting year too soon.It’s fair to say that the community of musicians, the general public and most Recording Academy members will take a “don’t let the door hit you on the way out” attitude to the nominating committees seeing themselves out.
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