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Thread #125359 Message #2779333
Posted By: Folkiedave
03-Dec-09 - 05:57 AM
Thread Name: Folk Awards, Young Folk Awards, Froots A
Subject: RE: Folk Awards, Young Folk Awards, Froots A
Nomination process.
A number of luminaries are sent a list of POSSIBLE nominations. The number of luminaries varies - but around 150 as a median. Festival organisers, record companies etc. They can add to the list if they like.
They send in a vote for each category (or not as they like) Top four become nominations. Then they vote on those.
Things wrong with it? How long have you got?
It depends how you look at it. It can be great publicity for folk and often is.
Budget has been slashed in recent years.
But for an artist it means the difference between slogging up and down the motorway from gig to gig to finding it easier to get gigs close together. More festival gigs. A sense of worth.
To me the greatest wonder is how they manage to get things so wrong occasionally. The Pink Bunny Rabbit being an obvious one.
And it wouldn't hurt to publish the voting figures.