Grammy recording deadline nears

From The Baton Rouge Advocate:

By John Wirt

The deadline for submitting recordings for Grammy awards consideration is July 31. Music industry professionals who are members of the Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences, the organization that presents the Grammy awards, may submit recordings and vote during the nomination and award process.

Louisiana is part of the Recording Academy’s Memphis Chapter, which also covers Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri and western Tennessee. The Recording Academy has 20,000 members, 12,500 of whom are voting members.

“We’ve really grown our membership across Louisiana in the last few years,” Reid Wick, senior project coordinator for the Memphis Chapter, said this week from his New Orleans office.

“We’ve also seen record numbers of nominations for Louisiana artists,” Wick said. “The ultimate benefit in increased Louisiana membership in the Recording Academy is being able to get Grammy nominations and wins.”

Eleven of the 30 Louisiana-connected recordings nominated last year for Grammys won awards, Reid said.

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