BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012
Thu, Jan 19 2012, 8:21PM
I see that the BBC Music Magazine has announced the nominations for this year's awards, and now its up to the record companies and artists to spam as many of their friends and families as possible in order to attempt to win the "public vote".
In case you're not familiar, the process is this - you log onto BBC MM's website and hear snippets from the three nominated discs in each category, and then vote for the one that you have hopefully carefully considered. My problem with it is thus - surely the public are voting mainly for the repertoire that appeals to them the most, rather than being able to make any kind of informed judgement based on the merits of the actual performances. There is certainly no way for them to make direct comparissons with other other recording of the same work. And they have to vote in all categories in order to be elligible for the prize draw, regardless of whether they enjoy a specific genre or not.
So in essence the BBC Awards are based solely on which sound-bite appeals the most, as judged by absolutely anyone, including X-Factor viewers. Or am I getting it all wrong?
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 11:24AM
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RE: BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012
I think you've got the voting method spot on. But why the dig about X-Factor viewers and "absolutely anyone". Why would someone with no interest in classical music even visit the web-site and bother to vote? To claim the prize? Surely not.
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 7:52PM
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RE: BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012
I was out of order for dissing X-Factor viewers, some of whom do have opposable thumbs. I should have used The Only Way is Essex viewers as the point of reference instead. Sorry bout dat.
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 10:17PM
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RE: BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012
I dont think anybody takes them BBC Music Magazine awards seriously anyways. If you are looking at awards its your gramophone awards thaart matters and if you is looking at the BBC you be looking at Building a Library. Theyre be the top notch not no BBC music magazine.
Sun, Jan 22 2012, 6:40PM
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RE: BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012
The Only Way is Essex viewers as the point of reference instead. Sorry bout dat.
As a resident of Essex I spend too much time defendng this wonderful county...well north of Chelmsford anyway. I take solace in the fact that I've never seen (or intend to see) an episode of TOWIE.
Don't forget Holst lived in Thaxted and there's still the wonderful Thaxted festival where you can just about hear the music above the jets landing at Stansted airport.
Is 'X-Factor viewers' a euphemism for uncultured people and if so, how could they be filtered out of any public voting system?
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