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Web-Only Album Wins Grammy

Posted by timothy on from the kids-are-alright dept.

blamanj writes "Jazz artist Maria Schneider won a Grammy last night for her album 'Concert in the Garden.' What makes this unusual, according to CNET, is that she might be the first artist ever to win a Grammy for an album distributed solely on the Web. None of the sales were in record stores, and the album was financed through Artist Share."

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  1. that's nice by Frizzle+Fry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This would be more exciting if anyone at all cared about the grammys.

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    1. Re: that's nice by Reignking · · Score: 5, Informative

      Ah, but the significance is that the Grammys are based strictly on sales. Whoever sells the most albums gets a Grammy, period.

      Not according to their web site, where it basically states the the awards are based on a multi-tiered voting process.

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  2. I think the term is: by tod_miller · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wake up call....

    Dear RIAA,

    PWNED,

    Toddy boy

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  3. See how it works, RIAA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    See how it works RIAA? people release albums to be LISTENED to, not to be controlled... and when they do they SUCCEED.

    I've downloaded most of Maria's album, and am looking for the final pieces. This is how distribution can and SHOULD work

  4. What ? by JaffaKREE · · Score: 5, Funny

    This can't be right. The RIAA told me in my latest session, where I get hooked up to this machine.... with electrodes and stuff.... it shocks me :( ... that only mass-marketed artists are successes, and that the internet gives you herpes.

    1. Re:What ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      the internet gives you herpes

      I tried to explain that to my wife. She didn't buy it.

  5. The big question... by gatorflux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How will the RIAA remove her from the public eye? Or will they just make her an offer she can't refuse and bring her to the dark side?

    As a musician, I hope her win is a precedent that will be emulated over and over.

    1. Re:The big question... by homer_ca · · Score: 5, Funny

      "How will the RIAA remove her from the public eye?"

      Two words: Kurt Cobain

      The Josie and the Pussycats movie had a spoof of this where they disappeared the goth-punk girl from the record store.

  6. Does it matter? by GatesGhost · · Score: 5, Funny

    i didnt think the grammy's were about commercial exposure or success, but rather about the quality of music...(checks online) wait, maroon 5 won a grammy? well, fuck that, i was wrong.

  7. sad thing is by kasek · · Score: 5, Funny

    she will probably have to sell the award on ebay to compensate her webhost for the server that just went down in flames.

  8. Not so much the distribution... by porcupine8 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The fact that it was solely distributed on the web really isn't the amazing part - I mean, there are iTunes exclusive tracks all the time. I'm sure it would be easy for a major artist to convince their record company to let them only distribute an album online, and it could get plenty of publicity and possibly a grammy.

    What's really interesting is that the album was made with no involvement of a record company at all.

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  9. Music..the other way by pronobozo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For someone that is coming from the bottom up, i can say that time is the key. Without millions of dollars to spend on promotion, independant artists have to find a different way to communicate with the masses.

    Internet is their greatest tool, so with a bit of time and dedication you can reach millions of people from the comforts of your own home.

    I don't think it's about the music industry now, it's about the new uprising of artists taking a step on freely distributed music. The RIAA has their game, but we have ours too.

    Instead of changing them, lets just use our own method.

    that's my .02

    - pronobozo

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  10. Re:Records Cos on borrowed time by wankledot · · Score: 5, Insightful
    You jackass.

    Maroon 5: The fact that they are successful suddenly makes them crap? I forgot, selling records make you suck They put out Songs About Jane in 2002. The fact that it is a really good album is what made it succeed, not some plot by the labels to push "crap." New bands like Maroon 5 disprove your point that the industry is running out of options.

    Green Day: Retreaded? Once again, people like to slam green day as not being punk because they're popular. Nevermind that they continue to put out good songs. Ray Charles: He died less than 9 months ago. The RIAA didn't trot out a corpse to sell records, he recorded (obviously) and released the album before he died.

    Can you even fathom that these people are musicians and not just pawns of the RIAA? They work hard (none harder than Ray) and try to get as many people as they can to hear their art. And then some pissant like you dismisses them as crap because they happen to be popular.

    Your opinions on music are not the only ones that matter (shocking!) The fact you feel like Maroon 5 is crap, Green Day is re-treaded, and Ray Charles' album is a publicity stunt doesn't change the fact that they are all really good artists, and really good albums. But it's your loss for not appreciating them.

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  11. no, no, no... by ed.han · · Score: 5, Funny

    in AD 2005, war was beginning.

    RIAA chairman: "what happen"
    RIAA flunky: "somebody set us up the bomb!"
    RIAA flunky: "we get signal!"
    RIAA chairman: "what?"
    RIAA flunky: "main screen turn on!"
    RIAA chairman: "it's you!
    schneider: "how are you gentlemen. all your sales are belong to us. you are on the way to obsolescence."
    RIAA chairman: "what you say!"
    maria schneider: "you have no chance to survive. make your time."

    ed

  12. The "Social Revolution" Begins by Dana+P'Simer · · Score: 5, Interesting
    A few days ago I posted in response to another reader's comments about the "Social Revolution" that is occurring due to P2P software.

    This is precisely the way in which this "revolution" should happen. This artist has choosen to distribute her music only over the internet. Because of her choice many people are able to enjoy her music that might not otherwise. She also has cut out the RIAA member middlemen. We need more artists that are willing to do this.

    Her choice, though, is the key issue here. An artist that does not make a similar choice should not have thier right to make that choice usurped by a bunch of thieves with bittorrent clients.