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Comment on Video by rick

rick — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:45:56 +0000

great tune. I downloaded lots of your stuff.

Comment on Grammy Nominations!!! by Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:34:51 +0000

Actually, it’s not ‘hundreds of thousands’. There’s only a few thousand NARAS (Grammy) members, so it’s not that outrageous! But what Jorge says is right, more or less. To clarify: there are 30 Fields (General, Pop, Country, Americana, etc), and within each Field are 2-5 Categories (Record, Song, Duo/Group, Solo, etc), resulting in 78 Categories total to be voted on. The thing is, only those registered as NARAS members within each Category can vote there. For example, I am listed as a Songwriter, Composer and Vocalist, so those are the only 3 Categories, throughout every Field, that I can vote on.

Either way, someone nominated us into the big Grammy hat, and once the ballot goes up, all members will vote in their Categories. If we receive enough votes, then we get onto the final ballot: the final round of voting for the five names in each Category, which results in what most folks think of as being nominated: you get to go to the awards ceremony and all that crazy stuff.

So where we are now: just names in the first round hat. Still!! That’s exciting all on its own

Comment on Grammy Nominations!!! by Jorge Harada

Jorge Harada — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:58:43 +0000

Alrighty, boys and girls. Let me clarify this Grammy business before things get carried away. NARAS rules stipulate that an individual is not nominated unless you make the final five. We are in the first round balloting which is open to anyone who makes the submission deadline and is a NARAS member, which is hundreds of thousands and voting has not begun yet.

NARAS only considers you a nominee when you are in the top five. The five recordings that earn the most votes in each category become the nominees. There may be more than five nominees if there is a tie in the nomination process. Therefore, our chances are… well, you know.

Comment on 07/07/11 – Kirkland, WA by Chris Holmes

Chris Holmes — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:48:24 +0000

I’ll be there. Been looking forward to it.

Comment on 07/07/11 – Kirkland, WA by Jorge Harada

Jorge Harada — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:48:02 +0000

Hi Mark – I hadn’t noticed that – I think it may be a function of how the plugin uses the date PHP stuff to post the gig dates. In any case, the posted gig dates are correct. Either that, or I fired up the time machine, fast forwarded to that date, posted it, and came back to see what would happen. : D Thanks for your comment.

Comment on 03/19/11 – Austin, TX by Jorge Harada

Jorge Harada — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:43:05 +0000

Hi Barb – you’re in the right place! Sign up for the mailing list to get the latest and greatest – come say hi at a show sometime! – Jorge

Comment on 07/07/11 – Kirkland, WA by Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:33:09 +0000

curious how can posted date be the same as the date of your gig, i would think the posted date would be when you posted the post??

Comment on The least you could do..! by Ross The Boss

Ross The Boss — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:05:13 +0000

I was grateful for the outstanding performance despite the obvious (thanks alot for the no call/no show, Arsen) and not-so-obvious (monitors) issues.

As thanks for playing, your picture and link to your website is up for all to see on our website: http://www.tokyogardenfresno.com

We hope to see you in Fresno again sometime.

Comment on 03/19/11 – Austin, TX by Barb

Barb — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:42:46 +0000

Hey folks, trying to track ya’ll down. My friend, Bob Rudolfo from Seattle, says to find you and check you out! And to say hello from him!
~ Barb

Comment on Ruby Dee is publishing a cookbook! by Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:41:28 +0000

Unfortunately they won’t be done in time. They’re at the editor’s now, and come out maybe by the end of June, but not for certain… stay tuned!