Recording Academy Eliminates GRAMMY Nomination Review Committees

The Recording Academy is finally ridding its controversial GRAMMY nomination review committees. Instead of using anonymous review committees to determine nominations, thousands of the Academy’s voting members will decide nominees for major GRAMMY categories moving forward. In addition, 90% of said members will undergo a requalification process by end of 2021 “to ensure that the …

Cardi B shares intimate story of recording ‘Um Yea’ with Offset

Cardi B has shared the intimate behind-the-scenes story about the first time she and her husband Offset were in a recording studio together. The rappers got married in September 2017 and have one daughter together, Kulture Kiari Cephus. The couple collaborated together on the track ‘Um Yea’ in the same year that they got married. …

Kaytranada Sweeps GRAMMYs Dance Categories, Wins Best Recording & Best Album

Though the GRAMMYs haven’t officially aired on television yet, winners are already being announced, apart from the major categories that will be revealed live like Record, Album, and Song of the Year. Both dance/electronic categories, for Recording and Album, have already received a winner and Kaytranada has swept them both. The Haitian-Canadian producer and artist …

Recording Academy Working to Include More Women in Music

The Recording Academy has teamed up with Berklee College of Music and Arizona State University to work on equal representation of women in the music industry. As a first step, the Recording Academy is publicly reporting gender representation for the first time ever. All the 63rd annual Grammy nominations have been analyzed, revealing 23% of …

Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell has finished recording his new solo album

Alice In Chains‘ Jerry Cantrell has revealed he’s finished recording his long-awaited third solo album. The Seattle band’s guitarist-vocalist announced last year that he was recording the follow-up to his previous solo albums: 1998’s ‘Boggy Depot’ and 2002’s ‘Degradation Trip’. “It’s time to make the Raawwwkkk !!!,” he captioned a series of studio snaps on …

Chino Moreno’s Crosses share first recording in six years

Deftones’ Chino Moreno has released his first track in six years with his Crosses project – scroll down the page to listen to it now. The band – which has also featured guitarist Shaun Lopez and bassist Chuck Doom – released their debut album in 2014. Their first output since that record has now arrived …

The Weeknd calls Recording Academy ‘corrupt’ in wake of Grammy snub controversy – Dancing Astronaut

by: Farrell Sweeney Nov 26, 2020 The Grammy nominations are here, and they aren’t without their fair share of controversy. This year The Weeknd leads the way with perhaps the most notable snub, being absent from the 2021 nominations. The artist put out chart-topping After Hours earlier this year, which raked in Platinum and Gold …

Home Recording Studio: What You Really Need as a Producer

The dream home recording studio – it’s what every music producer wants. The rare analog synths. The perfect monitors. All those knobs and buttons to tweak… But back to reality – most of us don’t have the cash to splash on this kind of setup – at least not yet. In fact, for most of …