I figured someone would come on here with the information. I was a member a long time ago and to tell you the truth I don't even remember why I joined. They used to have this big outdoor party, with all the top bands, and performers, kind of a street festival thing that everyone in town who was anybody would go to. I believe they had booths there to join and reduced rates, like $35 bucks or something. I'm pretty sure that is why I joined. I think one of those parties were where people were telling me that "you could nominate someone and they could nominate you..." stuff. Was all the joke going around because everyone was going to be "Grammy Nominees."

Over the next few years I would get those packages, invitations, special deals on car rentals and that sort of stuff, but I mostly looked at it and threw it away. To be honest, I've always HATED AWARDS. Used to watch the Oscars with my mother but that got really boring and when George C. Scott turned his down in 1970 because of it "being a big meat show" I lost my interest in the Oscars. I may have watched three or four parts of Grammy's over the years, but again, most of that was always a viewing party in someone's house who had a friend or someone they knew up for an award. And most of those times I was flirting with some hot girls at the party. Can't ever remember watching a whole one of those. And as time went by the people you wanted to win, never did and a bunch of people you never heard of did win.

I always figured if I actually was nominated or won any one, I would pull a "Woody Allen" and not even show up. I'd be playing a show somewhere, and do some kind of remote, "Wave at the camera" deal.

So I just sort of had them all in the background of my mind. The only "Awards" I was ever interested in was the "awards" when people bought your music or came to your shows. The rest never meant much of anything. When one of my songs, "LESS IS MORE", was nominated for an award called "the Telly" again, I didn't pay a lot of attention. Until the award arrived via UPS at my door and was REALLY heavy. Is a cool award, but I don't even know that much about that organization. It was entered by the director of the video. Got some hits on YOU TUBE, and is still pretty cool for a mantel piece. But of course by the time we go that I was no longer actually an "artist.

So if I got some details wrong here, sorry glad you guys straightened them out. Awards have never been of much interest to me, so glad someone is keeping up with them. Good luck on your's Brian.

MAB