[aracelip7]

well we are a week away so i though it was about time to start the threat, we can discuss who we want to win the awards or what performance you are the most excited to see

Mod Edit:
http://www.carriefans.com/forums/mus...on-thread.html (General Grammy awards discussion thread)

please use th thread above to discuss the other categories and artists.

this thread will be for carrie and her nomination and performance

since Carrie isn't on yet, i will lock this thread for about 10 minutes so hopefully everyone gets to see this message

[music_luvr246]

I am most exited to see Carrie's preformance and seriously can't wait to hear what song she will be preforming! But im also exited to see alot of other artists. And I really hope that she at least gets to win one of the awards she is nominated for.

[thunder92]

^she is only nominated for 1 award

[thaifood]

Can one of the mods PLEASE correct the typo this threaD title. Thanks, it'll be a long week looking at it wrong.

[thunder92]

^lol yea its bothering me lol
little things like that bother me
but i am excited to see carrie
and now that im looking forward to it this week is going to go by slow lol
and then my birthday is the following week so this is a pretty good month

[aracelip7]

sorry guys i miss spelled it

[thaifood]

Originally Posted by aracelip7

sorry guys i miss spelled it

I was teasing...hope you didn't take it personally.

[aracelip7]

i didnt, but its the official thread it should be well written

[Mirasa45A]

Originally Posted by aracelip7

well we are a week away so i though it was about time to start the threat, we can discuss who we want to win the awards or what performance you are the most excited to see

Thank you for starting the thread so early--very much looking forward to it !!

[Mirasa45A]

Originally Posted by aracelip7

i didnt, but its the official thread it should be well written

Aah, don't worry--the most important is Carrie gets another Grammy Award and NOT the spelling !!

[robinannhunt]

Should we use this thread for that special being shown on Wednesday?

[aracelip7]

sure, everything related to the grammys

[robinannhunt]

Andie, if you go and edit the first frame then go "advanced" you can atleast change the first frame's title. It won't change the search heading however.

[aracelip7]

thanks robin! i just did it

[pch2006]

Originally Posted by robinannhunt

Should we use this thread for that special being shown on Wednesday?

According to Country Weekly, these are some of the topics Carrie will discuss:


Carrie Talks to Katie, Feb. 4
Carrie Underwood talks about her musical influences and several other topics with journalist Katie Couric on the CBS-TV special, Katie Couric's All Access Grammy Special, Feb. 4, at 9 p.m. ET.

Carrie also discusses why she has been booed onstage and her obsession with keeping an orderly house. The Grammy-nominated singer admits that she does try to keep her refrigerator and kitchen pantry in some sort of order, with "a certain shelf for everything and all the labels turned out." Also appearing on the special are Grammy nominees Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry.

[JC108]

Also appearing on the special are Grammy nominees Taylor Swift...

Taylor's not a nominee. Hmmm...

[teesharky]

I cannot wait. It is going to be amazing. I just wish they would show Carrie's category on tv for once. They never do though.

[thunder92]

^i knw it stinks
do they show the same awards each year?
they should switch it around a little bit

[davilas]

Here's an interview where the head of the Recording Academy talks about the Grammy ceremony.

HITS Daily Double

Has any kind of theme emerged for this year's ceremony?
[Laughs] Well, the theme is, this is the 51st. We like what we call our “Grammy Moments,” performances that are once-in-a-lifetime events. Either doing something of their own in a way that reaches new heights, a unique pairing, a generational thing, something with an educational or historical value to it, where you can connect the dots to learn. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I think others try to do the same thing, but maybe don’t have the A&R or musical background to pull it off. Our batting average is pretty extraordinary in having those events come off the way they should.

How is the current economic crisis affecting your outlook for the show?
Music always is a great source of inspiration and hope. The last example of when the Grammys provided a very important moment like that was post-9/11, when we put on the ceremony in New York the following February. It was the first time people had even allowed themselves to think about doing something that had other than a downbeat or very serious nature to it. There’s no doubt that the Grammys offer three-and-a-half hours of what I believe is what we call “the greatest live concert of the year,” and it’s something you can enjoy in the comfort of your living room at no expense, without worrying about buying tickets or hiring a baby-sitter. It serves a great purpose.

With the Grammy Museum and your presence at L.A. Live, you have really branded The Recording Academy in that downtown area.
We’re very proud of that. There is a climate-controlled Plexiglas container in the museum specifically for you to be installed, Roy. I’m personally thrilled to have this happen on my watch. It’s just the coolest place. It’s not your father’s museum. It has all this great interactivity, but it’s packed with information and knowledge from an educational and scholarly point of view. Anything you want to learn or know, you can find and enjoy the experience at the same time.

The Recording Academy is sponsoring Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party for the first time.
Having worked for Clive, I was involved in producing it. I know it intimately. What we’re buying into is his party. It’s a fantastic event, one of the most pre-eminent of Grammy week. We just felt, since it occurs the Saturday night before the show, it should be something under the auspices of the Academy, I certainly didn’t want to compete with it, so we collaborated on it. The time, the place and the stars just aligned, and he’s thrilled about it. Our intention is that this is something we’d like to continue to do in the future.

Has the demise of the major-label system affected the Grammys?
Not really. We represent excellence in music; we don’t necessarily represent sales or charts. Over the years, we’ve had great relationships with the major labels. They’ve been very helpful in facilitating the logistics of getting the artists. This is arguably the best promotion that anyone could ever achieve for a live performance on television that reaches 170 countries. Any investment they care to make on behalf of their acts is useful to us. Certainly they are a source for ticket purchases to the show, which is helpful, but we don’t depend on that. If there is a trail-off in some of those kinds of contributions, it will be replaced by others. The overall independent nominations went from 194 in 74 categories last year to 251 in 85 categories. The bookings on the show aren’t necessarily, and never have been, label-sensitive. It’s hard and painful to watch what’s going on out there. We’re not immune from it, but we’re doing better than most.

[carries1gurl]

can't wait til the show!