| What Time Is It Now? "Just Plain Folks Music Awards" continued >>Remember,
the sole reason for our awards program is to bring positive attention to music that might otherwise not get the recognition it deserves. We don't do these awards as a money making project. All levels of artists and writers are treated the same without bias (good or bad) and all styles of music are warmly welcome! Here's a list of genres from the 2006 Music Awards. If we receive enough material in any additional genres, we'll be happy to expand this list even further: A Cappella, African, Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Asian, Bluegrass, Blues, Cabaret, Cajun/ Zydeco, Caribbean, Celtic, Celtic Instrumental, Children's, Children's Storytelling, Classical Concerto, Classical Chamber, Classical Orchestral, Classical Voice/ Opera Solo, Classical Voice/Opera Choral, Classical Soloist, College Rock, Comedy, Compilation, Contem -porary, Contemporary Christian, Country, Cover/ Tribute, Dance, Educational, Electronica, European, Experimental, Female Singer-Songwriter, Gospel, Hard Rock, Hawaiian, Holiday, Indiana Classical, Indian Contemporary, Industrial, Instrumental, Instrumental Jazz, Jewish, Klezmer, Latin, Live, Male Singer- Songwriter, Metal, Middle Eastern, Modern Rock, Native American, New Age, World, New Folk, Novelty, Polka, Pop, Punk, R&B, Rap, Reggae, Rock, Rock Instrumental, Rockabilly, Roots, Roots Instrumental, Salsa, Self Help/ Meditation, Solo Guitar, Solo Piano, Solo Instrumental (Non Piano/Guitar), Soundtrack, South & Central American, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Surf, Techno,Theater/Stage, Traditional Folk, Vocal Jazz & World. Don't let the name "Just Plain Folks" fool you. This isn't a Folk Music Awards program (though that is one of our categories). Among our very largest genres last year were Jazz, Rap, Singer-Songwriters and Rock and every genre above had a large number of entries. In addition, we had multiple categories for Best Video and Best Lyric. Note: The Lyric award is a separate entry process which is conducted on the website ONLY. We will announce the guidelines for entry for Best Lyric later in the year (and it will be conducted later in 2008 to coincide with the rest of the awards nominations process). Singer Magazine stated that the Just Plain Folks Music Awards were without question "the Independent Artist Grammy Awards. " We actually think our awards have grown beyond that comparison to something completely newand unique. Here's an article from Singer Magazine that summarized the Awards show (and even features a photo ofDerek Sivers who attended the show). It ran in the last issue of Singer Magazine and is here in PDF file format. Here's a direct link to the file: http://jpfolks.com/AwardsArticle.pdf Here's the link to the general Just Plain Folks Music Awards FAQ which we posted for our current members (i.e. those who are entering directly and not via CD Baby). Remember, CD Baby is handling the entry process on your behalf, but if you have friends with CD's who might like to join and enter or you want to enter another CD or new material that isn't on CD Baby or is released later in 2008, all the information needed is included on this page. |