We had approximately 30 minutes between the Pre-Tel and the Telecast to run to the Social Media suite and recharge our phones/iPads and ourselves. This happened to be one of the only moments where all of us were in the same room- and here we are! We were warned that we had to be in [...]
Last year’s GRAMMY Pre-Tel was one of the surprise highlights of my GRAMMY adventure. On paper, it looks really boring: 100 some odd categories including genres of music that I would probably only listen to if it happened to be piped into a restaurant I was dining at. But there’s something about how casual the [...]
The Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala is one of the hottest tickets of the year. Beyond the star-studded guest list, the party is know for its stellar performances. This year I was lucky enough to be able to cover the event after campaigning that the honoree for the evening- David Geffen- is an important rock figure. [...]
My first event to cover as the Rock community blogger for the GRAMMYs- my second year in this role- was the highly anticipated Social Media Rock Star Summit. Last year’s event featured members of YouTube, Tumblr, Digg, and Mashable, while this year’s panel would consist of Facebook Director of Platform Product Marketing Ethan Beard; Foursquare [...]
I was sitting in my room at my parent’s house in Texas writing this review at about 2am when an email popped up from someone from the Recording Academy. She said she wanted to speak with me about my site and a program they are putting together for the 52nd Annual GRAMMYs. My thought: they [...]
The Best Alternative Music Album went to Phoenix, who were one happy little bunch of Frenchmen going up to accept their award. I’ve never thought as much about what Alternative music is so much in my life since I took on this gig. Now that I’ve kind of wrapped my head around it…Alternative = Miscellaneous….did [...]
It was a pretty good year for Rock at the GRAMMYs. In brushing up on my GRAMMY knowledge over the course of this experience, I’ve come to one conclusion about how the 700 or so Recording Academy voting members decide on the winners in Rock. To me, it seems that while the winners in the [...]
After leaving the Pre-Tel, I had about a 30 minute window before the climax of the weekend, the real deal live TV awards show, was to begin. Because I find eating highly overrated when I’m busy, I decided to spend it checking out The Red Carpet. I walked past all of the onlookers trying to [...]
I didn’t know what dress I was going to wear until the last minute. I brought options…none expensive, none extravagant, just cute simple dresses with a little rock ‘n’ roll flair. But after 2.5 days of this…I chose the one that was comfortable, because my day was starting at 11am and wouldn’t end until past [...]
As my cab pulled up to the Wilshire Ebell theater again, I saw a long line wrapped around the building, and the sidewalk was actually covered in red carpet. I went to where Thursday night’s media check in was, and there was nothing, so I ventured around the massive line, walking on the street rather [...]
