[HANASHIR:8093] Grammy Category

[Adrian Durlester <durleste...>]

REBBESOUL MUSIC
520 South El Camino Real, Suite 320
San Mateo  CA  94402
Phone/Fax:  650 692.1763
E-mail:  leahhaifa (at) usa(dot)net





January, 2001



Dear Jewish Music Enthusiast:

REBBESOUL MUSIC, on behalf of Jewish music artists and fans throughout the
country, will be submitting a proposal to the National Academy of Recording
Arts
and Sciences (NARAS) Awards and Nominations Committee to establish new
GRAMMY Categories for 2002:

JEWISH MUSIC CATEGORIES
Female Solo Performance
Male Solo Performance
Duo/Group Performance

The proposal will be submitted to the Committee on February 25, 2001.  It
needs
to be accompanied by your letters of support for these new Jewish Music
Categories in order to be considered for inclusion in the 2002 GRAMMY
Awards.  We need YOUR support and the support of your colleagues and
friends.  Our time is NOW!

Please mail, fax or e-mail (as a Word document) us a letter of support on
your letterhead explaining why Jewish music is unique, does not fit into any
other GRAMMY music category and why the time is now for Jewish music to be
added
in the three categories named above.  Please also include any supporting
data
you have, such as distribution of recordings, awards you may have received,
petitions, documentation, etc.  Please be sure to include your contact
information (name, phone number/s, e-mail address, complete mailing address,
including zip).  Let’s make it happen for 2002!

The Awards and Nominations Committee meets in April to make its decision,
and
we need to make this a nationwide campaign to let our voices/music be heard.
Ask friends, recording artists, media contacts (radio, television, web-based
program personalities), press (publishers, editors), venue owners,
producers, writers, publicists, screenwriters, record label heads, members
of NARAS, booking agents, managers, distributors, heads of organizations,
politicians, rabbis, cantors, promoters, fans….to join us in our campaign.

Thank you!  We will make it happen, and we’ll celebrate at the 2002 Grammy
Awards!  Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have any
questions, comments or suggestions.  This is a team effort, and we are
counting on YOU!

We will also be submitting a list of Jewish Music recordings (CDs) released
between October 1, 1999 and September 30, 2000.   If you have a
contribution, please send it immediately to RebbeSoul Music to be considered
for submission to the Awards and Nominations Committee.  If you know of any
other artist who fits into this category,
please ask him/her to contact us now.

Thank you for your support, and I welcome you as you join us on our Jewish
musical journey.   See you at the GRAMMYS!

Shalom/Peace,

Linda

Linda Yelnick, Agent
NARAS Member

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