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Scott Stambaugh
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11/10/2019 2:31:27 PM
---- Updated 11/10/2019 4:18:30 PM
Golden Kayak Awards 2019, everybody please read this thread.
The 2019 Golden Kayak Awards are here! Please read, everybody..
ok the first thing you need to know about the 2019 Golden Kayak Awards is we're basically doing it identically to how we did it before.
Some of the genres like before are combined due to a smaller amount of songs in their categories and because we don't want the awards show to go on forever. :) We reserve the right to combine and/or eliminate categories if nominees for any category are scarce.
I'll say upfront that just as it is patriotic to participate when your country has a national election, I implore you to do your part for indiekind. It may not be the most pleasant thing for you to contemplate who amongst your peers had good songs in this past year but we ask you to spend a little energy, whatever you can spare, chiming in for this worthwhile cause. As far as we know it's the only indie awards show of this kind and I feel it's the best and most real one because the results are generated by the artists themselves, along with the active listeners, a society we call the IAIA - International Academy of Independent Artists.
Eligibility - Anyone who was a member up to the time this was published/emailed can send one nomination email (and one vote email once the ballot comes out). If you have multiple pages you can still only send one of each. It helps if you use the email listed as your contact email to send so we can verify.
Songs eligible are those that were uploaded between 11-11-18 and 11-10-19. You can tell if a song is eligible by going to that song's songpage and to the right it will say when the song was created on the site. If you nominate songs that are outside the eligibility period, those songs will not be eligible to make the final ballot. Please take a minute to check this with every song you nominate. There's always one or two of you who turn in a ballot with all ineligible songs which makes extra work for us.
Anyway you can nominate one item in each of 26 categories, Cut and paste the list below and put your member name at the top so we can easily check eligibility. No member name, we don't process. You can't nominate any song you took part in creating and any song I'm involved in is ineligible as well. We ask that you don't fill your nominations with a list of your friends but rather let quality of song be the criteria. Put the name of song and the name of artist in the appropriate genre. In combined categories like Ambient and Classical, you can nominate one song for either category but not both. You can leave some of the categories blank if you want in your nominations email. One thing/stipulation we're adding this year: If we get any of these nomination sheets where somebody basically sent it to nominate one act, we're throwing those out, it's not real participation from our vantage point. People get their friends to nominate all their songs and any super-halfassed effort like this will not be included. This is not about selfish interests but about musical posterity so be true to the music please.
Also if you want to ask folks to nominate you or someone else you're a fan of on the pipeline, you can do that, no problem at all.
Send your nominations email to indiemusicpeople3@gmail.com, they must be in by 12 AM PST 12-11-19.
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Cut and paste this part between the lines
member name (required) -
(no more than one song per genre/category)
Alternative -
Alternative Modern Rock -
Alternative Pop Rock -
Alternative Retro and Psychedelic -
Ambient and Classical -
Blues -
Christian/Spiritual -
Classic and Progressive Rock, and Guitar Instrumental -
Country -
Easy Listening/Soft Rock -
Electronic and Dance -
Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana -
Hard Alternative - Industrial/Beat Rock - Punk/Emo/Ska -
Hard Rock -
Hip Hop/Rap -
Jazz -
Metal/Hardcore -
Miscellaneous and Comedy -
Pop -
R&B/Soul -
Rock -
World -
Best Band -
Best Male Artist -
Best Female Artist -
Station Manager of the Year -
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Send your nominations email to indiemusicpeople3@gmail.com, they must be in by 12 AM PST 12-11-19. Please get the email address right on this cause every year we end up finding several emails sent to the wrong address.
Genres used must be main genres that artist chose. If you see an odd genre, hold cursor over that and you'll see the main genre you're working with.
When nominations are all in (by Dec 11th), a ballot will be created, probably by 1-1-20. Musicology Dept. will help with this as there will be many songs with just one nomination. Each category on the ballot will have 4 to 7 songs in it. Then you will have 2 weeks to vote for whoever.
Any weird shit like songs where the artist changes genres in the middle or ballots we can't verify and so on will be thrown out of the competition.
If there is a final tie in the voting (on final ballot), there's no tie-breaker, both or all 3 songs will get the Kayak.
When competition is done there will be an On Demand Awards Show to announce the winners which will also be provided to our affiliate stations. There are no prizes except for a banner on your page and a permanent listing on the Golden Kayak Wall of Fame. The results and radio show will deliver a substantial amount of exposure to the winners. The tentative date for the awards show is January 10th but that is subject to change.
Any questions?
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Bryon Tosoff
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11/10/2019 2:41:57 PM
---- Updated 11/10/2019 2:54:54 PM
Thanks Scott we appreciate the opportunity to do this, I look forward to getting it done..i hope we all take to heart your request and participate. Its a huge job evaluating the various artist and the challenges of making fair assessments of who are worthy to be nominated.cheers and good luck to all .bryon
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Desperado Revue
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11/10/2019 3:13:18 PM
Thanks Scott.
You may want to clarify your post, as it shows 2 different email addresses and 2 different dates to send our nominations.
Maybe I'm reading this the wrong way (being burnt out from last night's graveyard shift.)
Norm
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Scott Stambaugh
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11/10/2019 3:18:32 PM
thanks for that, Norm. :)
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Bryon Tosoff
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11/10/2019 6:48:12 PM
Hey Scott what about someone or band that does a cover of a song? or are we to stay with originals?
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Scott Stambaugh
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11/10/2019 9:30:21 PM
as long as it's licensed.
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Bryon Tosoff
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11/10/2019 9:31:36 PM
Thanks
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Two Silo Complex
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11/11/2019 9:49:40 PM
12 years not a single golden kayak is a sure sign that I suck in the eyes of my peers and should go live in a cave.
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Bryon Tosoff
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11/11/2019 10:00:54 PM
Ken! no way man, dont think like that. That is so not true. I know a number of great talents as yourself who have been here for a long time and dont have one. come on Ken. dont denigrate yourself like that
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Chandra Moon
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11/12/2019 12:28:51 PM
thanks for the info x
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Father Time
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11/12/2019 2:27:20 PM
Ken you have a lot of fans here.
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Father Time
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11/14/2019 11:10:36 AM
just boinking this to keep it on folks' minds
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Larree
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11/14/2019 12:50:31 PM
Don't let it get you like that, Ken! You got your fans here. Awards really don't mean shit! I mean, they are "nice", but beyond that they do not matter at all.
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Richard Scotti
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11/14/2019 1:27:03 PM
Don't give up, Ken! You have so much to offer!
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Ben Elliot
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11/16/2019 7:53:17 AM
Ooo exciting. Sorry if you've covered this already, but so you have to enter a nomination for every field to have your votes counted? I've got so much on at the moment and want to nominate in all categories, but if I don't end up having time to do all of them, is it worth me sending my form in?
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11/16/2019 1:52:42 PM
yes it's no problem if you leave some categories blank.
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Psyche's Muse
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11/23/2019 2:15:26 AM
Hell, Ken. "You" CARE! This is the MOST Important Part Of All! Keep it going! It is so EASY (as well as "tempting") to stop caring while "justifying" The Fact... "NO ONE CARES!" ...and then we PROVE THEM "RIGHT" ..."ONLY" ...when ... "WE"(ourselves) ...STOP!!! ..."Caring".
So, "CARRY" ON DUDE! And I've betted on you before... whenever you got my Vote right here last year! =M=
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Mike Lance
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11/23/2019 4:25:14 PM
I've become a big fan of Ken's this year.
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Two Silo Complex
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11/24/2019 3:29:32 PM
Sorry Scott I hijacked your thread.
I appreciate all the support.
TSC
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Psyche's Muse
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11/24/2019 4:29:31 PM
see there! look at th' bright side, Ken! YOU "IS" IMPORTANT!!!! ; )
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Chandra Moon
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11/25/2019 11:14:35 AM
Done - I had a great time listening to the favourite new tracks I've added in 2019 to my stations and nominating them!
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Shoe City Sound
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12/2/2019 11:42:46 AM
Choices emailed - good luck to all the nominees!
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