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Golden Kayak Awards 2022, everybody please read this thread.
The 2022 Golden Kayak Awards are here! Please read, everybody..

ok the first thing you need to know about the 2022 Golden Kayak Awards is we're doing it pretty much 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 nominees are generated by the artists themselves along with listeners who frequent the site.

Eligibility - Anyone who was an artist or pipeline participant up to the time this was posted 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 but make sure your name is on it somewhere.

Songs eligible- To make it easier for everyone this year, for you cause the songs are all in one place and for me because so often folks sent in nominations using songs from years past, all you need to do to look for songs to nominate is to go to Norm's Condenders Stations for 2022, on the top of the right column on the front page. There are songs from every genre so make sure you cover that. but any song released after Nov 11, 2021 up til yesterday is eligible.

Anyway you can nominate one item in each of 25 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. Don’t waste a nomination on Negative Tendencies because I am ineligible. 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 5-31-23.

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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 - nominate under Miscellaneous please
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 -

____________________________________________________________

Send your nominations email to indiemusicpeople3@gmail.com, they must be in by 12 AM PST 5-31-23. Please get the email address right on this cause every year we end up finding several emails sent to the wrong address.

Genres used will be based on the 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 May 31st), a ballot will be created, probably by 6-10-23. 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 8 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 Jube 25th but that is subject to change.

Any questions?

Anything at all, remember you can write me at indiemusicpeople2 at gmail but use indiemusicpeople3 at gmail for your nominations please.

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Desperado Revue

5/12/2023 11:51:47 AM

Done and sent.

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Richard Scotti

5/12/2023 4:02:54 PM ---- Updated 5/12/2023 4:02:54 PM

I can’t seem to locate Norm’s Contender Station
on my iPhone. Am I looking in the wrong place
or will I be able to to find it on computer?

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Scott Stambaugh

5/12/2023 4:25:36 PM

Richard, here it is.

GK Contenders Station

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Desperado Revue

5/12/2023 4:26:01 PM

Richard, you'll find it on the computer for sure at the top of the right column.

Norm.

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Richard Scotti

5/12/2023 5:27:40 PM

Thanks, guys!

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Shawn Adam Williams

5/13/2023 8:34:53 PM

Done and done

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Chandra Moon

5/15/2023 11:16:29 AM

Great - cut and pasted and will get onto this soon - look forward to listening!!

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Chandra Moon

5/23/2023 5:17:40 AM

Don't leave this too late everyone!!

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Larree

5/27/2023 11:36:06 AM

Done and sent!

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Chandra Moon

5/29/2023 2:31:47 PM

done and sent - I really enjoyed listening to loads of great tracks and it was really hard to decide!

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Psyche's Muse

5/29/2023 6:07:47 PM

DONE! (duh, duh, duh, done! duh, duh, duh, done... ! )

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5/30/2023 7:10:23 AM

we're extending nominations thru June 7.

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Bryon Tosoff

5/31/2023 9:44:31 AM

Sounds good Scott, those of us who have contacts of former Indiemusicpeople friends who are here occasionally or have not been around for some time, perhaps we could reach out and let them know of the upcoming nomination process, I will start with those I know or send out a reminder. Maybe doing this it could assist with the filling the ballot out more effectively.
good luck and thanks to all who have done their nominations and for Scott's reminder to get on it!

cheers, and remember, do what you love, love what you do! best to all

Bryon

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Psyche's Muse

6/1/2023 5:11:21 AM

Thank You! Bryon... AND Scott! -M-

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Holworks

6/1/2023 5:25:24 PM

Done!

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Seismo

6/4/2023 6:52:23 PM

Sorry Y'all...been lost up on the North Slope of Alaska for the past year working but out of the 40 below and back in the 90 above now.

Just want you all to know it is a Serious Honor to be included with ALL of you here on the website; the Best of the Best in Indieland, Hands Down. So much undiscovered, exceptional, UnGodly Good Tunes that put some of the Mainstream stuff in the Dumpster. That my Friends is a Fact. You're ALL some of the most talented Artists much of the World has never heard about, but WTF....KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

Thanks Scott for providing this Fantastic Door to Greatness in Music. It's got everything anyone needs to Jamm Forever. Excelsior!! Be Safe and Well and Happy!!

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The Rhythm Kings

6/5/2023 10:25:49 PM

Yeah Seismo. You are right. Even thou we always don’t agree on this site on stuff, we can agree Scott get er’ done here. We all may never have the backing of a label…. But we got each other…..

Keep hammering that beast of guitar my man.

Brucer

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