Tony,

We agree on most of what you said except your definition of Commercial and Indie/Alt. You listed a bunch of genres and it suggests that there aren't commercial lyrics being written in those genres which is not at all true. I am not sure what you think of as "commercial?" Country? Alternative Rock songs probably sell as much as Country songs. Though I am not sure I agree that any distinction should be made at risk of suggesting someone is a second class citizen, I certainly would NEVER suggest one genre was less professional or commercial than another. If anything we've learned and proven just the opposite is true with our awards. The song that won Best Alternative Song this year is extremely commercial (in fact, Jessy Moss, the artist behind it has been on several major label already and is ahead of the commercial curve. Her song was written and recorded several years ago but right now songs just like her style are all the rage on pop/rock radio and MTV. Whether you like the style or not is irrelevant... it's far more commercial than probably 99% of the lyrics in any genre that have ever been posted here. So you have to broaden your perspective a bit on your concept I think.

Thanks for the continued discussion.. I am not sure if we've really reached a conclusion at this point, but it's better to communicate these things than stew over them quietly.

Brian

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