Ok, I know Sunday nights’ Grammys have officially and completely faded into the forgotten column until next time, but a couple other things that are worth mentioning…
1. Every artist sitting in the audience and watching on TV who doesn’t win an award secretly has an acceptance speech waiting in their mind. It’s been subtly rehearsed over and over probably since high school, refined, tweaked, been compared to the speech you’re currently watching, maybe sometimes you cry in the speech, sometimes not, etc, etc.
Give the acceptance speech anyway. Get all your people together and give the speech. Every year. Win, lose or still playing 200cap rooms, give the speech.
2. The work you did (the music you made) doesn’t change if you win. The work is the work. That’s it. When you hit play on Kacey Musgraves album today it’s the same music as when you pressed play a year ago.
The music doesn’t get better if you win…except…it does change a little. Not the work, but the listener who knows about the winning. Now the listener is listening to a Grammy award winning album instead of a non Grammy award winning album. Some people like the former better, some people like the latter better.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabe@gabethebassplayer.com