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"Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun." -Robert Townsend "Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome." -Dr. Samuel Johnson "Growth demands a temporary surrender of security." -Gail Sheely
"The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good" -Polish Proverb
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution" -Paul Gauguin
"I couldn't wait for success... so I went ahead without it." -Jonathan Winters
An example of the Monkey: The higher it climbs, the more you see of it's behind." -Saint Bonaventure
"Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might have been." -Arthur Ransome
"We will either find a way, or make one." -Hannibal
"Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement." -Alfred Adler
"The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected." -Frank Dane
"If you're strong enough, there are no precedents." -Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
"Artificial manners vanish the moment the natural passions are touched" -Maria Edgeworth
"Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is give them a reason and an opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney |
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Just Plain Folks Music Awards We're kicking off the entry period once again for the newest cycle of the JPF Music Awards. Due to the tremendous number of entries, we only do the awards every 2 years. In 2006 we received 25,500 albums and 350,000 songs in over 80 genres of music from over 100 countries around the world. We expect entries in 2008 could reach over 500,000 songs. The Just Plain Folks Music Awards were started in 1999 as a simple way to recognize the best music submitted by members. JPF Founder Brian Austin Whitney felt the music made by the "other 98%" of the music world often ignored by the mainstream televised music awards shows deserved its own recognition. The judging criteria is based around one basic concept: Does the music move you? This one encompassing criteria has since been adopted across much of the mainstream music industry to measure the very best quality of the best music being made today. Once again, we start our quest to find the music that moves us most and recognize it with admiration, fairness and dignity (and a cool JPF Awards trophy). The process involves every piece of music being screened and narrowed down across many rounds of judging until each genre is narrowed down to the top 12-24 songs (depending on genre size and depth) and top 8 albums. This is a grueling process that takes a large staff of volunteers 12 months or more to complete. Judges are made up of equal parts Industry Professional, Artist/Writer Peers and Music Fans. In 2006, over 8000 judges participated from all 7 (yes, even Antarctica) continents. And thanks in part to the companies listed below, it's all free to enter! 2008/9 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Sponsors Entry into the awards is free thanks in part to the Community Partner Sponsors below. Please Click the Banners for more Information about these outstanding companies and tell them thanks for their year round support of the entire JPF community!
We will be accepting music, movies and videos in 2 ways this year. 1. Digitally via our partnership with CD Baby In February 2008 CD Baby will email an invitation to their entire membership who have signed up CD's since June of 2005 to enter the JPF Awards digitally. This is a new method of entry for us made possible by massive improvements in technology and economy of scale. Please do not contact CD Baby with questions at any time as they are not able to answer them. Watch your email for instructions from them.. This will be the only way you can enter digitally. 2. On CD or DVD via snail mail as we have in the past. If you would like to enter and you are not on CD Baby or you ARE on CD Baby but have a release coming out after February 2008 and before our deadline in late 2008, you can mail us a copy as long as you follow the simple instructions below EXACTLY as requested. : -------------------- INSIDE and OUTSIDE the package, please include this information:: Writer/Artist/Band Name: Send all entries to: Just Plain Folks Music Awards, 5327 Kit Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46237. What Can Be Entered? The short answer is any music, any movie and any music video can be entered. We honor the widest variety of music of any music awards in the world. In 2006 we gave out song awards in 67 genres of music and album awards in 81 genres of music. There is no type of music that is not welcome. We had 4 Movie/Video categories including Feature Length, Live Performance, Promotional and Short Form. This year we will add additional categories based on the numbers and quality of entries. For a complete list of categories and nominees and winners from previous awards, visit the AWARDS section of this website. The only music that is not eligible from active JPF Members is music that has been previously entered in a prior JPF Music Awards. For a list of all previous entries, see the database at the bottom of the AWARDS page on this website. We also have a category for Lyricists, but that program takes place exclusively on our message boards and will not start until next summer at the earliest. Watch the newsletter and message boards for updates on the Best Lyric category. Who Can Enter? All Just Plain Folks Members can enter their music for consideration. We welcome everything from entry level writers and artists to full time professionals. Previous winners and nominees have included famous Grammy, Oscar, Emmy and Tony winners and nominees and even some Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. They have also included competely unknown independent writers and artists who proved they could move people with their music right along side of the big boys and girls. When you enter music into our awards program, you are competing with some of the best musicians and songwriters in the world, so keep in mind that the competition is fierce. That said, we've had simple home demos recorded in someone's bathroom win major awards along with albums with a whopping 400 dollar total budget win as well. Both featured writers and artists who had a lot more talent than money or connections. We love finding those needles in the haystacks of music we receive. Browse our previous winners and nominees to see the level of talent from previous years. Or visit our Wikipedia page for a quick list of more notable finalists. What is the entry deadline? Currently, our entry deadline for the 2008/2009 JPF Music Awards is August 31st, 2008. After that date, we will ONLY accept entries of albums released AFTER August 31st, 2008 up until December 31st, 2008. Nominations will be out in early 2009 and the awards show will follow, time date and location TBA. Have a Question? All questions will be promptly answered on this message board post. Simply read the FAQ and if the answer is not there, add your own question to it and Brian or another staff member will be happy to answer it for you (if it CAN be answered, Brian is the guy to ask)! 2008-2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards FAQ Not registered to post yet? To register to post on the message boards, click HERE 2008/9 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Sponsors Click the Banner for more Information
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