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DM Awards 2007 - Nomination Instructions.

FraDonaghy	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 5:33 AM I thought it best to start a new thread with this... so here goes. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Here are the “rules” and instructions for the nomination stage of the DM Awards 2007. To nominate, you must be a DMember from at least 16th September 2007 and have a minimum of 500 points. Nominations will be accepted from the 17th Sept 07 to the 1st Oct 2007 (inclusive). You may make a maximum of two nominations per category. You don’t have to nominate in all categories, but please do try to do as many as possible. You may only nominate once for each song/artist in each category – what this means is you can’t nominate the same song twice for “Country song of the year” for example. You can nominate two different songs by the same artist, I used the word “artist” above to mean that you can’t nominate the same person twice for such awards as “Female Artist Of The Year” etc. You can not nominate yourself in any category. As organiser, my own songs are not eligible to be nominated. Please copy and paste the below Nomination Form and send ALL your nominations to me via the DMusic note system at the same time. Nominations received in alternative formats may not be counted, so please use it because it makes life so much easier for you and me. The top 5 nominations in each category will go through to the final vote stage, and will be announced on the 2nd Oct 2007. Thank you... now lets go have fun! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nomination Form. Username: I would like to nominate the following songs/artists for each category… DMusic Alternative Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Bluegrass Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Blues Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Classical Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Collaboration Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Country Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Electronic Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Folk Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Hip Hop Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Instrumental Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Jazz Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Metal Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic “Other” Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Pop Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic R&B/Soul Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Reggae Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Rock Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Male Artist Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Female Artist Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic New Artist Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Outstanding Achievement Award 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FraDonaghy	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 5:37 AM Any questions... feel free to ask here or by sending me a Dnote!
FraDonaghy	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 10:32 AM bump
HenriRoger	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 11:12 AM This is lot of work ... Listening to several songs of each artist in each genre ? How long will this take ? Are we talking of songs posted in 2007 ? I would vote for one favorite artist in several genres , for all his work posted here , more easely ... Not asking you to change anything here , just thinking
FraDonaghy	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 11:18 AM I would say any song within the genre is eligible for nomination irrespective of when it was posted on the site The only thing I would mention is that it should be a song still available to stream on the artist's page And yes, it is a lot of work Henri ... but hopefully we'll all enjoy it too!
ebarbarella	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 11:49 AM Awesome! yeah lets have fun!
aflunky	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 12:10 PM
dsindel	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 1:24 PM YEAH BABY! What a great way to extend oneself and listen to different genres and discover some artists and make some new friends...
DeadraveN	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 1:33 PM awesome thanks for doing this fran, this site needs someone to light a fire under its ass like this. I should mention that last time we did this, I found some of my favourite dm artists just by browsing genres I don't normally listen to, so here's hoping history repeats itself!
leedsquietman	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 3:07 PM good luck with organizing this and thanks !
FraDonaghy	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 3:26 PM Guys, I completely left out the Band of the year category... silly me! Please ignore the above Nomination Form and use this one instead! Thanks (and apologies) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nomination Form. Username: I would like to nominate the following songs/artists for each category… DMusic Alternative Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Bluegrass Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Blues Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Classical Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Collaboration Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Country Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Electronic Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Folk Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Hip Hop Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Instrumental Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Jazz Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Metal Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic “Other” Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Pop Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic R&B/Soul Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Reggae Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Rock Song Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Band Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Male Artist Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Female Artist Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic New Artist Of The Year 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: DMusic Outstanding Achievement Award 2007 Nomination 1: Nomination 2: - - - - - - - - - - - - -
leedsquietman	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 3:53 PM From which dates are the songs eligible? 2006 had no competition, are these songs eligible, will we go Sep 2006-Sep 2007 to give 1 year from before the nomination date, or should we exclusively pick songs posted in 2007?
Tattoomom	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 4:09 PM On 16th Sep 2008, leedsquietman said: From which dates are the songs eligible? 2006 had no competition, are these songs eligible, will we go Sep 2006-Sep 2007 to give 1 year from before the nomination date, or should we exclusively pick songs posted in 2007? I thought we said the year didn't matter...
FraDonaghy	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 7:30 PM Theres no way of easily finding out when any song was uploaded (that I am aware of), and seeing as we missed out last year I say we just throw caution to the wind and allow any available original song on the site to be eligible for nomination.
leedsquietman	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 7:53 PM You can tell approximately by the date of the first comment. Fine, I just was curious. The only reason I was asking is that this way, it is possible songs that won awards in 2005 might be winners again - but really the main thing is that we are having a competition at all, thanks to your devotion of time and energy, so whatever you are comfortable with is fine !
evansorchid	Date: September 16, 2007 @ 9:17 PM Now I'm confused. In reference to adding DM Band of the Year 2007 to the list, I like clarification. When you mean 'band', does it refer to an actual band, or can it be a collective group of DM collaborators who have formed a 'band' even though they have probably never even met each other in person? Or does it even matter?
BlackMage	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 12:19 AM As of 7:15 AM (Finnish timetable) on September 17th, I'll be nominating Moam as the DMusic Male Artist Of The Year 2007. May God have mercy on my soul.
BlackMage	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 12:20 AM Oh wait, scratch that. I haven't done these nomination things in years. Carry on!
FraDonaghy	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 3:58 AM Evansorchid, sorry for the confusion. The Band category was added with groups like Halaka, The Pop Dolls and Murmurr in mind. They don't really fit into "male" or "female" artist categories, and yet deserve recognition. This category applies to any group of people who submit songs as a group and not as an individual. I hope that clears up the confusion.
evansorchid	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 5:52 AM On 17th Sep 2008, FraDonaghy said: They don't really fit into "male" or "female" artist categories. I hope that clears up the confusion. So the band category was created for our androgynous artists? I just must not be paying close enough attention.
FraDonaghy	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 5:58 AM Bands tend to have more than one person in them. The male and female artist awards are for individuals. Make sense now?
Tattoomom	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 10:02 AM Makes sense to me...
songbird	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 10:15 AM On 16th Sep 2008, evansorchid said: When you mean 'band', does it refer to an actual band, or can it be a collective group of DM collaborators who have formed a 'band' even though they have probably never even met each other in person? Or does it even matter? Mike...wouldn't DMusic Collaboration Of The Year 2007 cover what you're describing here?
zedsalt	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 10:39 AM I would think that it could, but it does fit the definition of "band", too. And my vote would go for counting MPD schizophrenics as solo artists whether they like it or not.
DeadraveN	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 11:05 AM As far as I know, we're the only MPD artist here, so if there's an award just for that, it should be ours. hehe I think the band/collab thing is pretty clear. Wilhemina Murray's Revenge, for example ( ) would be a "band," even though we've never all met face to face, whereas evanorchid's tracks done with other artists would qualify for collab of the year... since it's seperate artists not united under one band name... that's all correct, yes?
FraDonaghy	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 11:53 AM Thank you Katie, Zed and Brady for clearing that up.
Tattoomom	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 1:53 PM I have my nominations in... I just want to say it was really enjoyable to go through some of the other genres that I don't usually frequent!!!
evansorchid	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 2:47 PM Thanks everyone for clearing that up. I just wanted to make sure that I was nominating an actual ‘band’ even though the members of the ‘band’ I have in mind are also ‘solo’ artists and are also a members of numerous other ‘bands’.
darkgrrrl	Date: September 17, 2007 @ 3:38 PM STARTING NOW
imemine	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 12:42 AM Good luck to all you wonderfully talented!
AdNauseam	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 6:32 AM Dude! Zed? Is my buddy AJ back!?
ChillinBuzz	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 7:19 AM I think you should have more than one vote counter, no artist should be excluded from the awards, not even you Fra. You are likely to feature in at least one category so excluding yourself seems a little bizarre, given your popularity.
FraDonaghy	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 8:57 AM Thank you Chris. I prefer to not be involved in that way anyway.
FraDonaghy	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 9:14 AM Can I ask any of you who are nominating people for the "Outstanding Achievement" award to please list the reason why as well? Anyone who has already nominated and wants to send me a note again with their reasons, I would be grateful I should have said about this earlier. My fault
NickSawyer	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 9:32 AM Cool thanx bro
HenriRoger	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 10:01 AM "Instrumental" and" Collaborations " are not listed in the genres on the dmusic main page . That makes it harder to look for them
ShadowMom	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 10:33 AM These are supposed to be your favorites anyway... how far do you have to look? I'm going into my playlists later to fill mine out. If I'm not back in two weeks, you'll know where I am.
HenriRoger	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 10:36 AM Just looking for things I don't know yet ,just in case ...
SimonWaldram	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 10:37 AM For instrumentals you can just go to the 'other' page and find the 'instrumental' sub-genre there. Collaborations are a bit trickier, but I would think that most of us have already heard some collabs in the last year on here that we've been really impressed by, and you can always find more with a bit of browsing
SimonWaldram	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 10:43 AM Fra, when you've collated the results, are you just going to display the winners, or will you say who the runners-up were too?
HenriRoger	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 10:46 AM Thx Simon , I browse ! haha It's cool
aflunky	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 1:11 PM I'm Sexy!
ebarbarella	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 2:29 PM i made this to decorate the DMusic Logo! if DMusic want to use it, is the same size than the logo on the top of the pages
ChillinBuzz	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 2:32 PM Nice logo and Flunk's about as sexy as an elephant undergoing a colonoscopy.
ebarbarella	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 2:45 PM thanks Chris i actually made two, this one the Music Awards typo is smaller I hope we can use them for the top of the pages like what we do for Christmas time or any special events like this one
FraDonaghy	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 2:47 PM Great job Barbie They look great! Simon, I was thinking of just posting the winner in each category - but I guess it wouldn't hurt to post the runners up too. What would people prefer?
Tattoomom	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 3:43 PM Hmmmm..... It might be fun to have runners-up...Because you know in case the winner is unable to fulfill their obligations for any reason...the first runner-up has to assume the position...I mean duties....
GTOriginal	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 3:54 PM The 2007 DM-ies
HenriRoger	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 4:03 PM Very nice logos Ebarbella On 18th Sep 2008, Tattoomom said: Hmmmm..... It might be fun to have runners-up...Because you know in case the winner is unable to fulfill their obligations for any reason...the first runner-up has to assume the position...I mean duties.... Hmmm, what are the winner obligations ?
FraDonaghy	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 7:26 PM Winners' obligations are to keep rocking our socks off for another year
tracy	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 8:14 PM when do people have until to nominate? when is the voting?
FraDonaghy	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 8:20 PM Timetable is as follows Nomination Period : 17th September - 1st October (inclusive). 2nd October - Nominations announced (Maximum of 5 for each category) Final Voting Period : 2nd October - 16th October (inclusive). 17th October - Winners Announced.
aflunky	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 8:22 PM OH, New Grafix I should make a new song talking about how how the song should be nominated It would be called nominate me, and it would feature Pulo!
aflunky	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 8:23 PM All winners will be obligated to fly over to San Diego and give a private performance for me
hantu	Date: September 18, 2007 @ 8:29 PM Does a chosen song have to have been uploaded before a certain date?
FraDonaghy	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 2:17 AM On 16th Sep 2008, FraDonaghy said: Theres no way of easily finding out when any song was uploaded (that I am aware of), and seeing as we missed out last year I say we just throw caution to the wind and allow any available original song on the site to be eligible for nomination.
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ShadowMom	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 6:53 AM Want to see who won the last awards? 2005 DMusic Awards
darkgrrrl	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 12:36 PM cool logox barbie my nominations are in!
aflunky	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 12:46 PM I'm a start listening to every one right now so be prepared
NoRentJoseph	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 5:41 PM Well, I've plenty of time to get nominating.
SimonWaldram	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 6:54 PM On 18th Sep 2008, FraDonaghy said: Simon, I was thinking of just posting the winner in each category - but I guess it wouldn't hurt to post the runners up too. So what do people think? I personally would love to see who the runners up were as well
SimonWaldram	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 6:56 PM Oops, I missed off the part where Fra asked which people would prefer. This part... On 18th Sep 2008, FraDonaghy said: What would people prefer? Winners or winners and runners up?
BOWILLIE	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 6:59 PM in my opinion..a second place slot would let more artists in the winng spots..second place is good too
ShadowMom	Date: September 19, 2007 @ 10:00 PM Looking at the format we used before, first, second and third places seem good-- win, place, and show, if you will. But it depends on how much work Fra really wants to do..
FraDonaghy	Date: September 20, 2007 @ 3:21 AM 1st, 2nd and 3rd would be no problem at all. I only hesitated because in some genres we haven't even had three nominations yet!
tracy	Date: September 20, 2007 @ 12:31 PM fra, can you post an article? I'd like to take the info from it and write a press release, but could use all the help i can
FraDonaghy	Date: September 20, 2007 @ 3:24 PM Will do, Tracy.
imemine	Date: September 22, 2007 @ 10:10 AM Hey Miami!----Not one word about dangling chads!
ShadowMom	Date: September 22, 2007 @ 12:33 PM Diebold is not involved... and Fra cannot be hacked-- right, Fra?
FraDonaghy	Date: September 22, 2007 @ 1:24 PM Huh? Fra is confused! Diebold? Miami? ...The?
ShadowMom	Date: September 22, 2007 @ 10:53 PM It's completely off-topic, of course, Fra!
FraDonaghy	Date: September 26, 2007 @ 6:24 PM Wake up DM! Only 5 days left to get your nominations in!
Distilled1	Date: September 26, 2007 @ 11:48 PM ok mine are in... :whew:
evansorchid	Date: September 27, 2007 @ 5:50 AM Five days?
FraDonaghy	Date: September 27, 2007 @ 9:11 AM yeah, 5 days! Monday is the last day to get nominations in and the nominees will be announced on Tuesday... and then we begin the final voting stage
ebarbarella	Date: September 27, 2007 @ 3:37 PM now all over it, this is just too hard only 2 nominations per genre, i ll get them in soon always at the last minute
moam	Date: September 27, 2007 @ 3:42 PM
FraDonaghy	Date: September 30, 2007 @ 7:19 AM Tomorrow is the last day for nominations
NoRentJoseph	Date: September 30, 2007 @ 10:50 AM Nearly done
Orion	Date: September 30, 2007 @ 5:51 PM
GTOriginal	Date: September 30, 2007 @ 9:54 PM
dsindel	Date: October 1, 2007 @ 2:02 AM Votes are in... wow that was a lot of music in one evening best to all involved!!! So much talent, very hard to make decisions
FraDonaghy	Date: October 2, 2007 @ 2:55 AM All nominations are now in... nominees will be posted in a separate forum, so please don't post any further comments/questions here