who the hell is al walser?
who the hell is al walser? | |
| Shayne Kohtz 18.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
Fuck The Grammys. |
| Geri Jarra 17.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
And this is just the beginning of the end of the world.. was nice knowin' ya'll |
| Michell Wehrmeyer 06.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
except those listening to his music |
| Romelia Stankard 07.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
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| Matt Kane 06.12.2012 | http://www.spin.com/blogs/al-walser-...mmy-nomination |
| Shayne Kohtz 18.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
Fuck The Grammys. |
| Geri Jarra 17.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
And this is just the beginning of the end of the world.. was nice knowin' ya'll |
| Pam Stolley 17.12.2012 | Grammy's have investigated the nomination and decided there was no foul play. "The bottom line is that he played by the rules," Bill Freimuth, the Recording Academy's Vice President of Awards said in an interview. "He didn't do anything untoward or against our rules in any way. It's not a fraud, it's not a hoax, as I've been hearing some people say. People voted for him, and he got a nomination as a result." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2278438.html the article goes on to say he did tons of networking on grammy365, the facebook for grammy voters. so basically he did the equivalent of a dj getting booked for a show because they have a ton of facebook likes. as they say...it's not what you know, it's who you know. |
| Tera Baragan 07.12.2012 | Lol, He disabled ratings and made comments go through approval on his videos.. LOL |
| Freida Leash 07.12.2012 | The blonde was the genius in the video, slather her in Vick's and I would wear her for an oxygen mask, I'm not even really into girls like that but she has swagger. In the interview, he hit what I figured is likely, that the judges are not really understanding of dance music culture, or what is responsive in a club vs. pop music. He could actually be legit, the rest of us might be able to be nominated too. The lesson to take from this is to produce a palatable piece of music with a well produced even if horrible in content and submit it. The guy is no Roni Size but then again there are really only a handful of dance music producers that are that good. |
| Pam Stolley 07.12.2012 | wow. i feel dumber just for watching that interview. here it is for the curious walser was as fake as expected but i was more disappointed with edmsnob. he does a much better job of pressing edm artists on twitter than he does in person. as far as i can tell this hasn't been covered in the general media. it's just in edm circles. and the grammy's haven't said anything. the likelihood that this could happen again is pretty high. |
| Georgie Lukowiak 07.12.2012 | If "Al Walser" can be put up amongst the likes of Swedish House Mafia, so can I ... |
| Pam Stolley 07.12.2012 | live google hangout with al walser. tune in now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtZ3...ature=youtu.be |
| Michell Wehrmeyer 06.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
except those listening to his music |
| Pam Stolley 06.12.2012 | he just did an interview with edmsnob. should be interesting. https://twitter.com/EDMsnob/status/276846987410812928 walser is getting plenty of attention. so is house.net and spin magazine. a win win for all involved i'd say. |
| Inez Marcinik 06.12.2012 | Seems about as deserving as the rest of the folk on that list. |
| Ada Matzkin 06.12.2012 | all i know is , i am officially less intelligent than i was previous to viewing that clip... |
| Rhona Dessler 06.12.2012 | what....just...happened?? is exactly how i feel after reading that article. there has to be some funny busniess going on here........ |
| Cliff Lohman 06.12.2012 | Seems like an intentional mockery of the system/grammys or some kind of borat-style prank.. I cant believe the guy would believe he could fool anybody into liking that song & video via his grammy award.. |
| Romelia Stankard 07.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
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| Pam Stolley 07.12.2012 | great find ed. this is blowing up on twitter. Apparently this is real. If you check the grammy website his name is there under best dance recording. scroll down to #9. http://www.grammy.com/nominees According to house.net he somehow gamed the system. Al Walser's Facebook fan page (with an impressive 1400 likes) indicates that he is a "Grammy Voting and Nominating member." However, after reviewing the rosters for the 12 regional Grammy Academy chapters, we were unable to locate anyone named any variation of "Al Walser." A record label executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity, believes that Al Walser blatantly manipulated the nomination process to get his name included on the final list of nominess. "I don't know how he did it, [The Grammy Academy Administrators] are very strict usually. They make you leave the room if your stuff is being voted on, things like that. It's obvious that there is no way that this guy could have legitimately gotten himself included, but it's amazing that he pulled this off. Amazing and sad." http://www.house.net/blog/obscure-ar...play-suspected them calling 1400 likes impressed makes me call this story into question but we'll see as it develops. as i'm typing this post, tweets about this story keep coming in. is this the kind of quality investigative journalism to put spin magazine back on the map? lol Edit: liking some of the facebook comments: "Trolling the Grammys? Well played Al Walser..... Well Played" "well only 14 minutes left of fame. GG" |
| Laurence Calisto 06.12.2012 | that was the craziest thing i ever read and that song is absolute donkey shit what the hell is going on? edit: i found some additional info on a way older website that says al is on the grammy nominating committee. just saying. double edit: i'm clearly missing something as this doesn't seem to be real and now I'm just well confused. |
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