Last week, I helped a friend of mine record an audition video for the Grammy Jazz Ensemble, its a cool program put on by the Grammy Foundation, Baldwin Pianos, and Gibson Guitars. Those accepted win a trip to the Grammy host city, this year Los Angeles, to perform at Grammy events and record a CD. I think its a cool opportunity for young students to get some recognition and experience in performing.
The audition process is cool, applicants prepare a video of three tunes, the Charlie Parker blues Billie's Bounce and two others of their choice and then upload the video to YouTube and include the link in their application to be reviewed by the foundation. Its interesting that anyone can watch or comment on the videos and applicants can see their competition. It also raises awareness of the Grammy Foundation by having all these videos on a place where anyone could stumble upon them and see the quality of these young musicians.
Here's the video I helped out with
Do you think it raises awareness for the Grammy Foundation to put these all on YouTube? Does the ability to post and read comments have the possibility to skew the results?
That's awesome! Very impressive! Good luck!
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