The first REGGAE ACADEMY AWARDS ceremony is set to unfold on Sunday February 24th at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston Jamaica. The REGGAE ACADEMY is a project of the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica/RIAJam which is made up of just over thirty music companies doing business inside Jamaica and internationally.
Earlier this year RIAJam officially launched its REGGAE ACADEMY which is a membership group made up of music producers, vocalists, songwriters, music video producers, media representatives, artist managers and agents. RIAJam chairman Clevie Browne explains that the staging of a first class international music awards event for Reggae and Dancehall was identified as a priority activity by his board of directors and the organization when it was established four years. He stated that the objective is to celebrate and recognize creative excellence in a format that will allow for judging and voting by persons directly involved in performing, making and promoting Reggae around the world. The members of the REGGAE ACADEMY will decide on the recordings and artists to be considered for nomination and will also vote to determine what projects and artists are the best for the year 2007. Interested industry persons are still able to sign up for membership to the REGGAE ACADEMY.
While work continues on building the membership of the REGGAE ACADEMY a professional production team has also been engaged by RIAJam to deal with the planning and staging of the awards show on February 24th 2008. According to chairman of the REGGAE ACADEMY Lloyd Stanbury, plans are at a very advanced stage for the event. The design and technical elements of the show are being worked out, and several top artists have already signed contracts to appear as performers and award presenters on the show. These include Shaggy, Sean Paul, Morgan Heritage, Elephant Man, Diana King, Ky-Mani Marley, Bounti Killa, Wayne Marshall, Queen Ifrica, Tarrus Riley, Buju Banton, Ce’Cile, Etana, Assassin, and Voice Mail. In addition to the artists already confirmed the organisers are also looking at a number of overseas based artists who have been involved in Reggae and Dancehall music such as Gentleman out of Germany, Sinead O’Conner, Sean Kingston and Collie Budz.
The REGGAE ACADEMY AWARDS will be the final event in a 4-day series of activities in Kingston which will include music business conferences and live performance showcases for emerging artists. The project has already received the endorsement of the Jamaica Tourist Board and Jamaica Trade and Invest/JAMPRO.
Promotion of the REGGAE ACADEMY and AWARDS has been ongoing for over a year and includes the establishment of websites at
www.reggaeacademy.com
www.myspace.com/reggaeacademy
PRESS ACCREDITATIONS ARE NOW BEING CONDUCTED.
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