"In my journey, I have been Blessed to succeed in many facets of this business. The one thing that I have come across consistently is that our community has no awards show, nor anything that recognizes our accomplishments within our community. Yes, there are the Grammys, WMC, American Music Awards, and the Billboard Awards.
First and foremost I am a voting member and sit on the Dance board occasionally. We only have 3 awards in total for an entire community.
In a community of millions we all have to compete for only 3 slots?
I am not bashing the Grammys they are trying to honor all genres of music. So they are not in a position to offer more slots neither as far as awards nor on the TV special.
Now let's address WMC....
I have continued to support this conference since it was based in Fort Lauderdale. Problem at hand.... they have open voting. That means anyone can email in a vote. In my opinion, if you are popular enough and have an extensive network of people not only can you get nominated you might even win the category.
American Music Awards and the Billboard Awards don’t even have categories for us. At this point you might be asking why I have not approach these organizations to adopt new ways of voting or to allow us more categories.
I have…. I was met with no change. I respect their choice to run their organizations as they see conducive for their business. When you look at other genres in the music industry, they all have established their Award shows that celebrate and honor their own.
For example:
Hip-hop. The BET Hip-Hop awards
Gospel...Stellar Awards
I can go on and on.
My motto in life is: stop complain about it...fix it!
The Dj Hall of Fame has the best possibility of fixing this over sight. I feel it is way over due for our own Red carpet Televised event that honors many of Best Djs, Artists, Producers, Remixers, and all music industry affiliated.
Before I go into why it is important for you to join and become a voting member, let me address our Facebook members.
You will always be welcomed to everything. You will not be excluded from our events or ceremonies. We will welcome your nominations via the website Djhalloffamegroup.com.
In order for us to build this organization to be respected by the masses we need a minimal fee from each voting member to cover costs.It’s going to take the village to build this together….
A voting member will get the following benefits:
-A beautiful certificate with seal acknowledging your Excellence, Dedication, Ethics and commitment as a founding member of this organization. Placed in a padded binder that will have seal on the cover.
The first 1000 members will be acknowledging as a founding member.
Once we have the museum built (Chicago, IL. USA), at the entrance everyone visiting will see a glass with an etching of each founding member’s names.
In my opinion, that should be more than enough to convince you to join and become a voting member for the minimal fee of $35.
If that is not enough.... let me continue.
-Your membership card will give you steep discounts. Equipment purchase, lodging, travel accommodations and much more as we grow our organization. We already have commitment from one major music supplier in the United States. This vendor will be announced at our meet and greet.
Still not enough....
We are the first to begin an accurate and truthful archiving of DJs and Music starting from the 70’s on to the new age of music know as House, EDM, etc. This will be based on accurate research of the past, present and future. We will dedicate a wall to those that have paved the way in our industry but are no longer with us.
The most important reason to become a voting member…
No one can deny that you had a had a principal role in making sure that we honored our own! (It will be etched in glass) If you have pride in your contribution to our music, which I know you do…
A minimal amount of $35 US dollars (which is 25 euros, which is 22 pounds, etc.) is a price you cannot pass up to honor your peers.
Side note: I know I spend more than $35 every week in a club or restaurant. At this moment you might be thinking… “Get rich scheme” The minimal fee of $35 does not allow the possibilities to get rich. Binders, certificates, meet and greets, web seminars, Televised shows, Awards, etc. all cost money. Do the math.
Further, once a year we will have a meeting that goes over every dollar brought in vs what is spent. Transparency and clarity is a must for me!
I hope you are receiving why it is important for us to build this organization. If you believe differently, I Respect your choice not to join. I still Respect you as part of our community and you are welcome to still be a member on all of our social networks and we still welcome your nominees for the Award show.
Please remember that 100’s have already join and committed to this vision and belief!I ask one thing of you, please break this negative cycle in our community…when we do not like something we go out to destroy it...
Just wish us well. You stand to win one way or another… When writing this letter I was trying to give clarity not strike up a debate.
I thank you for taking the time! I hope you will join us on this journey! When you join please convince a fellow member in our community to do the same. Go to www.djhalloffamegroup.com
In numbers we will create a system to honor those of Excellence, Dedication and Ethics. A honor way over due in our community!"
Georgie Porgie, President
DJ Hall of Fame
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