About Rock Hall Projected,  KING wrote:
Chris Lyons
I hope you reconsider and continue voting in the projects and in the induction classes here. You are a valuable voter and it's important as this is a small group of 30-40 voters. Every vote counts and 1 of my last votes was for Dr. Dre. It could have made the difference he's inducted.
I think the FRL Regulars and new voters do excellent work in the Album and Song Projects as well as the Rock Hall Projected Induction Class. They have been ahead of the curve inducting Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Anthrax, Blue Oyster Cult, Boston, Fiona Apple, Lauryn Hill, Linkin Park, Megadeth, Procol Harum, The Pointer Sisters, Tears For Fears, The Commodores, TLC, Tori Amos, XTC, and many others.
I started voting on the projects I believe 9 years ago. I would write advocating for Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Scorpions, and other deserving bands. Never could understand the voting procedure. I would look at the FRL Album and Song Projects and it usually was in the process of voting or unveiling the final results. Darren had an open call for those wanting to vote in the Projected Hall Of Fame. I jumped at the chance and have been voting every month for around a decade now. My 1st voting I think went very well until the tiebreaker....Billy Idol & Tears For Fears. I was an 80's child and watched both artists on MTV. It was a difficult decision. I decided on Billy Idol because I like him a little more and I believed Tears For Fears could be inducted even if they lost this time around. It was a very close tiebreaker. Billy Idol was inducted 11 votes to 9 votes Tears For Fears. Had I voted for Tears For Fears, it would have been 10 to 10. Not sure who would have been inducted. I wrestled with that decision for a few months. I was relieved when Tears For Fears was inducted here 2 years later.
I can understand your frustration Chris as I would like to see Bryan Adams, Counting Crows, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, L.A. Guns, Queensryche, Scorpions and others inducted. Many times, it's like walking in cement watching a small number of votes for the nominated music artist. I was very disappointed Scorpions did not earn induction this time around. They have incredible longevity 60 years, 100+ million records sold, involved in important concerts like Monsters of Rock and the Moscow Music Festival, inducted in the Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame. Wind Of Change 14 million singles sold. Plus, the Scorpions many accomplishments and awards.
I also know the frustration in trying to enact change through the October proposals. I've lost count but I think I'm 0 for 11 or 0 for 12 in the proposals. I had a great 1 on a voter having 30 FAV songs of his or her choice voted on at the end of the month. It's usually bald at the end of the month. It would have rotated every month by the random number generator. Selecting 1 of the names of the voters. For example, Johnny- January, Jennifer-February, Greg F-April-Nick B. etc. Had it been implemented, 24 FRL Voters over 2 years would have had the opportunity to nominate 30 of their FAV songs to be voted on. Maybe, 10 or 12 would have been inducted. Johnny and Jennifer also had great proposals that were voted down. The Ranked Choice Order was a good proposal. It didn't get enough votes. Enter the great Joker. He was able to take some of the proposals and condense it into something that would pass. The Birthday Month one passed. Birthday Month 6 songs later knocked down to 4. Also, the perfect attendance in the Album and Song Project over 3 months could give a person to get 1 of their tiebreaker songs inducted. That also was very helpful and a good addition.
Casper is a good example of someone working with the system to get more notice and recognition for Indie artists. We are now seeing more Indie artists inducted or very close to induction.
Chris, I hope you continue with the projects and the Rock Hall Projected 2027. It's not a perfect system but music artists have a couple bites at the apple through the genre voting and in the general voting in late August and September. FRL voters have a good knowledge and love of music. All different styles and genres. Perhaps Selena and a few of your other artists will be inducted in 2027.
Regards,
KING |
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