Grammys Try for a Rebound

        With award season having arrived I find it quite enjoyable that many bands with musicians in them are being recognized. The pop scene has been more than overtly saturated by groups and singers that not only can't or won't write their own songs but are so overly produced in the studios that the performance given in a studio recovering can't even be approached by the artists.

         Now I'm not going to say that studio trickery has no place on a record album. The sound created on The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band would have been more than difficult to reproduce at that time in a concert setting but also shows their talent and ability as musicians and studio pioneers.  The current trend of 'fixing' things post recording is alarming especially with the advent of auto tune. 


        So some of this years are nominees break the trend of artists like Rihanna and Beyonce with longtime rockers The Black Crowes as well as  indie influenced groups Mumford and Sons, Goutye, and Fun. While I don't necessarily feel these are the best groups and are the most deserved. These bands not only write their own music but are talented musicians and singers as well. 

        I find it funny when some groups are nominated for best new artists. I saw Fun several years ago after the breakup of Fun singer Nate Ruess's previous group The Format who I saw perform with Fellow indie rockers Motion City Soundtrack and The All American Rejects. Fun's sound is derivative of The Format and much more pop influenced than The Format. I personally prefer The Format's sound but check it out for yourself.