2011 Grammys Recap: Is it Music’s Biggest Night?

So probably I will be late of giving my take on this year’s Grammys since the media is all quick about giving their opinions early today but I really wanted to take some time and say what I need to say about it.

Overall, I enjoyed this year’s Grammys, I liked almost all of the performances as they were artists that are on top of the charts. My favorite performance of the night had to be Cee Lo Green’s song of “Forget You” with Gwyneth Paltrow and Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream.[See vids below].

Something I wish would change for many of these live telecasts is the ability to see them LIVE rather than 3 hours later. This really does make a difference now a days with a lot of social media platforms “live-tweeting” and updating that it really does not give us that sense of excitement in these types of award shows. I think the Grammys did a GREAT job using social media and the internet as a behind the scenes look when it was actually happening but gives the WEST COAST a big disadvantage because it is not yet televised in our region [which makes no sense at all since it happens HERE in Los Angeles!]

Other than that, numbers seem to go in favor for the Grammys this year. As an avid reader of AdAge I found this article posted today giving out the preliminary results according to Nielsen. It seems that this year has been the most watched Grammys since 2001, with an average of 26.55 million viewers [given a 3% increase from last year]. It was also the youngest-skewing telecast since 2004, with seven-year highs among 18-to-49-year-olds (up 1% vs. last year) and 18-to-34-year-olds (up 4% vs. last year.) [AdAge].

I was actually wondering throughout the telecast about how much the commercials cost for this event with all the hype from the Superbowl a week ago. The article gives more in detail the costs of the commercials aired during the awards show.

And this might just be the highlight of the NIGHT! [This version is remixed]

What was your favorite part of the Grammys??? Comments are always welcomed!

Blast from the Past: 2006 Marching Season

So Summer is in full swing and one of things that I am a HUGE FAN of is Marching. During the summer is when the PRO’s of marching compete and see who has the best show. So with that in mind, I’m in the works of recovering all the Jamboree performances I participated in [Nov 2003 – 2006]. This one in particular was really special to me since it was MY LAST one.

For all those who don’t know what Jamboree is/was  an annual competition/showcase of the marching bands and cheer squads from the Whittier Unified School District [ California High, La Serna, Pioneer, Santa Fe, and Whittier] . I say is/was because up to my senior year, Jamboree was the culmination of our marching season and we COMPETED for the sweepstakes prize. Since then, due to school politics the school board decided to take out the competition and replace it with a showcase. This really discourages all of the participants because they have no motivation of putting effort into it and make it a less of an exciting event.

Jamboree of 2006 was GREAT. Even though we did not win sweepstakes it was still an amazing experience. We ALL left our emotions and heart in that field that night. I’m not going to spoil the ending of the field show but on that last note I saw a flashback of all 4 years of marching passing through my mind. And wow, just hearing the crowd cheer was indescribable…

So, now enjoy the 2006 SFHS Chieftain Tribe and Color Guard’s A Pirate Story!

Directed by Terry Dawson

Percussion Director: Carlos Sanchez

Battery Instructor Jason Person

Visual Instructor: Eric Villalobos

Drum Majors: Gabe Carrasco, Becky Flores

Enjoy!