Tenth Annual Awards Show To Be Held
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
Niagara Falls, NY
SUBMISSIONS CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED
Nominees of the Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards will be selected by NAMA Advisory and Industry members by June 30th, 2008. Eligible recordings must have been commercially released from December 31, 2006 thru December 31, 2007. Winners will be determined through membership votes and a national voting campaign open to the general public through a listen and vote system on the Native American Music Awards website, www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
For further information, call (212) 228-8300 or visit;
www.senecaniagaracasino.com
www.infoniagara.com
www.city.niagarafalls.on.ca
THE SHOW:
· Each year the annual Awards show program features over one dozen mesmerizing and dynamic performances by some of today’s leading Native American artists along with awards presentations in over 30 categories including; Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame.
· The Awards show is an extraordinary and unprecedented celebration of today’s best contemporary and traditional musical performances and recordings by Native American artists.
· The Awards program is an innovative, visually advanced production using prerecorded music of the nominees, voice over, live presentations and performances, and IMAG and large screen imaging. This critically acclaimed Music Awards show and its high production values have been featured in Billboard Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, NY Times, Boston Globe, and CNN.
HISTORY:
· The highly anticipated annual awards show program debuted in 1998 at Foxwoods in Conneticut and drew its first audience of 1500 people in the Northeast. It has since been held throughout the country in cities such as; Albuquerque, Milwaukee, Ft Lauderdale and has drawn its largest audiences in the Southwest and most recently in the Northeast
· Based on ticket sales, an estimated 43 % of our audience travel from all across the country to attend our shows.
- The Native American Music Awards logo features an emblemed music note with an Eagle Feather as the cleff and Mother Earth's Turtle Island as the base of the note.
-A Record Number of recordings were submitted for Nomination Consideration in the Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards - Over 200 Recordings. The first annual awards show featured 56 national recordings with a mission and obligation to showcase and bring music from the reservations to larger audiences.
NOMINATION & VOTING PROCESS:
· The Awards show honors national recordings that have been released in the previous calendar year. Nominees are submitted and selected by our national Advisory membership consisting of individuals directly involved in recording, manufacturing, distributing and promoting Native American music nationally.
· Winners are selected by a combined vote by our national membership and the general public who can listen and vote to the tracks of our nominees on our website
Native American Music Awards Inc.
