In the summer of 2024, I got an invitation from the Recoding Academy from the USA to become a voting member in order to vote on who gets Grammys. At first, I thought that some kind of spam arrived to my email box. However, I soon found out that several radio stations from the USA and Europe recommended me to the Recording Academy, as I received emails from these radio stations – informing me that they suggested me to the Academy and that they would like to congratulate me for receiving the invitation! It felt surreal, and I was really honored to accept it!
I enjoyed the online onboarding initiatives done by the Academy, where I was able to meet many of my peers from different countries. We had the first phase of voting during early Oct. and we had to listen to a lot of music to make as objective as possible voting – to be able to get the list of nominees.
It is encouraging to see that the Academy pays close attention to the diversity of their voting member! I am proud to be part of that story…