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Grammy for MIDI Creators Dave Smith, Ikutaro Kakehashi; First Connection Mystery Solved
It’s been almost 30 years since MIDI was first demonstrated at the winter NAMM show, 1983. Marking the anniversary, The Recording Academy is giving a coveted Technical Grammy to the two people most associated with its creation – so-called “father of MIDI” Dave Smith (then founder of Sequential Circuits, now Dave Smith Instruments) and Roland […]
Read moreAccepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community
The Grammy Awards faced controversy long before this year’s ceremony; more than 30 categories faced the axe. With music outside Billboard lists already facing marginalization, the changes angered many artists by combining genders and averaging together genres. More fundamentally, artists can easily argue that the awards lack direct relevance to music they value, and look […]
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2012
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