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Harvey Mason Jr.

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435 total appearances

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

What are the new genres coming up that we want to make sure that we're able to interpret and vote for and get good outcomes? Well, then if that's a new one, we got to make sure we have members to support that. Otherwise, having a new category with nobody that can understand the nuance or the fine points of that genre voting, it's a failed concept.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

What are the new genres coming up that we want to make sure that we're able to interpret and vote for and get good outcomes? Well, then if that's a new one, we got to make sure we have members to support that. Otherwise, having a new category with nobody that can understand the nuance or the fine points of that genre voting, it's a failed concept.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

What are the new genres coming up that we want to make sure that we're able to interpret and vote for and get good outcomes? Well, then if that's a new one, we got to make sure we have members to support that. Otherwise, having a new category with nobody that can understand the nuance or the fine points of that genre voting, it's a failed concept.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

And so we want to make sure that the voters align with music and how it's being made and consumed.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

And so we want to make sure that the voters align with music and how it's being made and consumed.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

And so we want to make sure that the voters align with music and how it's being made and consumed.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

We still have room to grow, no question. We're where our goals were. We set those goals pretty aggressively. We met them a bit early, actually. But they'll continue to be new stretch goals and new things that I want to accomplish with our membership. And our membership team is amazing. They're so proactive.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

We still have room to grow, no question. We're where our goals were. We set those goals pretty aggressively. We met them a bit early, actually. But they'll continue to be new stretch goals and new things that I want to accomplish with our membership. And our membership team is amazing. They're so proactive.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

We still have room to grow, no question. We're where our goals were. We set those goals pretty aggressively. We met them a bit early, actually. But they'll continue to be new stretch goals and new things that I want to accomplish with our membership. And our membership team is amazing. They're so proactive.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

And we have great committees around our membership team and elected leadership who are really passionate about membership. And as we said, until I hear your ideas for now, that's the way we think we can affect change in the outcomes and affect the relevance of our awards and continue to grow the Grammy brand on a global, global basis.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

And we have great committees around our membership team and elected leadership who are really passionate about membership. And as we said, until I hear your ideas for now, that's the way we think we can affect change in the outcomes and affect the relevance of our awards and continue to grow the Grammy brand on a global, global basis.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

And we have great committees around our membership team and elected leadership who are really passionate about membership. And as we said, until I hear your ideas for now, that's the way we think we can affect change in the outcomes and affect the relevance of our awards and continue to grow the Grammy brand on a global, global basis.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Well, I'd love to hear your thoughts more. When you talk about hard lines, the goal for the genre awards is to try and find some guardrails in which to fit music. And that's very hard. You're talking about, again, art and then someone's interpretation of art and how to couple those in the different buckets so that people can evaluate them comparatively.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Well, I'd love to hear your thoughts more. When you talk about hard lines, the goal for the genre awards is to try and find some guardrails in which to fit music. And that's very hard. You're talking about, again, art and then someone's interpretation of art and how to couple those in the different buckets so that people can evaluate them comparatively.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Well, I'd love to hear your thoughts more. When you talk about hard lines, the goal for the genre awards is to try and find some guardrails in which to fit music. And that's very hard. You're talking about, again, art and then someone's interpretation of art and how to couple those in the different buckets so that people can evaluate them comparatively.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

So we don't want to see hip-hop going against rock because they're so dissimilar. Dissimilar audiences, I think. Dissimilar...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

So we don't want to see hip-hop going against rock because they're so dissimilar. Dissimilar audiences, I think. Dissimilar...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

So we don't want to see hip-hop going against rock because they're so dissimilar. Dissimilar audiences, I think. Dissimilar...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

people that are creating, but as music becomes more and more, uh, you know, blurred together or mashed up, I guess I'll say there will be some conversations around how we're going to title the words, how we're going to include them in different fields and who should be voting on them. Right now we have different fields.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

people that are creating, but as music becomes more and more, uh, you know, blurred together or mashed up, I guess I'll say there will be some conversations around how we're going to title the words, how we're going to include them in different fields and who should be voting on them. Right now we have different fields.