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Voting schedule established for 2006 Detroit Music Awards, Attempted fraud slowing approval of new DMA voters The MCMF is experiencing an alarming pattern of potentially fraudulent voter applications, using false identities and email addresses. To ensure the continued integrity of the DMA voting process, it has become necessary for the organization to be extraordinarily meticulous in ascertaining the credentials of new voters.

4th Annual MCMF Holiday Blues Bash, December 26 at Memphis Smoke 4th Annual MCMF Holiday Blues Bash, December 26 at Memphis Smoke. See link for more details.

Election Notice The Motor City Music Foundation will be holding elections for four (4) open Executive Board positions at its November Meeting. To be eligible for the executive board, candidates must: *Be paid-up members in good-standing of MCMF; *Submit a nominating paragraph outlining your credentials and involvement in the Detroit area music community. This should be sent to Nominations are due by Friday, October 28th, and will be availabe at the www.detroitmusicawards.com web site by November 1st.

2005 Award Show Pictures Posted Check out the great photos from the latest award show. Photos were provided by 2 Snaps Up Photography.

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2005 Awards Show The line up for the 2005 show has been announced: An All-Star Tribute to Don Rader Cyril Lords Dirty Americans Easter Michigan Gospel Choir David McMurray with special guest Don Was Now on with special guest Miz Korona One of 7 from Scan 7 Swat Ding Jones Host: J Chris Newberg House DJ: Mark EP Distinguished Achievement Awards: Neeme Jarvi Don Rader Johnny Trudell Don Was

2004 Awards Show TV Airing Michigan Television Network with the cooperation of Community Media Network and in association with The Motor City Music Foundation. Is proud to bring you the rest of the 2004 Detroit music awards. Airing this Thursday @11:30pm, Friday and Saturday @10:30pm. 4-7- Thursday @11:30pm-Show #6 will be airing with performances from The Wrenfields and Forge. Plus an interview with local entertainers network President and CEO, Rock Krzeminski. 4-8 Friday @10:30pm-show #7 will have performances with Forge and Slum Village, plus interviews with Glenn Brittain, Rose Esposito, Crazy Mark Maxwell, Johnny Bee and Kent Agee from DTW. 4-9-Saturday @10:30pm-show #8 is a Blues Tribute to the Butler Twins. We didn't have enough time to air the whole performance in show #3. so here it is. Community Media Network airs in the following cities - Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington woods, Berkley, Royal Oak, Clawson, Troy, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills and Oakland Township. On Wide Open West - Channel 18 Comcast - Channel 52 The shows are also airing through Comcast in Dearborn, Canton, Wayne, Northville and Plymouth on Wednesdays @8pm-Channel 18.

Nominee CD Release Party The 2005 Detroit Music Awards Nominee CD will be available at Best Buy and other local record store this week! Featuring tracks from 19 Wheels, Ray Street Park, Nadir, Critical Bill, Grievous Angel, Blind Shame, Natives of the New Dawn, Paul Miles, Matthew Dear, SOOT, Jill Jack, Buddha Fulla Rymez, Randolph, Amy Heard and Liliana Rokita. Join WRIF Friday night April 8th, 10pm to Midnight at the Rock Room in the Emerald Theatre, Mt. Clemens for a DMA CD Release Party!

Nominee Instructions For a complete list of nominees, please go to http://www.detroitmusicawards.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?SUB=Nominees and click on to the nominees at the top of the home page. If you or your band where nominated, you should read the Nominee Instructions.

ArtServe Artist Legal Clinic April 2nd, 1-4pm Xhedos Cafe, Ferndale Please join ArtServe at Xhedos Cafe between 1-4pm for a free private consultation on your art related legal issue. The walk in clinic provides legal assistance in matters such as contracts, copyrights, patents, first amendment issues, and much more. This is free and open to the public. Please contact , Director of Service Programs at ArtServe for more information. Xhedos Cafe is located at 240 West 9 Mile Road in Ferndale. Please forward this on to all of your friends in the arts. We look forward to seeing you there!

Mobile Device Support Added Options for participating continue to grow, as you can now vote from most mobile devices. The mobile site, located at http://mobile.detroitmusicawards.com, has been used successfully with PocketPC, TMobile Sidekick and various emulators. Almost any xHTML-MP, cHTML or WML enabled browser is now supported. For a complete list Click Here

Award Show The Detroit Music Awards will be Wednesday April 20 at 7:00 pm at the State Theatre, 2115 Woodward in Detroit, the pre-show gala for NOMINEES ONLY will be at Hockeytown Cafe, 2301 Woodward, doors at 4:30 pm, program begins promptly at 5:00 pm. General Admission tickets for the Detroit Music Awards are $20 and will be on sale Friday March 25 at Ticketmaster. Limited VIP and Display Tables are available by calling 248.486.3424, or email [email protected] for more information. Nominees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. Multiple nominees will still be entitled to just one comp ticket. Additional tickets may be purchased at Ticketmaster, and also available at Record Time in Ferndale, on Friday March 25.

Great Sounds Readers Choice Awards Great Sounds Readers Choice Awards...anyone can vote! Contest began March 17. Click here for more information

Detroit Music Awards Announces New Category for 2005, "Outstanding Music Video" Partnership with Detroit Film Center Honors Local Cinematic Achievement Join us at 8pm FRIDAY, MARCH 25th, 2005, for the public PREMIERE of the 2005 Nominees for Outstanding Video/Limited Budget at the Detroit Film Center, a storefront space at 1227 Washington Blvd. Downtown Detroit in the Book Building. No other development in the music industry in the last 30 years has had more influence on the world than the music video. For good or for bad, the music video has a pivotal role in mainstream culture in the way musical acts promote themselves and connect with audiences. By comparison, no single cinematic form has developed as quickly as the music video, which is, at it's best, a breeding ground for cinematic innovation. The DFC and DMA are proud to honor the artistic achievement and vision of area bands, producers, directors, editors and production personnel working in the cinema arts in the Motor City and hope this award continues to foster innovative development in this important cinematic form. Friday, March 25th 8pm (doors open at 6pm) $5 admission, $3 DFC/DMA Members/Students.

2004 Awards Show TV Airing Michigan Television Network with the cooperation of Community Media Network and in association with The Motor City Music Foundation and the Metro Times. Brings you the 2004 Detroit music awards. Better late than never and just in time to help promote the best music networking opportunity in Michigan, the 2005 show. April 20th at the State Theater. Airing through Community Media Network. Starting this Thursday, March 17th @11:30pm and repeated on Fridays and Saturdays @10:30pm. The shows will be airing in half hour increments. In the first show we will have performances from MAN and Ramiyah, plus interviews with Liz Larin and Tom 'O Tomas from the R & B Pioneers. Get a Complete Listing at the Michigan Television Network WebSite

2005 Awards Phase Three Started Detroit Music Awards voters -- Bring it On! The final ballot for the 2005 Detroit Music Awards is up and ready to go. As usual it is quick, painless and user-friendly. If you have not voted before you'll have to go through a registration process, but that is equally quick and painless and you'll be voting in no time. Please take a few minutes and cast your vote. The more people who vote, the better the awards will represent the Detroit area music community and let the rest of the world know about the great wealth of talent we have here. Voting will be open until midnight on April 4th.

2005 Nominees Announced The 2005 Nominees are now listed on the nominees page. Good luck to all the nominees.

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2005 Awards Phase Three The final voting phase is now scheduled to begin Monday March 14, 2005. If you are not already a registered voter, you must register, be approved and login to vote. If you have any trouble, please [].

2005 Awards Phase Two Phase Two is underway. If you are not already a registered voter, you must register, be approved and login to nominate. If you have any trouble, please [].

ArtServe Benefits The Motor City Music Foundation announces ArtServe member benefits, including health insurance and legal counsel.[Read more...]

T-shirts and CD'sFor more information please use the site [contact page] to purchase items.

Photogallery Don't miss the pictures from the shows and other events in the [photogallery].

Site Registration To register, use the direction listed on the site [registration page].

Winners The latest and previous winners for the show can always be viewed on the Winners Page.

Nominees The latest and previous nominees for the show can always be viewed on the Nominees Page.