GRAMMY® CREATORS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF MANAGERS THINK TANK
buzzz worthy. . . Neil Portnow During the 57th Grammy Awards this year Neil Portnow, the President and CEO of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), flanked by young artists Jennifer Hudson and Ryan Tedder posed a crucial question. He asked, "What if we're all watching the GRAMMYs a few years from now, and there's no Best New Artist award because there aren't enough talented artists or songwriters who are actually able to make a living from their craft? Could that really happen? Or more importantly, could any of us ever let that happen?" In posing this scenario Mr. Portnow placed one of the biggest concerns in the music business in a live context confronting a very real problem the music community faces today-- profiting from content in the digital era. There has been a landslide-sized decline in record sales in recent years fueled by the consumption of music through free download services and how music is sold (i.e....