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Hello everyone!

Many thanks for stopping by and reading the thread and also spending time commenting.

We appreciate ANY feedback, whether this be good, or bad.

We shall try and answer as many question as we can that have already been asked.. We shall start by answering the questions bought forward by Tunnidge, as we feel this will answer the majority of questions you all have.

"Hello, are you able to expand a bit on who you are/your involvement in the scene?" & "I'm sure some history and applicable accolades would alleviate some of the concern people would feel about your proposed event."

--Of course! - The DMA's are made of 5 very experienced promoters and music business owners. Between us, we have over 40 years of experience in running/organising events within various different genres, right across the UK. Each 'partner' brings their own feel to the awards and their own expertise. One of the 'partners' organising the DMAs is also the organiser for The Drum and Bass Awards, held in Birmingham (currently) which attracts thousands of people across the UK, yearly. The DnB Awards have been running for over 5 years and they have a GREAT following! We're hoping and are also confident to match the success with the DMAs and to go beyond the success of the DnB Awards. Another event that is run by one of our organisers is the UK renound, 'Hype' event. Holding sell out events in Birmingham and other areas around the UK. We also have the Raveology crew involved. Everyone involved in making the DMAs happen are very respected in what they do and have great relationships with the agencies, DJs and other businesses related to Dubstep. Heck, we even help the festivals organise their Dubstep acts in some cases. In relation to knowing the scene, all of the organisers have been organising Dubstep events for over 5 years, within various cities. With this in mind, we can assure you that we've played host to every aspect of the genre, whether it be the more melodic stuff to the 'brostep' end... From being very avid fans of the genre, I can assure you that we know the difference between the sub genres and that ALL sub genres will be catered for at the DMAs.

We feel very confident in what we do and how we do it. Please feel free to e-mail: info@dubstepmusicawards.co.uk for further information on the organisers..

Hopefully that snippet up there shows you a little bit about us and that we do.

"At this point the sceptical among us would view you as yet another organization /individual seeing the scene as a cash making enterprise, rather than a worthwhile well established organization /individual looking to reward Dubstep's noteworthy contributors."

--This is not the case at all. Everyone involved is VERY passionate about the genre and one 'partner' has even devoted 4 years to working in events for FREE, just to help spread Dubstep to his city. We are aware that although money can be made from such a venture, that creating the awards with the view of 'cashing in' will never create the atmosphere and buzz that we want the awards to create. Passion makes music and we believe this is the case for events too. Therefore, we are building this event from our hearts and not our wallets. It's down to you to come along to the awards and see that we're celebrating the genre and not celebrating the English currency.

Please note: Our website is currently going through construction to allow for voting etc.. Hence why, currently, we only have the default holding page available. More information will be announced shortly on here, the facebook fan page and most importantly the website.

Join us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DubstepMusicAwards

I hope this helps answer some questions that have been posed by you lovely people! - Unfortunatly, until you see the DMAs in the flesh, you're just going to have to believe us.

One final thing, to cut out all the 'brostep' nonsense, my (the person writing this) favourite element of the genre is the more melodic sounds of Dubstep.. So please do not think that the awards is for 'brostep' only.. Yes it will feature a role as will every sub genre but the DMAs are here to celebrate EVERY aspect of the genre and we can assure you that the last thing we want is a 'brostep' awards.

Many thanks for reading. We shall answer your questions as quickly as possible.

The DMA Team

who from the dnbawards is it?

I want the Ambient Music Awards please!

sub categories?
Sub genres?
whut?

dubstepmusicawards wrote:Hello everyone!

Many thanks for stopping by and reading the thread and also spending time commenting.

We appreciate ANY feedback, whether this be good, or bad.

We shall try and answer as many question as we can that have already been asked.. We shall start by answering the questions bought forward by Tunnidge, as we feel this will answer the majority of questions you all have.

"Hello, are you able to expand a bit on who you are/your involvement in the scene?" & "I'm sure some history and applicable accolades would alleviate some of the concern people would feel about your proposed event."

--Of course! - The DMA's are made of 5 very experienced promoters and music business owners. Between us, we have over 40 years of experience in running/organising events within various different genres, right across the UK. Each 'partner' brings their own feel to the awards and their own expertise. One of the 'partners' organising the DMAs is also the organiser for The Drum and Bass Awards, held in Birmingham (currently) which attracts thousands of people across the UK, yearly. The DnB Awards have been running for over 5 years and they have a GREAT following! We're hoping and are also confident to match the success with the DMAs and to go beyond the success of the DnB Awards. Another event that is run by one of our organisers is the UK renound, 'Hype' event. Holding sell out events in Birmingham and other areas around the UK. We also have the Raveology crew involved. Everyone involved in making the DMAs happen are very respected in what they do and have great relationships with the agencies, DJs and other businesses related to Dubstep. Heck, we even help the festivals organise their Dubstep acts in some cases. In relation to knowing the scene, all of the organisers have been organising Dubstep events for over 5 years, within various cities. With this in mind, we can assure you that we've played host to every aspect of the genre, whether it be the more melodic stuff to the 'brostep' end... From being very avid fans of the genre, I can assure you that we know the difference between the sub genres and that ALL sub genres will be catered for at the DMAs.

We feel very confident in what we do and how we do it. Please feel free to e-mail: info@dubstepmusicawards.co.uk for further information on the organisers..

Hopefully that snippet up there shows you a little bit about us and that we do.

"At this point the sceptical among us would view you as yet another organization /individual seeing the scene as a cash making enterprise, rather than a worthwhile well established organization /individual looking to reward Dubstep's noteworthy contributors."

--This is not the case at all. Everyone involved is VERY passionate about the genre and one 'partner' has even devoted 4 years to working in events for FREE, just to help spread Dubstep to his city. We are aware that although money can be made from such a venture, that creating the awards with the view of 'cashing in' will never create the atmosphere and buzz that we want the awards to create. Passion makes music and we believe this is the case for events too. Therefore, we are building this event from our hearts and not our wallets. It's down to you to come along to the awards and see that we're celebrating the genre and not celebrating the English currency.

Please note: Our website is currently going through construction to allow for voting etc.. Hence why, currently, we only have the default holding page available. More information will be announced shortly on here, the facebook fan page and most importantly the website.

Join us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DubstepMusicAwards

I hope this helps answer some questions that have been posed by you lovely people! - Unfortunatly, until you see the DMAs in the flesh, you're just going to have to believe us.

One final thing, to cut out all the 'brostep' nonsense, my (the person writing this) favourite element of the genre is the more melodic sounds of Dubstep.. So please do not think that the awards is for 'brostep' only.. Yes it will feature a role as will every sub genre but the DMAs are here to celebrate EVERY aspect of the genre and we can assure you that the last thing we want is a 'brostep' awards.

Many thanks for reading. We shall answer your questions as quickly as possible.

The DMA Team

Ok cool, thankyou for your response and good luck with your venture.
T

I loled

This is tragic.

dutty_switch wrote:This is tragic.

We're sorry that you feel this way.

Perhaps if you tell us why you feel this way, we can then try and help change your feeling towards the DMAs.

I feel this way because music was never meant to be a popularity contest. All I see is this being another way of trying to glamourise and commercialism a scene that has neither asked or needs to be. These awards are completely meaningless, prove nothing and will never and can never represent the entire dubstep scene fairly.

It's just a load of over-hyped, arse-kissing, ego-stroking bullshit in my opinion.

EDIT: Also, I'm guessing the format will be pretty similar to the Drum & Bass Awards. If we say that it is and you're holding it at the custard factory, I reckon that place has a capacity of 2000 people, tickets for the DNB awards this year where £35 x2000 = £70,000 on ticket sales alone, then you add in your corporate sponsorship (this years DnB awards being sponsored by British Midland & Subway) and the fact that this has come about right when dubstep has started getting national attention in TV adverts and on Radio 1, and not 7 or 8 years ago, when it was just starting out as a small scene in London, and all of this starts to smack of cashing in. So you cans see why, I at least, find it very very hard to take this sort of thing seriously and why I think it is actually quite damaging.

Thats my 2ps worth anyway.

after you didnt realise who tunnidge was i figured there wasnt much point in reading the rest of the post

dubstepmusicawards wrote:

dutty_switch wrote:This is tragic.

We're sorry that you feel this way.

Perhaps if you tell us why you feel this way, we can then try and help change your feeling towards the DMAs.

IMO the concepts been widely laughed at as the vast majority of people in the scene have no idea who you are, Labels / Producers / Djs / Promoters alike.

BANG website goes up, spam spam spam, hype hype hype all a bit like a faceless corporation.

2p

I'm just waiting till UKF anounces their dubstep awards xD

so how did you become involved in and what have you done for the Birmingham dubstep scene Jake?

Hey guys!

Again, thanks for the comments, questions and feedback.

If you'd like to discuss aspects of a promoters career then please get in touch via e-mail on: info@dubstepmusicawards.co.uk

We can assure everyone that we are not money hungry novices that are cashing in, or, commercialising Dubstep.

We simply want to award those who make the genre what it is!

We understand that money can be made from this venture, however, this is not the purpose of the DMAs. We're creating this event out of our love for the music and for the people involved in it. - Running an event of this size is expensive and can lead to sponsors being approached. However, this does not mean we make a fortune! We'll also be making our ticket prices affordable and reasonable. Please also note that there are 5 of us.. Believe us when we say that making a profit is tight at best.

All we ask is that you check out our first awards, to be held later this year.

Again, many thanks guys, all feedback is welcome and appreciated.

The DMA Team

We can assure everyone that we are not money hungry novices that are cashing in, or, commercialising Dubstep.

Novice? I had more a image of professional cashing in !

We simply want to award those who make the genre what it is!

Hearts of gold.

(See what i did there)

Do those who you seek to 'reward' even want to be rewarded?

dutty_switch wrote:I feel this way because music was never meant to be a popularity contest. All I see is this being another way of trying to glamourise and commercialism a scene that has neither asked or needs to be. These awards are completely meaningless, prove nothing and will never and can never represent the entire dubstep scene fairly.

It's just a load of over-hyped, arse-kissing, ego-stroking bullshit in my opinion.

EDIT: Also, I'm guessing the format will be pretty similar to the Drum & Bass Awards. If we say that it is and you're holding it at the custard factory, I reckon that place has a capacity of 2000 people, tickets for the DNB awards this year where £35 x2000 = £70,000 on ticket sales alone, then you add in your corporate sponsorship (this years DnB awards being sponsored by British Midland & Subway) and the fact that this has come about right when dubstep has started getting national attention in TV adverts and on Radio 1, and not 7 or 8 years ago, when it was just starting out as a small scene in London, and all of this starts to smack of cashing in. So you cans see why, I at least, find it very very hard to take this sort of thing seriously and why I think it is actually quite damaging.

Thats my 2ps worth anyway.

as dutty switch pointed out, if you make this awards a DNB vs Dubstep popularity event, you not only missed the train, but you missed the station and the town as well.

seckle wrote:as dutty switch pointed out, if you make this awards a DNB vs Dubstep popularity event, you not only missed the train, but you missed the station and the town as well.

Still looking for the bank tho'

seckle wrote:as dutty switch pointed out, if you make this awards a DNB vs Dubstep popularity event, you not only missed the train, but you missed the station and the town as well.

This will NOT be a DnB vs Dubstep popularity event. We have never stated that.

This awards is ALL about Dubstep and the people who make the genre so special.

I think you're all far too quick to slate the idea. Surely come and visit our first event before making such radical assumptions?

Whether you believe us or not, we are VERY passionate about Dubstep and we're sorry that so many of you feel that we're trying to 'cash in'. As said previously, yes, we understand that money can be made from such a venture, however this is NOT the purpose of us running the awards.

Every genre has an awards ceremony of sorts, we just want to offer Dubstep the same opportunity to award those that work hard! - In a physical sense, not a forum post.

Again, thanks for all the feedback guys!

The DMA Team