New Producer Categories for the Grammys?

[bluenote]

The Grammys has a Producer of the Year, non classical category, but I dont believe they have Producer of the year categories for individual formats. Do they? Well if not, Does anyone think they should have Different prodcuer of the year awards for different formats and then the overall producer of the year award?
For example:
Producer of The Year - Hip Hop
Producer of The Year - Pop
Producer of The Year - R&b
Producer of The Year - Country
and so on and so on....

I think it would make it very fair for all producers to have a chance at winning something because without producers, most artists would be no where. It Also will help some artists who produce their own music win more awards or an award at all. It would broaden the awards a little more and nominate some people who get lost in the shuffle. What are your opinions?

[Crushcrushchris]

While I see your point, I have to disagree.

I think that having those different categories would if anything dilute the field. I believe that they have had some really good nominees for that award in recent years.

I believe that the producers who don't deserve it would start to take away from that award.

[tidetoit]

HELL NO!  I STRONGLY disagree with nominating producers.  Producers are responsible for manufacturing vocals that "so called" artists can't reproduce live--never could and never will.  I vote for heading in the other direction and dissalowing nominations for artists who are clearly the product of Pro Tool Computer tuning technology--I advocate going a step farther and making it mandatory to disclose on the CD on a bold label the artists voice has been computer enhanced and will "NOT" be eligable for Grammy Award Nomination because of it.  That would rattle some cages.  Reviewers have completely lost credibility by not attacking the Ashlees, Hillarys, etc. for this.  Lisa Marie Presleys CD is the last time I heard anything from a reviewer about vocal fraud.  Either they lost their guts to expose it or they've been compromised.  I believe the latter.

[bluenote]

Producers make the track or musis for the song. its not about computerizing vocals evenhough some do. Production is about the track it self. not to voice on the track what are you talking about.