The Recording Academy

I did.

I joined the Recording Academy last year and I did kind of troll my dad.

I sent him like a link of this like five-year-old who was having his four-year considerations going around and was also on the Grammy ballot.

And I was like, see dad, like this kid's five and he's trying to get a Grammy nom.

It was really great, especially because I had just moved to L.A. maybe a year before then.

And, you know, the Recording Academy, which is the umbrella organization that hosts the Grammys for listeners who may not be aware, they do a lot year round for the community, for members.

And, you know, they're just a great organization.

I think the public sees the Grammys.

We'll be right back.

In 2023, Jeannie was elected as a governor of the Chicago Chapter of the Recording Academy.

She's also, along with Carlos and I, on the steering committee for the Chicago Chapter of the SCL.

She has been an activist for artist rights in Springfield, Illinois and Washington, D.C. She continues that work today.

The group was inside of an industry that was trying to resume business as usual, but the people inside of it were still processing national trauma.

On January 4th, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards.

NSYNC received two nominations that year, one for Gone in Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and another nomination for Celebrity in Best Pop Vocal Album.

They wouldn't end up winning either category, but the nominations kept the group visible in early 2002 and underscored that they were still respected enough for the Academy's consideration.

Monet is a music rights and royalty administration specialist with a decade of experience working with industry-leading organizations, along consulting work with independent artists and music labels.

She is also co-chair of the Women in Music D.C., chapter and a professional member of the Recording Academy DC chapter, making her both a behind the scenes architect of how artists get paid and a frontline advocate for the music industry and the music community.

Monet, welcome to the show.

Hi, thank you so much for having me.

know, working on it or we're trying to investigate or we're trying to do something.

So it's just, you know, ongoing connectivity, just like making sure everybody's on the same page per deal.

So would you say that organizations like Women in Music and the Recording Academy are the places that artists, specifically music artists, music professionals, can go to understand how this work works? Or like if someone is listening and they're like, I want to make sure I'm on par with what's being said, but I don't even know where to get started.

Should they join like Recording Academy or is there somewhere else that they could go and find this knowledge? Like if they weren't listening to us right now?

Oh, wow.

Now, believe it or not, I saw all these guitar players jam together at an event at the Recording Academy.

And it was just an amazing thing.

And then at the end of it, Steve Vai auctioned off this guitar with all of them signing it.

I'll think about it.

It'll come to me.

But anyhow, all those guys jammed at the Recording Academy.

And it was one place where Jeff might have had to say, hey, that wasn't bad for a jam because all those guys together.

I know a number of people went through it.

and has studied entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School at MIT and is a member of the Recording Academy, the Grammys, ASCAP, SF Travel, and Meeting Professionals International, MPI.

She resides in San Francisco, California, where she is a member and on the board of EO, Entrepreneur's Organization.

Many, you know, pretty much all my listeners know I am an EO member, former board member, former New York president, and fan.