The 2023 Grammy's....
The Grammy awards which are part of the recording academy are suppose to be an outlet to honor professional music and musicians. At once thought to be somewhat of a prestigious organization the recording academy has been involved in many high profile scandals and news making headlines about their voting practices over the last few years. The 2023 Grammy awards show featured a song called "Unholy" sung by Sam Smith and Kim Petras. The performance was nothing less then Satanic in imagery, content, the glorification of evil, and the mimicking of the Devil by Sam Smith who says he is binary and Kim Petras- transgender. In the category of Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance its hard to fathom that this song won. I would go so far as to say the academy would probably give the Devil himself an award if he submitted a song. Any kind of scrutiny about the songs message and theme and any attempt to uphold any standard of decency has been thrown out by the academy over the years and although they award and allow a small category or 2 for gospel-Christian, CCM, and inspirational music the highest honor given to a song in the pop-duo category and performance- a song so anti God it wreaks of demons laughing at the academy and its disregard for integrity was voted on as the best in that category. Is this the best we can do? I could give many many accounts of crotch grabbing and overtly sexually charged performances being played on their awards show over the years and their allowing a marriage ceremony on air of many gay couples getting married etc. Maybe I'm a voice of only the few who would start asking what standards does this organization have? I would urge a change for professional musicians and artists to seriously consider a new performance academy and recording organization with scruples, values, and integrity. An academy that wants to mentor high school musicians and up and coming artists even at a young age properly and an academy that will actually follow some form of code that believes at its best music as an art form can bring hope, decency, and inspire our youth with values that once made this country great.
Gene Schmidt
February 7th 2023
