The REGGAE ACADEMY has been established through the initiative of the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam) with a view to creating necessary infrastructure for the planning and presentation of the Reggae Academy Awards, an annual recording industry award catering to the Jamaican and international Reggae music communities.
The REGGAE ACADEMY is conceived in recognition of the need to create an award event to recognize and celebrate excellence in the work of creative and technical persons in the local and international Reggae music communities such as producers, songwriters, vocalists, engineers and music video directors. Annual membership to the Academy is secured by way of application and the payment of dues and is open to Jamaican as well as foreign nationals.
Membership is divided into two categories:
VOTING MEMBERS: professionals with creative or technical credits on four commercially released tracks or music videos. These may include vocalists, musicians, producers, arrangers, engineers and other fields directly related to the creative or technical process of producing recordings.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: creative or technical professionals who do not have enough credits to qualify as voting members. This category also includes persons who work in fields directly related to the recording industry such as executive producers, publishers, attorneys, record label staff, artist managers, DJs, music media personalities, music students and music merchants.
Applications can now be made to become an official REGGAE ACADEMY member. As an official member you will be entitled to participate in the submission of entries and the voting process to determine the nominees and winners of awards.
To join you may apply online by visiting the official website at www.reggaeacademy.com
