The Ira Awards Part 1
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we welcome you all to The Ira Awards – the music industry’s evening celebrating its most underappreciated creators – the lyricists.
Ira Gershwin
In the music industry, when the royalty split is determined for songwriters, the industry standard for royalties is that the composer gets 50% and the lyricist gets the other 50%. Each contributor to the song shares equally. But when it comes to publicity, notoriety, and public appreciation, that’s where the equality stops. The composer always gets the lion’s share of the attention.
And so to right this inequality, to re-balance the appreciation for these underappreciated wordsmiths, I’ve decided to create just what this world needs most – another awards show – The Ira Awards, presented by Watchfire Music. Also I’ve decided to name it after the most underappreciated lyricist of them all – Ira Gershwin.
