First Iowa Music Awards helps highlight work on and off the stage

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The primary Iowa Music Awards drew folks from throughout the state to Cedar Rapids to see and listen to a wide range of expertise.

It was additionally an opportunity for folks within the music trade to type connections with one another. Organizers mentioned they wished this occasion to supply recognition to those that could not in any other case get it.

“I already really feel just like the artist don’t get the appreciation they want. And that’s generally for music, however particularly Iowa artists don’t get the appreciation they want, they usually deserve,” Antonio Chalmers, founder and CEO of T1 leisure, mentioned. “The work, they work so laborious for, so you possibly can solely think about the individuals who aren’t out in entrance of the cameras, that aren’t within the movies, which can be placing issues collectively behind the scenes. Just like the sound engineer or the producer whose title actually isn’t on the market as a lot because the artist is, and that’s why.”

Chalmers helped manage and begin the Iowa Music Awards. He mentioned that they plan to carry the awards present subsequent yr.

Copyright 2022 KCRG. All rights reserved.