THIS IS WHERE IT GETZ GOOD FOR NOHO ROCKER.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer Roots rocker Jennifer Getz doesn't know whether anything will come of her Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Music Awards nomination when winners are announced tonight at the Music Box Theater. But the dreadlocked singer from North Hollywood is hopeful. ``I'm really stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. that they think I'm a great songwriter, and if it helps jump-start my career, that would be awesome,'' said Getz, who's up for best female singer-songwriter of the year at the event that organizers expect will be its biggest ever. The L.A. Music Awards, founded 15 years ago with the ambitious goal of unifying the independent music scene, spotlights local, unsigned talent in 13 categories. Winners will be determined by the artists and their fans, who cast their votes at a listening party last month. New this year is the honoring of industry veterans - Spencer Davis For a former Governor of Saint Helena, see . Spencer David Nelson Davis (born 17 July, 1939 in South Wales, UK) is a musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band, the Spencer Davis Group. , C.C. DeVille of Poison and trumpeter Lee Thornburg Lee Thornburg is a trumpetist that has been playing with many known artists and also has been a member of the bands Supertramp and Tower of Power. Lee also played with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders in the 1970s. This band also had electric bass innovator Jaco Pastorius in it. of ``The Tonight Show'' band to name a few - during the $250-a-seat gala that producers are in talks to have air in January on L.A.'s KHIZ (Channel 64). ``Could you imagine if an indie band gets an L.A. Music Award and then sees a rock star get an award, it gives them a different outlook,'' said Alfred C. Bowman, executive producer and founder of the L.A. Music Awards. Bowman created the show in 1991 after an enlightening conversation with Gazzarri's club owner Bill Gazzarri, known as the Sunset Strip's Godfather of Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. . Gazzarri, who died three days later and whose club is now home to The Key Club, was ranting about the MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. generation's lack of imagination and the rising grunge grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code. movement. As Bowman tells it, he asked Gazzarri what could be done to ``repair this fractured music scene here?'' His answer: Start an awards show - but make it about the music. The L.A. Local Rock Music Awards had its premiere at the now-defunct Mardis Gras club in Long Beach in December 1991. A year later, the awards show became the L.A. Music Awards and expanded to include other categories because music was changing, with more soul/r&b and hip-hop acts popping up. Since then, internationally renowned acts have passed through the L.A. Music Awards' doors on their way up, including System of a Down, the Black Eyed Peas This article is about the American hip hop group. For the vegetable, see Black-eyed pea. The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed worldwide pop success. The group is currently composed of will.i.am, apl.de. and No Doubt. ``Gwen Stefani could not sing a lick, but she had this pink mohawk and did cartwheels,'' recalled Bowman, adding that, despite it all, he could see that even then she had star quality. Getz says she wouldn't mind a little star power rubbing off on her, although at this point she'd settle for tour support. She averages a few shows a month, which she posts at her official Web site, www.jennifergetz.com. ``All I want to do is play,'' said the Sherman Oaks native whose nomination was based on her emotionally charged 2004 debut album, ``Makin' History,'' which garnered her praise from the indie music press. Kitty Magik.com likened her ``clever lyrics'' to those of Ani DiFranco, while Soul Shine.com dubbed her ``Bob Dylan Noun 1. Bob Dylan - United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Dylan in Drag.'' ``She's superb,'' said Bowman, who handpicked her CD from the thousands of paid submissions from unknown artists. ``She's got dreadlocks dread·locks pl.n. 1. A natural hairstyle in which the hair is twisted into long matted or ropelike locks. 2. A similar hairstyle consisting of long thin braids radiating from the scalp. , with beautiful green eyes and great songs that are very radio-friendly. ``You got to be the complete package in this business, and so someone like her, yeah, she has a lot she can do with this (nomination). ``It all comes down to the will of the artist,'' he said. Sandra Barrera, (818) 713-3728 sandra.barrera(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) North Hollywood country-rock musician Jenniger Getz is nominated for best female singer-songwriter at tonight's L.A. Music Awards. The Sherman Oaks native's nomination was based on her emotionally charged 2004 debut album. (2) Jennifer Getz says she wouldn't mind a little star power rubbing off on her, although at this point she'd settle for tour support. Michael Owen
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