Total Music Awards was created by Seattle-based music journalist Scott Shetler. He knows way too much about Grammy history and finds the awards endlessly fascinating, even if he is often puzzled by their selections.
Scott created the site since there aren’t a lot of places online for award show junkies to debate Grammy Awards and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. We always welcome fans to share their opinions in the comments of every article!
Total Music Awards provides in-depth coverage of the Grammy Awards, with analysis and predictions on all major Grammy categories. The site also covers the American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and pretty much every other award show that features music.
We also provide in-depth analysis of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and its future potential inductees. Trying to figure out who the Hall is going to induct next is always a challenge, but it’s fun to discuss.
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About Scott Shetler
Scott previously wrote for sites like PopCrush, AXS, Taste of Country, Spinner, Diffuser, and AOL Radio, and worked for booking agencies such as Little Big Man (now Paradigm) and The Concert Manager.
He has reported from the Grammy Awards, Lollapalooza, Riot Fest, and the Pitchfork Music Festival, and interviewed a host of pop stars over the years, from Ed Sheeran to Anthony Kiedis to Weird Al Yankovic.
But mostly, he’s just a pop music fan who loves sharing opinions on popular music and writing ridiculously long analysis articles that take weeks to put together. For proof, see “The Best Songs That Peaked at Every Chart Position From #41-100“, or “Who Should Have Won the Record of the Year Grammy for Every Year from 1959 to 2026“?
His favorite Grammy performances include Annie Lennox dressed as Elvis Presley singing “Sweet Dreams” with the Eurythmics in 1984, Pink dangling from the ceiling on “Glitter in the Air” in 2010, and Aretha Franklin stepping in for Pavarotti in 1998 to sing “Nessun Dorma.”
Additional Staff Writers and Freelancers
Among the other talented folks who contribute to Total Music Awards:
Jenna Rodway is a freelance writer with a love for music and the stories behind it. With a background in writing about popular music and an obsession with all things classic rock, she is always ready to dive deep into the influential artists who shape our musical landscape.
Reiley Behrns-Miller is a music journalist and fiction writer, as well as an active musician herself. She enjoys spending her free time at home, drinking too much tea and working on her book while her cats supervise from a safe distance.
Want to write for us? Total Music Awards is always looking to add contributors who can write intelligently on the subject of popular music, specifically the Grammy Awards, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, or the Billboard charts.
If you think that person may be you, feel free to get in touch, and send along some published writing clips.