The original “Armenian Music Awards” set a high standard
by Paul Chaderjian (special to the “Armenian Reporter”) GLENDALE, Calif.--Commercials about the “Armenian Music Video Awards” in Hollywood created some confusion in the Armenian community over the past few months. After all, the 8th annual Armenian Music Awards had just taken place in Hollywood in May. Legal measures, which the producers of neither the original music awards nor the new music-video awards would discuss, resulted in a change in the name of the music-video awards to the M Club Annual Music Video Awards. “We had the 8th one back in May at the Hollywood Palladium,” says Peter Bahlawanian, who created the Armenian Music Awards in 1997. “I could say the Armenian Music Awards single-handedly redefined the music industry, within the community and out. We've had major superstars like Stewart Copland , John Densmore, and Serj Tankian and major world labels like Real World, Sony, BMG participate in the show.” Bahlawanian says he created th...