The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's nominating committee is going to get a makeover and, possibly, that element of youth that has long eluded Grammy voters. Hits Rumor Mill quoted an excerpt from a letter from Rock Hall nominating committee chairman Jon Landau that says the committee had expired and will be replaced by a smaller group. Landau is seeking a youth movement.

“'We are particularly interested in recruiting some fresh voices whose taste and love of music was formed more in the Eighties,' Landau wrote, adding that the former committee members will still be allowed to cast their votes once the ballot has been compiled. Under the new regime, the names of Gen X heroes like Joy Division, New Order and Echo & the Bunnymen would appear to be headed for future ballots."

In other Rock Hall news, the museum has hooked up with technology company Music Pilot " to find and identify relationships in music that have previously gone undetected." Phase one will let visitors use kiosks to search a database of music and find relationships, influences and similarities. Sounds fun.

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