Shown below are some of the comments provided as feedback from the 2011 Awards Industry Judges in Round 1 of the voting.

"CMAA. Congratulations. Your voting system is infalliable. A huge inprovement on other countries such CMA - USA"

"It's been a very easy process. Whoever put the website together should be congratulated."

"love the ease of judging this year no problems at all"

"Many hours of work - but enjoyable. Talent exceptional. Voting process excellent."

"There still appears to be a need to educate artists and record companies as to what a "Bush Ballad" is. There were some good "heritage" songs in the Bush Ballad section that just didn't fit the criteria."

"Wonderful selection of Australian music --- all artists and songwriters should be commended --it was extremely hard to narrow down to just 6 in each category. Well done again to the CMAA for making the task easier with this style of voting format"

"I found it a lot easier and quicker this year - I could load my voting sheet and switch back and forth. In all the years I have done it this is the easiest and i didn't end up with a roomfull of CDs"

"Some excellent content - difficult to choose after listening to every track."

"Easy format, time efficient. As you would realize time and consideration is needed, so voting system was great."

"I found that the voting process was well presented and while lengthy was simple to execute and enjoy"

"The voting process is excellent apart from a few technical glitches which were ultimately resolved. The major problem is there is so much great Australian country music out there and only a few can be recognised!"

"I think the voting process is fine. The main thing I struggled with was the quality of the material. There were definately better produced songs in the line up to choose from but unfortunately I felt they didn't meet the bush ballad criteria. Thanks for the opportunity to be a judge the bush ballad section, I think it's important to have people on the panel who are familiar with what they are judging."

"I found the format very user friendly and that being able to do each catergory at random a big plus especially the video award"

"Thanks for the opportunity. Very simple system to use. Wonderful to have some input into our industry."

"I was very happy with the voting process. I'm definitely no "computer wizard," however I found the whole process very easy to follow, easy to listen to, and certainly feel that I was able to make satisfactory judgement because of the way the process was presented."

"Is there a chance that tracks could be checked/vetted before being nominated and therefore a chance of educating the rest of the CM industry not just those that specialise in Bush Ballads that just because it may mention the bush or is a slow song that they nominate in the Bush Ballad Category "

"finally got there i have country music ringing in my ears,,, the good ones anyway"

NB: Comments are exactly as provided by the judges, without alteration of any kind.