Winter Moods triumph at Malta Music Awards

mario borg

Nov 30th 2010, 17:54

arent all the groups mentioned below, except wintermoods, managed by the same company?

A Micallef

Nov 30th 2010, 14:36

Wintermoods can produce very good 80s rock ballads, but get a life and really expose other talent! Wintermoods are stuck 20 years ago.I am not saying they should stop playing or people should stop listening...far from it.But the people responsible of setting up these 'Awards' should get a crash course in music maybe, not just 'Lets award Wintermoods'

@C.Caruana ..Having lots of people in summer concerts in Malta doesn't mean you're the best.With all the respect, this country lacks big time music education, if you open the local TV channels you'll see why. Have you ever noticed what crap level of music gets promoted with hosts of all shows complementing a total disaster?We're afraid of real criticism because the parents will get angry and in-nanna will cry not seeing her nephew on TV!!

There's lots of musicians out there striving to make a difference in the local scene, and the people in the media, instead of recognising the real talent thus enhancing our audience musical knowledge, puts it off because they classify it as 'not good enough'!The problem is, whoever is classifying people’s work, have no clue at all.

Kevin Callus

Nov 29th 2010, 22:03

The comments below, and there are many in agreement to the fact that this local band literally have shoved identical songs down everyone's throat and did not deserve these awards , clearly shows that when something is odd people react to it.

You can sense the falsity, the wrong approach to music and what is perceived as a safe local formula benefiting the need for more attention. Abroad they would not have this commodity and its starting to remind me of eurovision.

Bands like Characters did 2 massive concert attendances with no wheels of promotion. Released a greatest hits album & 3 awarded albums all in a span of 8 years . Is this what local artists aspire to- 1-2 concerts in a year and awards glory?

The question here is to ask if the 4 awards are worthy of the respective category. My opinion definitely not . Red Electrick and Airport Impressions this was your year.

C Caruana

Nov 29th 2010, 18:43

i can't believe some of the comments here! why try and put down a band that is clearly doing well locally? wintermoods have a great following, they produce great songs and thousands enjoyed their summer concerts - i cant think of any other maltese act - new or old - that would have such a turn out at a concert, even if the concert were free. they have shown that a band can be successful in malta too - no matter our size and limitations. they have persisted for 25 years... if you dont like their style - fine - listen to somebody else! there are some great local bands, let's enjoy them and be happy when someone is successful

adrian aquilina stjohn

Nov 29th 2010, 15:07

well said marc..its the usual generic,safe,middle of the road music that gets the awards.no cutting edge.no individuality and no originality.not much there that would make it in any other country.this country is lacking in proper music and music industry education.we need investment in real schools like the tech schools in u.k. just playing in a band is not enough it takes more then that to make a real band.education...if the education dept wont invest in a proper music school and teachers then i suggest going abroad to learn your trade..originality is what its about.not sounding like someone else...good luck to the non comercial bands/singers and the alternative ones...thats where originality comes from

S. Sammut

Nov 29th 2010, 12:00

Dejjem Wintermoods qisna m'ghandniex hliefhom. Whatever !

marc borg

Nov 29th 2010, 07:29

If this year was 15 years of the Malta Music Awards it was indeed the worse Malta Music awards ever. Never again !
Both awards have ruined what used to be considered a good night out.
As regards to the awards i think there are a lot of flaws there. All i can say is that a band like Winter Moods really don't have what it takes and they are only riding on the fact that they've been around for some years doing concerts now (2 for the price of one with the forced help of Vodafone) . I could even live with that but not when they have 0 international footprint and when their album ,which i bought to support local talent , is characterless and lifeless . Live- they don't even know what a LIVE jam is all about. Its all about programmed lap tops in the background or foreground should i say.
So if this is Triumph and how it effects the local music scene maybe they should call it " the non-entertainment awards"
Maybe a constructive criticism could be said that a more festival feeling is created which is more worthy of entertainment.

Tony Micallef

Nov 28th 2010, 17:04

Last year's BMA's were surely a huge disappointment, couldn't understand how certain artists got an Award. It seems this year's MMA's were a disappointment no less. While I'm an admirer of winter moods, and they truly have made an enormous contribution towards the Maltese Music Industry along the years, I believe this year wasn't one of their best and their album is mostly a rehash of an overused formula. The likes of Airport Impressions and Red Electrick should have been awarded for their excellent year. These awards are unfortunately becoming a joke.

Karl Abela

Nov 28th 2010, 14:48

Performances were not live. Fine. No big deal. Yet the sound was crap.

Mark Scerri

Nov 28th 2010, 12:48

Congratulations to Nomad Son, Frenzy Mono and Memento Nostri ! You made us metalheads proud of the local scene ,a musical scene full of good music and skilled musicians.

Sammy Ciantar

Nov 28th 2010, 12:18

Congratulations to all those who won awards in different catergories. But why Martin Rivers's success is not recognized in the awards?

B. Pollacco

Nov 28th 2010, 11:56

Well done WINTER MOODS :) and well done to ALL the other bands nominated and other winners :)