Junksounds 2009

Wed, Dec 23 2009 11:44pm SGT 1
jazz
jazz
3 Posts

have anyone been following the junksounds 2009 voting pool?

okay for those of you that don't follow it, its basically some kind of thing where artists or bands(asian) are nominated and then voted for certain categories. categories like, best live act, or album of the year.

well the junksounds just ended and the results are out.

almost every category, indonesian bands won.

there's like 10 categories, only one had a malaysian victor, the rest are indonesian acts. see for yourself.here's the site of the results.

http://sites.junkonline.net/junksounds/

it surprised me as well, i mean, i really didnt know what to make of these. singaporean bands were nominated as well, but none won. the closest anyone got was "for better endings" being first runner up to the best breakthrough act category. (a vacant affair got second runner up to two categories though)

i don't know, but my theory is, we either just didnt know about this, or just lazy or too busy to vote.

Wed, Dec 23 2009 11:54pm SGT 2
Yuda
Yuda
487 Posts
It has always been an issue with Singapore's sense of national belonging...we don't feel attached to home-grown talents....in fact we feel the opposite...we think they're inferior...which is unfair to say without having properly given these bands a chance.

Not surprised that Singapore bands are unable to win anything as a result.

We are in the midst of coming up with a different approach to re-brand homegrown talents to hopefully help them become accepted =)

Would love to hear your views and opinions!

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