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Old is Gold

I hear people saying that “Old is gold”. I don’t really know what it means. I didn’t even think about it. Because It doesn’t make any sense to me, so i didn’t want waste my time thinking about it.
Nowadays we see many music bands in Maldives. The 3 neighbours are also a music band now. [...]

The Olympians – The Comeback

With just two days to go before their comeback concert, MUSICinMALDIVES.com takes an in depth look at the Olympians – who were they?
The Olympians – The Comeback concert starts on 28th, and will continue for three consecutive nights, in Olympus at 2100hrs.  Seats were sold out within a matter of days.  They were sold at [...]

Malaysia Breakout for Maldives Breakout

A facebook group claims that they are organizing a show case event, said to start on 9th August 2009, to pick one band from Malaysia to play in the Maldives Breakout Festival,  “…an International music festival in Maldives.”
The group’s page also states that:
“The winning band will be playing in the Maldives BREAKOUT Festival (all expenses [...]

Can Music Really Heal the World?

The past two weeks the death of the King of Pop had made headlines all around the world. His life of controversy will never reveal its secret with his passing. One thing we cannot dispute is the greatness of his music.
M.J was and still is an iconic musician that influenced thousands and inspired millions around [...]

Music Association of Maldives

Music Association of  Maldives (MAM) which commenced in 15th March 2009, is the industry body for the music  sector, including composers, songwriters, lyricists, performers and music publishers.
Activities fall into separate groups:  promoting the interests of the industry and growing the number of Maldivians who play music for their education, for health or for fun, and regardless of age [...]

Traphic Jam is OK

Breakout Festival was the music fiesta of 2008. With many local bands competing with original material and playing their hearts out for fans and judges; showcased the young potential talents of today. A hearty congratulations to Traphic Jam who came out as winners and on top. This definitely created controversy and ill feelings and [...]

EMMEN BAND

I just want to put on record all the bands & musicians who came for free and played at various venues during the ‘badhalakah emmen’ campaign lest we might forget. Pls accept my apologies and feel free to add anyone whom I might have forgotten to jot down.
3GREEN (Appi, Yami, Simon, Shuau, Mummu) I can’t [...]