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| M*POWER Awards | VOTING NOW OPEN... 2nd Annual M*POWERS Vote for your Favourite Indie Van Isle Musicians! Vote at: http://www.mpowerawards.com The Artist Submission period for The M*POWER Awards (Vancouver Island Independent Music Awards) has come and gone, and now it's time for you, the fans, to vote for your favourite independent musicians on Vancouver Island! Simply click the M*POWER Awards link below (or the one above)to begin voting in each of the eight public-nominated categories: Best Artist, Best Song, Best Album, Best Male Vocalist, Best Female Vocalist, Best Male Songwriter, Best Female Songwriter, and Best Live Performance. Votes will be accepted until April 11, 2003 at 5:00pm, so take your time, check out the artists' website links, go to see them perform live, and give it some thought before you vote. Votes will be tallied in mid-April, and the top 5 vote-getters in each category will become official nominees. Nominees will be announced on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003 on 100.3FM The Q! Radio at 6:00pm. Then, the M*POWER Awards Jury (made up of music industry representatives) will choose the winner from the nominees in each category. Winners will be announced on the night of the ceremony on May 18 at Legends in Victoria (tickets on sale now at Strathcona Hotel, Lyle's Place, and A & B Sound). The gala evening in May will be hosted by Maple Blues Guitarist of the Year David Gogo and SHAW TV's David Lennam. Vote at: http://www.mpowerawards.com Thank-you for supporting independent artists on Vancouver Island! The 2nd Annual M*POWERS are a proud presentation of M*POWER Events, 100.3 The Q, and The Zone @ 91-3. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:03pm | ||
| Brian | hmmmmmmmm..... maybe next time you do this kind of awards, you might want to narrow down the number of nominations as well ass posting some links to the musicians or even include mp3's on your website. There is no way that anyone has seen all these bands and or heard them... no one cares about Victoria's Live music scene that much - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 3:50pm | ||
| engleberg | There ARE links on the site, you moron. You must have ended up on one of your favourite kiddie porn sites by accident. And OTHER people DO care about local music. Go be cynical & inaccurate somewhere else. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 4:48pm | ||
| Anonymous | there are links - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 4:54pm | ||
| Spark | I'm completely dissapointed. there are NO metal bands on those lists. In fact, there's very little diversity here (except perhaps Ivonne who is an incredable violinist.) and the BEST MALE VOCALIST catagory is made up of fine singers but no one who has any insane talent - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 4:59pm | ||
| Anonymous | Insane male vocal talent would be Christer from Dizzy. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 5:12pm | ||
| Anonymous | I thought that if a band wanted to be nominated, all they had to do was send in the application. it was open to everyone. so did any metal bands bother to apply? - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 5:14pm | ||
| Brian | my bad... it was in dark green and I couldn't see them.. by the way relax it's only my opinion... fag - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 5:14pm | ||
| joobahroobah | metal or punk bands actually getting off their asses to make an effort? ha! good one. Doing that would make for less time to sit on the computer and whine & complain about how the world is unfair! - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 5:30pm | ||
| Anonymous | How come Christine Battison from The Perish is not nominated? Oh wait a second, there's no wet t-shirt contest is there. That must be why. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 6:19pm | ||
| Anonymous | >joobahroobah that's funny, but the same can be said for just about everybody... unless they're in a coma, or they don't have fingers/hands/arms/a computer, in which case they wouldn't be able to masturbate. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 6:27pm | ||
| Anonymous | that's funny too. let's all make fun of everybody! ross, you smell like the underside of a public toilet seat. hahaha! it's a funny joke. i don't even know you! haha! brian, sounds like you have some sexuality issues! hahahaha! - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 6:40pm | ||
| Mr | I just voted for all of my friends, regardless of talent! - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 7:12pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | joopooonastick sed: "metal or punk bands actually getting off their asses to make an effort? ha! good one. Doing that would make for less time to sit on the computer and whine & complain about how the world is unfair!" Hey fuckhead. I bust my fucking ass for my band. In fact, I am willing to bet that me and Mike put in more time promoting our band outside of this town than 99% of the bands in Victoria. Before you generalize, get a clue. For the record, we just didn't feel 'applying' for an award seemed legit. Kind of cheesy. Plus we don't care. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 7:44pm | ||
| joobahroobah | exactly. you don't care. I rest my case. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 7:56pm | ||
| Jamez | why would they care about any media in this city? people seem to come and see their shows regardless. Funny that they draw so many people but arent on the list.. oh ya.. they dont care and didnt submit.. well I think they shoulda so Id have somebody to vote for! - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:03pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | If you had just said that in the first place instead of making the ignorant statement, I wouldn't have had to lash out. You are right, we don't care about local awards that bands have to apply for. Thanks for clarifying that. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:05pm | ||
| joobahroobah | smatta mr.hell? too good to apply for something? you expect fame & fortune to be served to you on a silver fucking platta? and, jamez, what does this have to with media? it's supposed to be a celebration of the island music scene. it's the ppl who somehow feel threatened by this thing that boycott it. mellow out & participate for once. not everything is a war, no matta how much you want it to be. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:16pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | I will apply for a job, EI, a credit card and even a position on a festival tour. But not for an award. Why not just beg for it on your knees. Beg for recognition. My point is awards are supposed to be earned, not applied for. Fame and fortune? Who said that was our goal? We just want to play music and encourage people to get out of their homes and maybe mosh a little. Plus, if M*Power hands out fame and fortune, why did the deadline get extended? Wouldn't everyone jump right on that? Power to those that did apply. I am not necessarily hacking the idea, just saying it's not something we feel is time well spent for ourselves. Wasn't the original disagreement about you calling metal and punk bands lazy? Just admit you're wrong about that so we can move on. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:26pm | ||
| joobahroobah | ha, wrong about that? nah. your band may be an exception to the rule. but how do you explain that punk & metal bands just happen to be the only ones who boycott everything because they feel obligated to stay true to their anti-authority attitude? they mistake opportunity for authority. ...you've never heard of deadlines being extended? my gawd, it happens at every level. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:34pm | ||
| Anonymous | The worst genre put on this planet is METAL BALLADS! METAL BALLADS defeat the purpose. Only Ozzy can get away with one. Can YOU take METAL BALLADS seriously? They're a joke. Leave ballads to anybody but the metal crowd. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:39pm | ||
| Anonymous | I think there could be a MUCH better forum for bands to get recognition. If the oppertunity arises to get involved in an award ceramony, I would definatly do what i could. But there would have to be MUCH more diversity, less nominations for one genre, and I'd be way more hip on having CFUV sponsor it than two shitty commercial stations. How about breaking it down int Best Ska Band Best Rock band Best Metal Band Best Country Best DJ etc... How can you put kiltlifters and Grace nocturnal in the same spot? - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:41pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | You generalized. That is wrong. Alot of metal and punk bands are successful in the industry due to hard work. I was not referring to Victoria as you didn't specify. Deadlines get extended when there is an issue with the process which the deadline is for. You can try to dance around the point, but it is what it is. Was the deadline extended because they needed more time to wade through the applications? Speaking for ourselves, it has nothing to do with authority. It is just not something that appeals to us as a worthwhile endeavour. The reasons are many, but are not necessary to divulge. Maybe some other bands in this genre can elaborate for you on why they didn't feel the need to bother. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:44pm | ||
| Jesse User Info... | I'm in a metal band and i'm definitely not lazy. I dont think i've ever boycotted anything really, I love playing music and for the most part will play anywhere. Even though playing through a shitty PA with crapped out monitors isn't that fun and doesn't do the music justice. Maybe next time dont generalize. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:49pm | ||
| joobahroobah | haha yeah, let's encourage ppl to say why it's a bad idea to get involved, rather than saying something positive. typical cynical attitude. there is a reason why generalizations exist - because ppl fall into those generalizations again and again and fail to live outside the box. & I certainly wasn't "dancing" around anything. deadline extensions are not inherelty bad things, as you seem to suggest. look on the bright side - we were given more time to get our acts together. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:50pm | ||
| Jesse User Info... | If you're so intent on people being positive, why did you go out of your way to say all metal bands are lazy... It seem's your not too positive a guy yourself. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:56pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Oh please. Let's be realistic here. Not everyone is gung ho on everything that happens in Victoria's fragile scene. I was hoping some others could share insight on their reasons behind not entering. If I wanted to promote a Hate Campaign against the M*Power Awards Show, they would have already pulled the plug. Criticism exists for bands, so why not the industry as well? Maybe by metal and punk bands voicing their gripes, the Awards Show could be tinkered with to become more appealing to everyone next time around. Take the negative and turn it into positive, Mr. Smalley. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 8:57pm | ||
| joobahroobah | by the same token that, as you say, "Not everyone is gung ho on everything that happens in Victoria's fragile scene," the awards show isn't going to be all things to all people, so no matter how much they might try to tinker their way into everyone's hearts, people like you will still bash it and say it's not important or it's not done to your liking. oh, and I'm so sure that any hate campaign your band started would have so much God-like power that it would cause them to "pull the plug." if you think there isn't the same army of people supporting local music as there is bashing it, you're fooling yourself, buddy. Not everyone is as cynical as you. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:05pm | ||
| Anonymous | Stop your bitching and vote....or not and keep complaining you sound like a bunch of old ladies! - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:19pm | ||
| Brian | I don't think Victoria has anything that could really be conscidered a music industry, more like and 'overated job fair' the way some of you guys talk about the music scene one might think that more than 3% of victorias population cares.. which they don't (job fair, get it?) - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:23pm | ||
| Anonymous | Mr Hell Writes: "For the record, we just didn't feel 'applying' for an award seemed legit. Kind of cheesy. Plus we don't care." So the West Coast Music Awards are bogus as with the Indie Awards and the Juno Awards and the Grammy! Hmm... and what would be legit?? - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:50pm | ||
| Adam Ant | Hmmm.. What should I choose for best Songwritiers? Money Shot or Smoked Out Brainzzzz.. Hmmmmmm... the redneck hippies or the clean cut punks.. hmmm.. the beatniks or the curb hoppers.. ohhh Im stuck.. help! - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:52pm | ||
| I hate your awards | I went to see the list for a good laugh. Any band that nominates themselves for some meaningless award handed out by a low-level viper who sets up award shows to directly promote his own feeble interests is a band that I nominate to dis-band! HA! I will NEVER see any of these shit bands. Also, to the person who suggested that cfuv get into the awards racket...I know your heart is in the right place ("shitty commercial stations"), but I can't see the good of making bands compete. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:54pm | ||
| jay brown User Info... | joobahroobah - metal or punk bands actually getting off their asses to make an effort? ha! good one. Doing that would make for less time to sit on the computer and whine & complain about how the world is unfair! Well now, cant let that one slide by without saying something in return. I probably spend more time than most posting on here, but then again I'm a blowhard. I also happen to play for two punk bands in this city that are probably doing more than most of the bands in this city. The A.W.T. has four releases out now, and about a million shows under our belts.We are also going across canada in september. The Hoosegow has one c.d. out and are leaving in a month to do an american tour. Just because most punk or metal bands dont go for stuff like this doesnt mean they arent doing anything, it just means they are doing it the old fashioned way. Getting out there and playing all the time and touring their asses off. I'm not hacking the awards at all, they just dont really appeal to most bands in our genres. - Mon, 17 Mar 2003 9:55pm | ||
| Brian | Damn it Jay you've got something to say about everything! You annaoy the hell out of me! Why can't you be concise! - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:22am | ||
| Brian | Also ease up on the anecdotes, you sound like an old man! - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:41am | ||
| Anonymous | this "shitty local" awards show is being hosted by david gogo, and covered by muchmusic. personally, I think anybody who manages to get some national attention for our scene is doing it a great service. I'll be there, the rest of you can watch from your high horses, you should be able to see from the back. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:49am | ||
| goin to the awards! | What Hip Hop band was it that TURNED DOWN their own Juno, that incidently they DID NOT apply for? I forget their names, but they demanded that the Juno's recognize Hip Hop as a legitimate genre or they wouldnt accept the award.. My details are shakey, but close enough.. Anyhow, none of this is worth bickering over, I think Mr Hell is just trying to point out a few weaknesses in the MPower Awards in general.. I dont see him mentioning Music West ( which incidently you have to apply to play and is a showcase, NOT an awards ceremony ) or the Juno's ( who incidently pick who gets nominated based on record sales.. ) The mPower awards serve their purpose, albeit in a self gratifying way, more like a budget battle of the bands where the bands dont actually all play, and the band with the most friends win ( like a battle of the bands.. ) - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 1:11am | ||
| goin to the awards! | Also, if this is a 'celebration of the islands music scene' then its missing about 300 bands! - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 1:21am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | The thing is, I am not bashing the idea of an awards show. More so the method which a band gets included in this particular one. By applying. Maybe I should say this 10 more times so you can understand. The Hate Campaign remark was a joke. Sarcasm is rampant on the internet...get used to it. If the Awards Show doesn't care to alter it's ways to appeal to a wide scope, then this kind of attitude towards it will just continue and no one gains anything. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 8:22am | ||
| - | goin' to the awards! said "more like a budget battle of the bands where the bands dont actually all play, and the band with the most friends win ( like a battle of the bands.. )" any publicity I've seen so far says that there is a music industry jury that picks the winners - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:04pm | ||
| Anonymous | goin to the awards! said Also, if this is a 'celebration of the islands music scene' then its missing about 300 bands! - Mon, 17 Mar 11:21pm yeah, the 300 shitty ones who should stay in their basement - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:09pm | ||
| Goin to the awards! | Which is what happens when you have a battle of the bands. a jury or judges pick the bands! But the bands all lump together in one category. Honestly, as the guy above questions, how can you have the Smoked Out Brainz and Moneyshot in the same category? Its ludicrous! I mean c'mon, The Puentes vs. Jeffrey Sez? Kevin Cryderman vs. Jaron Evil?? Moneyshots "Amped" vs. Mark Atkinson II???? Even the JUNO awards , which is Canadas real awards ceremony, generalize the styles of music into categories. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:10pm | ||
| Anonymous | I'm confused. anyone who wanted to could enter. it was OPEN TO EVERYONE. why is that sooo hard to understand. nobody was purposefully left out because of their genre. there is no conspiracy to leave out the punk/metal bands. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:15pm | ||
| Goin to the awards! | "yeah, the 300 shitty ones who should stay in their basement " You are ignorant. Are you in Jeffrey Sez or something? - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:18pm | ||
| Goin to the awards! | I dont see anyone complaining about being left out. I just see an arguement about what they call an Awards Show vs a glorified Battle Of The Bands. Does everyone forget what a farce last years MPower Awards were? Kasper and all his bands toghether in one room? remember? I think his awards are open to scrutiny this year! Ill go again, but I agree, after going over the nominees that it needs to be tweaked somewhat. And congrats to Mr Hell for having the balls not to hide behind his opinion. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:19pm | ||
| Anonymous | yeah categories might have been a little better. If not specific ones like ska, punk, metal, pop, rock. at least general ones like country, rock, singer/songwriter but they'd have to guarantee a lot of entries for that or else they might end up with like 2 entries in each category or something. so I understand why its this way..maybe it's something that will improve in the future. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:20pm | ||
| Anonymous | no jeffery sez was busy with your mom and couldn't come to the keyboard - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:23pm | ||
| Goin to the awards! | Ive got an idea.. they should have an open category for each award.. where people can write in a bands name they want to vote for, which isnt on the list.. lets see the results of that! - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:25pm | ||
| Goin to the awards! | See, I knew it was a Jeffrey Sez persona.. Got all defensive real fast didnt ya? You guys are funny. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:26pm | ||
| Anonymous | "after going over the nominees that it needs to be tweaked somewhat." nominees?? according to what it says on the site, the nominees aren't announced until Apr. 20. from what I can tell, this is just a vote to get fans involved - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:57pm | ||
| are you on paxil? should you be? | holy shit. aggressive and paranoid much? no I'm not in jeffery sez i just took the opportunity to randomly hack you because it was funny. hehehe - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 3:55pm | ||
| MD | Vancouver's Rascalz declined their award to protest the Juno Awards' lack of respect for hip-hop. Now only if they could get nominated again... - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 3:58pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Going to the Grammys sed: "And congrats to Mr Hell for having the balls not to hide behind his opinion." Thanks! Do I get an award for that or must I apply? - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 8:10pm | ||
| Jason User Info... | joobahroobah=dipshit Mr Hell,I'm surprised u put so much effort into this anonymous goof. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 8:43pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | It ain't about the goof, Jay. It's about the principle. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 8:45pm | ||
| Brian | How old are you Mr. Hell? - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 8:48pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Ancient. You? - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 8:49pm | ||
| Jason User Info... | lazy metal heads have principals? weird... - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 9:05pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Looks that way. Who'd have guessed? Anons deserve some explanation when they are ignorant about genre specifics. Plus I felt like arguing. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 9:24pm | ||
| Brian | Younger than you buddy - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:10pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Now I wonder, why do you ask? My vitals are at (blatant website plug) http://www.meatlockerseven.com in the bios. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:00pm | ||
| Anonymous | You guys are hilarious. Has it ever occured to you that any time M*POWER posts a message on this board, the thread automatically gets 50+ messages...All you're really doing is creating publicity for the very thing you rebuke. Let's face it, M*POWER hasn't exactly made an effort to make itself low profile, as production companies go. You're just perpetuating publicity for them. You say you don't care about the M*POWER Awards, and yet you sure have a lot to say about something you don't care about! If you were genuinely indifferent, you wouldn't have anything to say at all. - Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:33pm | ||
| Brian | Yeah it's great publicity.... it specifically targets the 20 or so people who go on Livevictoria.com.... Who are you anyways, what makes you think we care about whether people go or not.. Jackass - Wed, 19 Mar 2003 1:02am | ||
| ML7Mike | I think the Mpower awards are ok, and no we didnt enter because we are very busy doing other things ( releasing the album, promoting the video ( which incidently has over 1500 downloads in 10 days) , finalizing the album artwork.. ) but I do think this is funny.. Apparently the studio we recorded in got nominated for a "producer of the year" award ( which I dont actually see on the ballot ) for the album that they recorded for Victoria Secret, who changed their name to Devil You Dont. Funny part is that their album was recorded 2.5 years ago, took them until now to get it out, and the studio has actually been producing ML7 for the last year. Oh well, its just kinda funny.. good luck with the awards, Im sure it will be a good time for those participating.. - Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:55pm | ||
| Anonymous | "Apparently the studio we recorded in got nominated for a "producer of the year" award ( which I dont actually see on the ballot )" That's the 2nd time I've heard someone say "nominated" - It says on the initial messge of this thread that nominees are announced on The Q on Easter Sunday. I'm pretty sure this is just a vote to get fans involved in the process. And if that's the case, it wouldn't make a lot of for fans to vote on "Producer" - not exactly something they would know too much about. I just check the Nomination Guidelines on the awards site & it says that both the Producer award & the Independent Career Award are picked by a jury. - Wed, 19 Mar 2003 3:51pm | ||
| Anonymous | Nomination Nazi is in tha House! Boooya! - Wed, 19 Mar 2003 7:16pm | ||
| Anonymous | maybe not the best time to talk about Nazis, what with Bush pulling the trigger as we speak - Wed, 19 Mar 2003 9:05pm | ||
| Brian | uh huh... i see the connection bush is an idiot and so are you therefore no talk about nazis - Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:36pm | ||
| Anonymous | ya ok duh Bri-an ur the idiot - Thu, 20 Mar 2003 7:16pm | ||
| Little Emily Wawa | M*POWER Awards - VOTING NOW OPEN... 2nd Annual M*POWERS Vote for your Favourite Indie Van Isle Musicians! Vote at: http://www.mpowerawards.com The Artist Submission period for The M*POWER Awards (Vancouver Island Independent Music Awards) has come and gone, and now it's time for you, the fans, to vote for your favourite independent musicians on Vancouver Island! Simply click the M*POWER Awards link below (or the one above)to begin voting in each of the eight public-nominated categories: Best Artist, Best Song, Best Album, Best Male Vocalist, Best Female Vocalist, Best Male Songwriter, Best Female Songwriter, and Best Live Performance. Votes will be accepted until April 11, 2003 at 5:00pm, so take your time, check out the artists' website links, go to see them perform live, and give it some thought before you vote. Votes will be tallied in mid-April, and the top 5 vote-getters in each category will become official nominees. Nominees will be announced on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003 on 100.3FM The Q! Radio at 6:00pm. Then, the M*POWER Awards Jury (made up of music industry representatives) will choose the winner from the nominees in each category. Winners will be announced on the night of the ceremony on May 18 at Legends in Victoria (tickets on sale now at Strathcona Hotel, Lyle's Place, and A & B Sound). The gala evening in May will be hosted by Maple Blues Guitarist of the Year David Gogo and SHAW TV's David Lennam. Vote at: http://www.mpowerawards.com Thank-you for supporting independent artists on Vancouver Island! The 2nd Annual M*POWERS are a proud presentation of M*POWER Events, 100.3 The Q, and The Zone @ 91-3. Emily T. Washington, M*POWERS Public Relations. - Fri, 21 Mar 2003 6:48pm | ||
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