Poddata is a new maltese word for me.When I was brought up on the island the internet was unheard of as well as the PC really so the Maltese word for Podcast is a new one.
One thing I do remember is a progie on the only Maltese telly channel at the time Xandir Malta (pronounced : Shan-deer Malta) called Garaxx (translated Garage)It was a cool programme I remember as it had modern Maltese bands on it and i remembe the host to be a guy called Toni Sant. He had wild curly hair and specs. He was quite well known on radio i think at the time.....Well you know what happens you move away from the island and you reckon it and it's people stay in a time warp......(some aspects of both have....some what re assuring and also somewhat disturbing in places)
Like me in the early 90s Toni came to England. Toni is the founder of MaltaMedia and has been the creative director since 1998. He lectures on Performance and Creative Technologies at the University of Hull's Scarborough Campus, and edits the Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide. Every weekend he produces a podcast called Mużika Mod Iehor featuring music by performers in or from Malta.This is a wonderful vehicle for Maltese performers both living in Malta and abroad and Toni although away from Malta has kept up his support for the Maltese singer/musician which is fantastic. I also feel that since I left Malta the standard of Maltese music has definitely risen. This I can attribute to the internet....much more is available to the maltese musician and with the dawn of home recording and vehicles such as Myspace Maltese musicians have been able to keep up and in some instances surpass some of their European cousins in terms of quality of sound and performance (although please don't mention eurovision as this has little to do with the music or indeed talent)
I have been listening to these podcasts and wondered.(where did his big hair go...sameplace as mine probably).....and would Spriggan Mist get a look in? So I sent him a quick email and within minutes a reply came back that he would include a track of ours in one of the forthcoming "Poddati"
Having listened to the podcasts we will be in good company and Wifey and I are chuffed to bits. Toni's podacast appears to be well listened to especially within the Maltese music community and has been running weekly since 2005 and is on it's 125th edition .As soon as we get news of when we are on and what Toni chooses to play I will let you all know
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