Honouring music’s best

taken from The Star 7 March 2007

By AZHARIAH KAMIN

It is time to honour composers, for their contribution to the music industry, at the MACP Awards 2007, come April 14.

The MACP Award 2007, back for its 11th instalment, aims to honour individuals for their achievement in song composition.

To be held at Merdeka Hall in the Putra World Trade Centre on April 14, the event will also honour an individual with a special award, the Nadi Cipta, for his support and contribution to MACP and the music industry as a whole.

Formed in 1989, MACP (Music Authors’ Copyright Protection) Bhd is an independent royalty collection body that protects copyrights and administers the rights of its member composers, authors and publishers of music in the local and international scenes.

It is a non-profit organisation whose main functions are to license the users of music (radio and TV stations, nightclubs and concert halls) and pay songwriters and publishers when their works are broadcast and publicly performed.

This year’s awards go out to the country’s top royalty earners in the music scene and they will be selected based on MACP’s royalty distribution list between January 2006 and December 2006. And for the first time since 1996, the event will be telecast live by RTM2.
The existing awards (based on MACP’s royalty distribution results) are most-performed Malay song, most-performed Chinese song, most-performed local English song, most-performed foreign song, most promising young composer (under-25), song with the highest foreign royalties, top lyricist and top composer.

Aside from that, there will be five additional awards – the 60s Popular Choice, the 70s Popular Choice, the 80s Popular Choice, the 90s Popular Choice, and Current Popular Hit – in which 10 songs from each decade and the present were short-listed by a jury panel.

The public are invited to participate in the selection of the winners via voting by SMS, from March 5 until April 14, and the winning songs will be those that garner the highest number of votes.

The MACP Awards 2007 will be telecast live from Merdeka Hall, Putra World Trade Centre, over RTM2 at 8.40pm on April 14.

How to vote

To vote, type POPcode of the song and send it to 32770. The number to call for fixed lines for the 60s songs is ; 13727 for the 70s songs; 13728 for the 80s songs; 13729 for the 90s songs, and 13730 for current popular hit and follow the instructions (on the phone). Each SMS costs 50 sen. Details can also be obtained from www.rtm.net.my.

The 10 songs for the 60s popular choice award are Oh Fatimah, with voting code OH (sung by A Ramlie, composed by Salamah Basiron/ lyrics by Salamah Basiron; Baju Hijau, code BAJU (Sanisah/ HuriAsnadi Markop/ A Romzi); Kenanganku, code KENANG (Jeffrydin/ Jeffrydin/ Jeffrydin); Cincin Emas, code CINCIN (A Rahman On/ Abdul Hamid Talib/ Abdul Hamid Talib); La Obe, code LA; (Kassim Selamat/ Yusof Rahman/ Afandi Abdul Rahman); Kisah Dan Tauladan, code KISAH (A.Halim/ Halim Md Diah/ Halim Md Diah); Selamat Datang, ; code SELAMAT (Rafeah Buang/ Kassim Masdor/ Yusnor Ef); Dara Pujaan, code DARA (L. Ramlee/ Ismail Aziz/ Ismail Aziz); Suzana, code SUZANA, (M. Osman/ M. Osman/ M. Osman) and Selamat Tinggal Pujaan, code PUJAAN (S. Jibeng/ S. Jibeng/ S. Jibeng).

The 10 finalists for the 70s Popular Choice award are Bisikan Hati, code BISIK (Rafeah Buang/ Maimon Abdul Rahman/ Maimon Abdul Rahman); Cik Mek Molek code MOLEK (M. Daud Kilau/ Ahmad Shariff/ M. Daud Kilau); Ku Gembira Di Samping Mu, code KU (Khatijah Ibrahim/ Ahmad Nawab/ Chuari Selamat); Tiada Maaf Bagimu; code MAAF (Sharifah Aini/ Ahmad Nawab/ Sharifah Aini); Wajah Kesayangan Hamba, code WAJAH (Hail Amir/ Ahmad Nawab/ Chuari Selamat); Semakin Hari Semakin Sayang, code SAYANG (Uji Rashid/ Ahmad Nawab/ Ahmad Nawab); Umpan Jinak Di Air Tenang, code UMPAN (Ahmad Jais/ Ahmad Jais/ Rosli Haji Yusof);Seiring Sejalan, code SEJALAN (Shariah Aini & Broery Marantika/ Ahmad Nawab/ Broery Marantika); Mengharap Sinar Menelan Kabus, code SINAR (Ahmad Jais/ Ahmad Jais/ Rosli Yusof); and Senandung Semalam, code SEMALAM(Alleycats/ M. Nasir/ M. Nasir).

The 80s Popular Choice awards finalists are Menaruh Harapan, code MENARUH (Zaiton Sameon/ A. Ali/ Habsah Hassan); Sendiri, code SENDIRI(Jamal Abdillah/ Ahmad Nawab/ Habsah Hassan); Aku Hanya Pendatang, code AKU (Francissca Peter/ Manan Ngah/ Habsah Hassan); Merisik Khabar; code MERISIK (Sudirman/ Manan Ngah/ Habsah Hassan); Epilog Cinta Dari Bromley, code EPILOG (Suhaimi Meor Hassan/ Suhaimi Meor Hassan/ Suhaimi Meor Hassan); Penantian, code NANTI (Harmoni/ Zubir Ali/ Zubir Ali); Fantasia Bulan Madu, code MADU (Search/ M. Nasir/ M. Nasir); Rindu Bayangan, code RINDU (Carefree/ Siti Mariah Jasman/ Omar Taib), Hingga Akhir Nanti, code HINGGA (Alleycats/ M. Nasir/ S. Amin Shahab) and Kau Kunci Cintaku Didalam Hatimu, code KUNCI (Ramlah Ram/ Ahmad Nawab/ Juwie).

As for the 90s Popular Choice category, the final 10 are: Cindai, code CINDAI (Siti Nurhaliza/ Pak Ngah/ Hairul Anuar Harun); Tanya Itu Sama Hud Hud, code TANYA (M. Nasir/ M. Nasir/ M. Nasir); Isabella, code BEL (Search/ M. Nasir/ Bob Lokman); Pada Syurga Di Wajahmu, code SYURGA (Nash/ Fauzi Marzuki/ Bob Lokman); Teringin, code INGIN (Shima/ Fauzi Marzuki/ Lukhman S.); Seksa, code SEKSA (Ukays/ Saari Amri/ Saari Amri); Gerimis Mengundang, code GERIMIS (Slam/ Saari Amri/ Saari Amri); Kekasih Awal Dan Akhir; code AWAL (Jamal Abdillah/ Fauzi Marzuki/ S. Amin Shahab); Suci Dalam Debu, code SUCI (Iklim/ Che Wan Zul/ S. Amin Shahab) and Sepi Sekuntum Mawar Merah, code MAWAR (Ella/ Fauzi Marzuki/ Lukhman S.).

Ten finalists for the Current Popular Choice are: Kasihnya Laila, code LAILA (Jinbara/ Ahmad Sairi Haslan/ Muhammad Redzwan Shamsuddin); Relaku Pujuk code PUJUK (Spider/ Tam Spider/ Keon), Akar Dan Bumi, code AKAR (Amok/ Muhammad Kamal Ali/ Azam Dungun); Bunga-Bunga Cinta, code BUNGA (Misha Omar/ Adnan Abu Hassan/ Adnan Abu Hassan); Gemilang, code GEM (Jaclyn Victor/ Aubrey Suwito/ Asmin Mudin); Sandarkan Pada Kenangan, code SANDAR (Jamal Abdillah & Siti Sarah/ M. Nasir/ M. Nasir); Da Bomb, code DA (Ruffedge/ Cat Farish & Amer Munawer & Azan Addin & Zain/ Cat Farish & Amer Munawer & Azan Addin & Zain); Kian; code KIAN (Mawi/ Fauzi Marzuki/ Lukhman S.); Awan Yang Terpilu, code AWAN (Ning Baizura/ Lin Li Zhen/ Loloq) and Pandang-Pandang Jeling-Jeling, code JELING; (Siti Nurhaliza & Tan Sri S.M. Salim/ S. Atan/ S.M. Salim).