DT & Matzka

Thanks to DT I am youtubing the marvellous Matzka, GMA winner of best band. They are a four-member indigenous band from Taitung singing a wonderful fusion of reggae, rock, heavy metal & aboriginal music. The lead singer has the most amazing vocals & the song they sang during GMA already won an award in a rock festival in Taiwan. I am surprised the mv for this song was not nominated nor the singer nominated for best indigenous singer. David was also impressed with William 'Weibird' Wei who won the best artist award. Wei's fav idol is DT & apparently the first song he learned on the guitar was Regular Friend. When one of Wei's fans replied in his Weibo that Wei was disappointed not to meet him during GMA, DT promptly left a msg on Wei's Weibo to 'keep in touch'. Wei will also begin his military duty in Nov this year & has already been selected as the lead vocalist for the military band along with Sodagreen's guitarist A-Fu. They will be singing to promote anti-drug awareness. Good to know at least these guys are not terrified of losing their fans or newly-won fame while serving their country. As for juvenile fans, when DT announced the winner he clearly said "Jay .. Chou" not "J .. Chou" so any misunderstanding is just moot as far as I am concerned.

DT & the president

A really lovely pix of David at the GMA last nite. He was there to present the best male singer award which went to Jay Chou. Was wondering whether he was gonna be there as he was quite active in the pre-promotions from announcing the nominations to appearing in commercials. However he did not walk the red carpet nor did he perform. He did however had a brief moment with the president of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou: DT also announced in his Weibo that he will be a judge in the Taiwan's version of American Idol, Ten Million Star, in July. Not sure if it screens here but hope to catch it somehow as I will really like to see what he is like as a judge. It's really good to see him looking so suave and gentlemanly, and glad that he is doing his bit for the music industry in Taiwan.