Thomas Hedley is a singer,song-writer,performer and co-producer,and comes from MaltaHis style is influenced by both past and present, mainly the Beatles,especially George Harrison, Morissey and the Smiths, Crowded house, and today's Franz Ferdinand,The killers and kaiser chiefs among others Thomas writes very catchy and heartfelt tunes, almost always involving love of some kind, and simple and commonly-used lyrics.
2007 was very crucial to Thomas's musical future,when he released no less than 5 singles,all making it in the top 40 charts of local radio stations,and being requested by many peopleThomas was nominated for the 'best newcomer' award,both in the Malta music awards and the Bay Radio music awards held in 2007 ,and his song 'My first love' was an instant hit In the last week of January,'Going down',a slow,powerful,reflective song,has been released,airing on local radios and reaching the top 40 charts and top 10 maltese charts on 897 bay.the band gigged at V5 bar in February,and then again at Rookies in May.The good-mood brit pop song 'Put your hands up' was released in July,stiring a bit of controversySome local radio stations deemed in too brit pop,and did not play itOther stations played it and it was heavily requested,reaching the top 20 countdown show both on xfm and super one .The band's most important gig so far this year was at the farsons great beer festival,where they played the rock arena on Thursday 31st July,to a packed crowd.
September has come and seen the release of the new single 'pretend',a powerful uptempo pop rock song,in the style of 'still miss you so',the first single.the first 8 singles are going to be the backbone of Thomas Hedley's first album,so variety in style and tempo are a must
Thomas was nominated for Best Male artist at the Malta Music Awards,and December has seen the much awaited Big 40 event,at Chiaroscuro Valletta,where the crowd was big and wonderful,and the event was a success.Then,for Christmas 2008,a very much welcome Award for ThomasHis song,'Is it too late',was awarded the 'record of the year' on Radio Six Scotland,an award which makes courage not only to Thomas,but to all the musicians and artists wishing to promote their work abroad.
2009 .
Thomas Hedley and his band got a good set together,and a new single out ,'In ecstasy'The band performed their single during the May 1st celebrations,and were guests during the highly acclaimed 'Malta fashion awards'They did 2 live gigs,and ended in style with a very good performance at the 'Farsons Beer Festival',in front of a very good crowd
2010
Thomas has worked on a more definite style,and Released the single 'That's what you are',which was a big hit in MaltaHe started collaborating with top UK mixing engineer and producer Dan P,Steve Mac colleague,who has had 44 UK no1's as a mixing engineer
His new single 'Turn off the lights' is ready to rock the rockKeep tuned
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