Unlike previous years where established songwriters such as M Nasir, Adnan Abu Hassan, Aidit Alfian, Fauzi Marzuki, S Atan participated in Cipta Ekpres; this year young and promising songwriters who are making a name for themselves in the current music scene took part in the workshop.

It attracted participation from 20 young talented members, some from indie bands collaborating for the first time with other songwriters/musicians. Amongst the participants were Mable Lew, Along (Exists), Hafiz Hamidun, Taja (Meet Uncle Hussein), Tony (Spider), Nur Fatimah, Pam Yuen, Sam (Bunkface), Damian Seet, Alim (Times), Musa (Exists) Shazzy and Ash Bau. The result saw fresh songs and lyrics being produced and performed at the end of the 3-day workshop! We heard a number of songs have been recorded and let’s hope they will repeat last year’s feat where several songs from Cipta Ekspres won AIM awards!