WAM, the West Australian Music Industry Association Inc, exists to develop the contemporary music industry in WA. Your tax-deductible memberships stay within WA to assist you & the industry grow... help us to help you!
$40 INDIVIDUAL or
$30 CONCESSION INDIVIDUAL Discounted 25% Individual Membership for Health Care Card (HCC), Pensioner Concession Card (PCC), or Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) holders.
Monthly eNews & regular bulletins featuring opportunities, events, competitions, WAM & WA industry news, plus monthly member discounts.
3-for-1 WAM Song of the Year songwriting competition entries - worth up to $70.
Discount registration for the WAMi Business Conference.
Discounts from retailers & service providers, including equipment insurance.
10% off the AustralAsian Music Industry Directory (AMID) - THE industry bible!
Invitations to WAM Sundowners, Workshops & other Industry Events.
Voting rights at the WAM Annual General Meeting (1 vote per member if 18yrs+).
DISCOUNTED $20 12-MONTH SONICBIDS SUBSCRIPTION worth over $30.
FREE Kiss My WAMi 4-disc CD/DVD compilation worth $40.
$80 BAND OR BUSINESS Includes merchandise for up to 4 members - additional members can be added for $10ea.
Monthly eNews & regular bulletins featuring opportunities, events, competitions,
WAM & WA industry news, plus monthly member discounts.
3-for-1 WAM Song of the Year songwriting competition entries worth up to $70.
Discount registration for the WAMi Business Conference.
Discounts from retailers & service providers, including equipment insurance.
10% off the AustralAsian Music Industry Directory (AMID) - THE industry bible!
Invitations to WAM Sundowners, Workshops & other Industry Events.
Voting rights at the WAM Annual General Meeting (1 vote per band/business if 18yrs+).
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WAM - the West Australian Music Industry Association Inc - exists to
develop the contemporary music industry in WA. WAM is non-profit
membership based association and the peak representative body
for contemporary music in Western Australia.
Please visit us
at our official website www.wam.asn.au
for all the very latest information & our full contact details.
You can
also visit us
on Facebook and Twitter
too.
WAM - "local n
lovin
it!"
WAM
OFFERS...
WAM offers a
wide range support to the WA contemporary music industry
throughout the year, plus two high profile, annual
contemporary music industry events - the WAMi Festival
(including the
WAMi Awards, Music Business Conference & Too Solid WA
Indigenous Music Awards) & Song
of the
Year. Throughout the year, WAM offers highly specialised,
ongoing service and support to help "keep it live & keep it
real" in the West Australian music industry.
WAM'S REGULAR SERVICES
DEDICATED
PROGRAM SPECIALISTS There's
no knowledge, like LOCAL knowledge
WAM is always there for you - with Regional,
Indigenous
and Schools
departments, regional and metropolitan area All-Ages event
funding and support through RAMMPAAGE,
industry Information,
state/national
government level Industry
Advocacy, plus national and international Promotion of the
West Australian music industry.
WA MUSIC INDUSTRY
DATABASE Get
on target with our industry referral service
WAM
also provides information, aiding people and numerous music
industry
activities throughout the year. We assist people
looking for
musicians, producers, technicians... you name it!
It 's FREE to join our
WA Music
Industry Database by downloading this form from our
website.
WA MUSIC INDUSTRY CALENDAR Never
miss an industry deadline again
As part of our commitment to the WA music industry,
WAM assembles
an online
calendar - featuring major music related
events. This includes items that involves
or impacts upon musicians in Western Australia -
including deadlines such as festivals,
competitions, awards, grants/funding, music exams, workshops,
enrolments, anniversaries, major club events, AGMs...
plus other curiosities of general interest to musicians and the music
industry
throughout WA! Please note that this is not a gig-guide, please visit www.wam.asn.au
for gig-guide details.
LAUNCHPAD Blast
your music into the stratosphere... or be first
to find new sounds!
As
part of WAM's commitment to the WA music industry, LaunchPad features
new, original West Australian music & music video launches each
month.
WA bands, email a brief description to have it included
on the WAM homepage & myspace. Get it to us by last Monday of
the
month, and your launch can also be included in WAM eNews the following
month - directly
distributed to THOUSANDS of original music fans &
industry!
WAM
eNEWS "WA's
most informative music industry newsletter"
Stay
informed about all the WA music Industry and WAM
Events with the
monthly WAM eNEWS - simply join our
WA Music
Industry Database by downloading this form from our
website.
WHY WAM?
No one understands the needs and obligations of WA musicians and
related industries like the West Australian Music Industry Association.
WAM (originally the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association
Inc) was formed in
1985.
WAM is unique in it's support of both "the industry" and "individual
musos" of all genres and ages throughout Western Australia. West
Australia, a state 1/3 the size of the entire Australian continent, is
an area larger than most European countries and the second largest
subnational entity in the world (2,525,500 sq km). The capital city of
Perth is one of the most isolated cities on the
planet, produces
some of the strongest and most unique musical acts...
isolation
seems to strengthen and improve our unique and original flavour!
In the mid 1990s, WAM instituted national networking activities with
other state based industry associations - this formally became AMIN
(the Australian Music Industry Network), today a key voice in
contemporary music policy debate at a federal level.
FIND
YOUR VOICE - JOIN WAM TODAY!
WAM is a not-for-profit, membership based association - please download
our membership form from our
website to explore the benefits of WAM membership... because you really can
make a difference!
For more information about how WAM can help you,
visit www.wam.asn.au
or
call us on +61 (08) 9227 7962 during business hours - Regional
WA can call toll-free on 1800 007 962.
WAM's ANNUAL EVENTS
WAMi
FESTIVAL MAY 6-10, 2009 Perth,
Fremantle,
Metropolitan & Regional Areas
Introduced in 1994, WAMi Festival is Australia’s
largest celebration of local original contemporary music
encompassing both metropolitan and regional areas of Western Australia.
The festival incorporates the WAMi
Awards, raising the profile of local music industry
personnel as a nationally and internationally recognised
accolade.
The next WAMi
Festival will run Wed 12 May - Sun 16 May 2010. To join
the WAMi Festival mailing list, please email.
WAMi MUSIC
BUSINESS
CONFERENCE
MAY 8-10, 2009 Perth
Cultural
Centre Precinct, Western Australia
The 2009 WAMi Music Business Conference will feature a program of
high-profile local, national and international speakers, with sessions
pitched to music managers and artists in all career stages. Running in
a similar vein to last years "Live Music Pitch" is a new initiative
called "Bill Me" - a session for artists and managers to pitch their
act to a panel of national and international music festival bookers in
front of a live audience.
The
2009 WAMi Music Business Conference is exceptional value and in return
will provide many opportunities for conference attendees to connect
with people who could have an important role in their musical
future!
KISS MY
WAMi
Annual Compilation of Contemporary Western Australian Music &
Video
The massive, four-disc "Kiss My WAMi" CD and DVD
compilation is
also produced annually as part of the WAMI festival, featuring the
largest collection of
contemporary local music and music videos to
compliment the Festival. These discs are distributed locally, nationally and
internationally to promote contemporary West Australian
Music.
The 2009 compilation features 54 tracks & 12
videos, over
half of which are new artists featuring for the first time!
::
TOO SOLID :: WA
INDIGENOUS MUSIC AWARDS
TOO
SOLID WA Indigenous
Music Awards
The
TOO SOLID WA Indigenous Music Awards is a brand new program for 2009,
honouring achievement by Indigenous Artists in Western Australia.
Offered as part of the 17th annual WAMi Festival, these album &
artist awards
are specifically for Indigenous Australian Musicians who reside in
Western
Australia. TOO SOLID is presented by WAM, in
partnership with the Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service
and proudly
supported by Abmusic.
WAMi
Regional
WA Music... Outback n Beyond!
The 2009
WAMi Festival
doesn't just stop in the city... the 2009 Regional WAMi Tour and Events
travelled to Meekatharra, Mt Magnet, Yalgoo,
Mullewa, Geraldton, Pinjarra, Bunbury, Margaret River, Manjimup and
Quindanning.
The Regional WAMi Tour features a swag of live WAMi
showcases from city and regional based WA artists, plus music skills
workshops at select remote schools along the way.
Applications
for this year's WAMi Festival Metro/Regional Performances, Kiss My WAMi
Compilation
& Business Conference were advertised and have now closed.
Please join the WAMi
Festival mailing list to be advised of your next
WAMi Festival opportunity.
The next WAMi Festival will run Wed 12 May - Sun 16 May 2010.
WAM
SONG OF
THE YEAR 2009
Songwriters who want to take their career to the next level are urged
to enter the WAM Song of the Year 2009.
The WAM Song Of The Year Grand Prize winner walks away with
$5,000
cash, a 3 day recording session supplied by Poon's
Head Recording Studio,
a mastering session with James
Hewgill Music, the pressing of 500 CDs by DiskBank,
and the opportunity to sign a publishing deal with Shock Music
Publishing - the most valuable prize ever
offered in this competition, now in its 20th year!
Unpublished West Australian songwriters can enter their compositions in
10 genre categories, 2 special categories and 2 school age categories,
all with prizes of $500 plus one day of recording time in a
professional recording studio. This year also introduces a new
“Mentally Healthy” category, with songwriters are
encouraged to share songs which deal with positive messages relating to
mental health. Outstanding Regional and Indigenous songwriters will
once again be honoured in bonus categories.
In addition, a Most Popular Song public vote will be held in
conjunction with our Online Partner, Perthnow.com.au,
in September.
WAM are proud to announce that our major partner in delivering the WAM
Song Of The Year is once again The Department of Health WA, Mental
Health Division. WAM has worked with them in developing their Music
Feedback campaign at www.musicfeedback.com.au
The presentation ceremony will take place during Mental Health Week in
October, to raise awareness of the benefits of creative activities such
as songwriting to people’s mental health. The message for WAM
Song Of The Year 2009 is “Creating
a Mentally Healthy Community”.
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Please
contact WAM for your promotional code!
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You must present or obtain your WAM membership card at purchase for
your discount!
"Let's All Work Together" is a Christmas song promoting the joy and importance of giving. Perhaps a charity may find it useful as a theme song this Christmas.
Please allow me to introduce myself.... I have had two songs published in The ABC Sing Book 2008/"Rocket Science", 2009/"Living Planet". In 2010 "Bad Weather" is to be published. Each song is recorded in professional studio using professional musicians. Listen in, maybe you would like to send a song in that direction.
Hope you're doing well. We're playing at Little Creatures loft in Fremantle this friday night, the 18th It's the official launch of our new single, 'Bow & Arrow'.
Night starts at 8:30pm.
The Bulletproof Gypsies and Kim Mcdonald will be supporting
The same Party crew that brought you Wet & Wild is back again, this time with Xtreme Wet & Wild!
Love Hip Hop, Love RnB, Love Dancehall & Reggaeton then you will Love Xtreme Wet & Wild!
Set to be Crazily Insane!
VJ Kevo is fully loaded to bring the house down with his Live Visual Disco Set on the big screen, mixing and scratching all the classic MTV videos including all the freshest joints!
DJ Blackbelt is geared to make everyone Xtremely Wet & Wild on the dancefoor!
DJ Suave will be dropping a wikid hour of Reggaeton Flava, so get ready to shake that Culo!
Mcs - Aswon & Donnsubi.
We also have the monthly booty shaking comp! So ladies, If you got booty and you shake it for fun, come down to shake and get paid $$$.
You will be crazy to miss out on this exclusive Party!!!
Hey WAM. Exciting times at B@M. We just won the Adult Learners’ Week Awards for the second time running and are off to the Southern Region Leadership Awards in Denmark next week, where we hope to win also, and hit our friends at Lotterywest for the remaining $70k we need to equip our recording studio. Cross fingers and buy scratchies, people . Our next gig will be in October, with Perth’s hottest new band, We Are The Emergency, our Friends band #1000 – Amplify9 from Mandurah, and two brand new local bands: Hand to Mouth and Icrecream for Breakfast. We’re still working on the tech and hope it will be broadcast on Anarchy on Air and 87.9FM live. Peace - The Terminator
We're trying to get airplay on Triple J Radio, so if you like our music we have decided to give a free download @ http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=14312 or just click on the banner below. And we ask you in return if you can rate & leave a review of their tunes on the Triple J download page as these two things are what they will be looking at when deciding. We'd really appreciate it!
Club Soundtrack - a bi-monthly Microcinematic evening of film and music.
Club Soundtrack screens the best new and underground international music documentaries upstairs at KULCHA. Each featured rock- u - mentary is followed by a DJ set starring RTRFM’s talented DJs.
On special this week is Sretno Dijete (translation: Lucky Child) – Igor Mirkovic’s nostalgic account of life in Croatia during the 1970’s and 1980’s and the emergence of the Yugoslav Punk and New Wave scene. The film features interviews and rare footage of some of the most popular Yugoslavian rock acts ever. This is a must see for all the fans of punk, post-punk and new wave music and culture out there.
Also on the menu: Petros Rhythm Machina (aka Petro Vouris from RTRFM’s Pocket Disco) & Videosex (aka Predrag Delibasich), who will be bringing the best of European post-punk, disco and new wave music.
Where: KULCHA – the bar above Dome café, 13 South Terrace, Fremantle
How much: $10
Starts: Doors open at 7.30pm, screening kicks off at 8pm
Hi folks Just letting you know about a new E-Book available specifically for musicians. Called “Promotion on a Shoestring – 10 Tips for Artists and Bands” it’s a Do-It-Yourself approach to help you get your music out there.
We’ve kept the price down low so its affordable for everyone and we think it will prove to be an invaluable tool for you to help understand the business side of your music.
Whatever your objective is – to get more gigs, get an agent, sell a tour or CD’s for example – this resource will give you professional advice on how to achieve that objective.
Just cut and paste the link below to get yourself a copy .
CLUB SOUNDTRACK – Sretno Dijete with Petros Rhythm Machina aka Petro Vouris from RTRFM Pocket Disco Program & Videosex aka Predrag Delibasich
SRETNO DIJETE is Igor Mirkovic's nostalgic account of life in Croatia during the 1970s and 1980s when the Yugoslav Punk and the Yugoslav New Wave scene first emerged. The film features interviews and rare footage of some of the most popular Yugoslav rock acts ever, including Azra, Film, Haustor, Elektricni orgazam and Idoli. This is an unmissable event for all fans of punk, post-punk and new wave music.
PETROS RHYTHM MACHINA & Videosex will be bringing the best of European post-punk, disco and new wave.
Where: KULCHA - the bar above Dome cafe, 13 South Terrace, Fremantle
Hey WA Musos. Bands@Manjimup is coming up for it's 1000st WA band in our MS Friends. The lucky 1K band gets fast tracked into our next available gig, overtaking 70 bands in the queue. Whether as support or headline act depends on ur sound. We're adding on average 5 bands a day, so send us your request NOW or miss out. Peace - The Terminator
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