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Blues / Roots
Friday 11/05/2012 8:00pm
Fly By Night Musicians Club, Fremantle | Metro
LOVE LETTER Video and 7" Vinyl Launch
                        
WE ARE THE EMERGENCY
Heavy Rock / Metal
Friday 11/05/2012 8:00pm
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth | Metro
RATIONS EP Launch, supported by Black Birds, The Main Attraction, and Lanark

ULLA SHAY
Jazz
Friday 11/05/2012 8:00pm
Kulcha, Fremantle | Metro
BETTER PLACE Album Launch, supported by Stephen Gogos

COLOUR THE SKY
Rock
Saturday 12/05/2012 8:00pm
Amplifier Bar, Perth | Metro
ALIVE Album Launch, supported by We Rob Banks, Foxes, and Welcome The Wildfire

Various
Saturday 12/05/2012 8:00pm
The Bakery, Northbridge | Metro
HUMAN XEROX Compilation Launch, featuring Rabbit Island, Frozen Ocean, Runner, Gunns, Cow Parade Cow, and Candied Limbs
Heavy Rock / Metal
Saturday 12/05/2012 8:00pm
Bar 459 (Rosemount), North Perth | Metro
SIGN OF THE DEAD EP Launch, supported by Solar Barge, Water Temple, Ourobonic Plague, and Furchick

THE PREVUES
Pop
Saturday 12/05/2012 8:00pm
Norfolk Basement, Fremantle | Metro
TEENAGE LOVE Single Launch, supported by Rainy Day Women, and World A Fuzzy

Heavy Rock / Metal
Sunday 13/05/2012 1:00pm
HQ Leederville, Leederville | Metro
RATIONS EP Launch (ALL AGES), supported by Black Birds, The Main Attraction, and Make Believe Me

WAYNE GREEN & THE RAGGED COMPANY
Blues / Roots
Tuesday 15/05/2012 8:00pm
Charles Hotel, North Perth | Metro

SELF TITLED EP Launch, supported by Prawnhead (SA)

SHAMEEM TAHERI-LEE
Jazz
Friday 18/05/2012 8:00pm
Hyde Park Hotel, Perth | Metro 
STRAWBERRY Video Launch, supported by The Accumulated Gestures, and Rae

YABU BAND
World / Folk
Saturday 19/05/2012 8:00pm
Fly By Night Musicians Club, Fremantle | Metro

PETROL, PAINT & GLUE Single Launch, supported by John Bennett

THE FANCY BROTHERS
Country
Saturday 19/05/2012 9:00pm
Clancy's Fish Pub, Fremantle | Metro
SELF TITLED Album Launch, supported by Billy Rogers, and The Country Gentlemen

PLACE OF INDIGO
Rock
Saturday 19/05/2012 8:00pm
The Bird, Northbridge | Metro
CHANGING WAYS Single Launch, supported by Runner, and Laika

THE DISAPPOINTED
Rock
Saturday 19/05/2012 8:00pm
Ya Ya's, Northbridge | Metro
DIRT FARMER Single Launch, supported by Russian Winters, and Mezzanine

HAILMARY
Rock
Friday 25/05/2012 8:00pm
Amplifier Bar, Perth | Metro
CHOICE, PATH, CONSEQUENCE, SOLUTION Album Launch, supported by Gombo, Nevsky Prospekt, and Unicorn Thieves

SPLIT SECONDS
Pop
Friday 01/06/2012 8:00pm
The Bakery, Northbridge | Metro

TOP FLOOR Single Launch, supported by Emperors, Ruby Boots, and Warning Birds
(WAMi Festival Launch)

EMPERORS
Rock
Friday 01/06/2012 8:00pm
The Bakery, Northbridge | Metro

STAY FROSTY Album Launch, supported by Split Seconds, Ruby Boots, and Warning Birds
(WAMi Festival Launch)

RUBY BOOTS
World / Folk
Friday 01/06/2012 8:00pm
The Bakery, Northbridge | Metro

WISE UP Single Launch, supported by Split Seconds, Emperors, and Warning Birds
(WAMi Festival Launch)

WARNING BIRDS
Rock
Friday 01/06/2012 8:00pm
The Bakery, Northbridge | Metro

SALLY Single Launch, supported by Split Seconds, Emporers, and Ruby Boots
(WAMi Festival Launch)

MIDNIGHT BOULEVARD
Rock
Thursday 07/06/2012 8:00pm
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth | Metro

Album Launch, supported by Gombo, Nevsky Prospekt, and The Spectacles

Latest WA Music News
May1111/05/2012 10:27:00 AM by Justine Thornley

Touring WAM members can now save thousands in excess baggage fees, with airline Qantas announcing a new partnership with national music bodies to support touring musicians. Card-holding members travelling on Qantas domestic services can request a FREE additional baggage allowance 2 business days advance of travel.

read more...
May174 hours ago by Justine Thornley
The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) annually recognise the best in Australian Indigenous music. This year the awards will be held in Darwin, Saturday 11 August. Award nominations are open until Friday 29 June, with Triple j Unearthed running a national competition until 1 July.
read more...
May1111/05/2012 2:11:00 PM by Justine Thornley
Perth artist Ryan Webb has been nominated in the 2012 Musicoz Independent Music Awards in the category of Singer/Songwriter. Ryan will be flying to the awards ceremony taking place at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday 15 May, and is also appearing as part of the 2012 WAMi Festival regional tour. read more...
May88/05/2012 11:25:00 AM by Justine Thornley
Students entering High School in 2013 with a passion for and special ability in classical music, residing outside the Rossmoyne Senior High School boundary, are invited to apply for entry to the school’s 2013 Classical Music Program. Applications close Wednesday 30 May, 2012. read more...
May33/05/2012 4:27:00 PM by Justine Thornley
The Siren Tower and Ryan Webb start the 2012 WAMi Festival celebrations by touring in the Wheatbelt region during May as part of WAM's Wheatbelt Touring circuit. read more...
Apr2626/04/2012 4:38:00 PM by Justine Thornley
Entries are now open for AmpFest, an annual live music contest open to original West Australian bands, duo and solo acts with an age average under 25 years of age. Entries also offer the chance to attend the 2012 Drug Aware Band Development Workshops July 24 - 25 at CIT in Leederville. Entries close Friday 29 June.
read more...
Apr2424/04/2012 11:20:00 AM by Justine Thornley
RAA is pleased to call for nominations for the 2012 Awards program to be presented at the RAA National conference Kumuwuki / Big Wave in Goolwa South Australia 18-21 October 2012.
read more...
Apr2424/04/2012 11:05:00 AM by Justine Thornley
Diamond Eye to record debut full length release in LA with Grammy Award winning producer. read more...
 

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Welcome to WAM
the West Australian Music Industry Association
The West Australian Music Industry Association Inc. (WAM) exists to develop the contemporary music industry in Western Australia. WAM is a non-profit membership based association and the peak representative body for contemporary music in WA.

If you're involved in the music industry in any way shape or form, your Memberships stay within WA to assist you and our industry grow through events, competitions, workshops, information service and industry advocacy.

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State Music Orgs
AMIN

Not situated in Western Australia, or perhaps moving state? Connect with your local Australian Music Industry Association with AMIN - the Australian Music Industry Network - a federally constituted music industry organisation, made up of the following state and territory music industry associations:
MusicNSW
MusicNT

QMusic

Contemporary Music Services Tasmania
Music Victoria

WAM


Other state associations include:
MusicSA