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Western Australian Bands Honoured at the 2012 WAMi Festival



Claire Hooper & Dom Alessio,
co-present the 2012 WAMi Awards
Photo by Emma Mackenzie.


San Cisco
with 2 of 8 WAMi Awards
Photo by Dan Grant.


Dave Cutbush,
2012 Golden WAMi Winner
Photo by Emma Mackenzie.


The cream of Western Australia’s music was given its annual sugar hit of WAMingtons on Saturday evening at the 2012 WAMi Awards with Claire Hooper and Dom Alessio hosting the 19th annual event at The Bakery in Perth.

Taking home the coveted Golden WAMi was Life Is Noise Director Dave Cutbush, while San Cisco cleaned up on the night, taking home 8 WAMingtons from 8 nominations, including Most Popular Group, Pop Act of the Year and Most Popular Album/EP.

Punters enjoyed performances from iconic WA bands Eskimo Joe, John Butler, Mama Kin and Dom Mariani & the Hurricane Fighter Plane.

Powerful frontwoman Abbe May took home six awards on the night, including Most Popular Live Act, Female Vocalist of the Year and Rock Act of the Year. RTR’s In the Pines was voted Most Popular Music Event, while Award hosts The Bakery were voted Most Popular Music Venue.

The 2012 Management Award was presented to San Cisco manager Philip Stevens, with Spinning Top Records collecting WA Record Label of the Year.

Earlier in the day, the WAMi Craft Awards were presented at the Saturday Spectacular. San Cisco drummer Scarlett Stevens collected Drummer of the Year, while bass player Nick Gardner collected Bassist of the Year. Engineer Dave Parkin (Sugar Army, Snowman, Jebediah) took out Recording Engineer of the Year, with Male and Female vocalist awards going to Sean Pollard (Split Seconds) and Abbe May respectively.

Festival Director Brooke Kelly said “It was wonderful to see musicians and industry people gathered together at the Awards ceremony last night to celebrate the diverse nature of WA music, and their achievements over the last 12 months. The 2012 festival saw crowds of all ages enjoy over 80 bands at events throughout Perth city and surrounds, which is what the WAMi Festival is all about.”

After the Awards wrapped up, the RTRfm Closing Party kicked off, and saw guests dance the night away to the sounds of Bastian’s Happy Flight, Sonpsilo Circus, Voltaire Twins, The Chemist and San Cisco.

For a full list of 2012 WAMi Award Winners, head to wam.asn.au/awards

You can also enjoy music videos from the Kiss My WAMi compilation, online at iiNet's Freezone
freezone.iinet.net.au/channels/freezone/music/wam



WAMi winners - 1'50" - All the action from the 2012 WAMi Awards
Reported by Clarissa Phillips, thewest.com.au



Tweet @musicwa your favourite WAMi highlights & join the buzz at #WAMi12
and
check out photos as they're uploaded to facebook.com.au/musicwa

 



Claire Hooper & Dom Alessio,
co-present the 2012 WAMi Awards
Photo by Emma Mackenzie.


San Cisco
with 2 of 8 WAMi Awards
Photo by Dan Grant.


Dave Cutbush,
2012 Golden WAMi Winner
Photo by Emma Mackenzie.


The cream of Western Australia’s music was given its annual sugar hit of WAMingtons on Saturday evening at the 2012 WAMi Awards with Claire Hooper and Dom Alessio hosting the 19th annual event at The Bakery in Perth.

Taking home the coveted Golden WAMi was Life Is Noise Director Dave Cutbush, while San Cisco cleaned up on the night, taking home 8 WAMingtons from 8 nominations, including Most Popular Group, Pop Act of the Year and Most Popular Album/EP.

Punters enjoyed performances from iconic WA bands Eskimo Joe, John Butler, Mama Kin and Dom Mariani & the Hurricane Fighter Plane.

Powerful frontwoman Abbe May took home six awards on the night, including Most Popular Live Act, Female Vocalist of the Year and Rock Act of the Year. RTR’s In the Pines was voted Most Popular Music Event, while Award hosts The Bakery were voted Most Popular Music Venue.

The 2012 Management Award was presented to San Cisco manager Philip Stevens, with Spinning Top Records collecting WA Record Label of the Year.

Earlier in the day, the WAMi Craft Awards were presented at the Saturday Spectacular. San Cisco drummer Scarlett Stevens collected Drummer of the Year, while bass player Nick Gardner collected Bassist of the Year. Engineer Dave Parkin (Sugar Army, Snowman, Jebediah) took out Recording Engineer of the Year, with Male and Female vocalist awards going to Sean Pollard (Split Seconds) and Abbe May respectively.

Festival Director Brooke Kelly said “It was wonderful to see musicians and industry people gathered together at the Awards ceremony last night to celebrate the diverse nature of WA music, and their achievements over the last 12 months. The 2012 festival saw crowds of all ages enjoy over 80 bands at events throughout Perth city and surrounds, which is what the WAMi Festival is all about.”

After the Awards wrapped up, the RTRfm Closing Party kicked off, and saw guests dance the night away to the sounds of Bastian’s Happy Flight, Sonpsilo Circus, Voltaire Twins, The Chemist and San Cisco.

For a full list of 2012 WAMi Award Winners, head to wam.asn.au/awards

You can also enjoy music videos from the Kiss My WAMi compilation, online at iiNet's Freezone
freezone.iinet.net.au/channels/freezone/music/wam



WAMi winners - 1'50" - All the action from the 2012 WAMi Awards
Reported by Clarissa Phillips, thewest.com.au



Tweet @musicwa your favourite WAMi highlights & join the buzz at #WAMi12
and
check out photos as they're uploaded to facebook.com.au/musicwa

 
2012 WAMi Festival


2012 WAMi Festival
26 May - 2 June 2012
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Tickets available from
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Presented by the Western Australian Music Industry Association (WAM), the annual WAMi Festival celebrates original WA music through extensive program of multi-genre, live, local music showcasing, associated music industry events, music business conference, and the WAMi Awards - wam.asn.au/program

Independently industry nominated, with both industry & publicly voted categories, the WAMi Awards bring together local music fans with state, national and international industry to acknowledge and celebrate achievements in the West Australia contemporary music industry over the previous 12-months - wam.asn.au/awards

Released each year as part of the WAMi Festival, the Kiss My WAMi compilation proudly showcases select original, contemporary West Australian music and music video. As a quality, independently industry selected compilation, Kiss My WAMi is distributed annually as a promotional item to industry nationally & internationally - wam.asn.au/kissmywami

The WAMi Music Business Conference brings industry knowledge, networking and festival performance pitching opportunities, offered by local, national and international presenters, Friday 1 June at The Bakery, Northbridge - wam.asn.au/conference

Stay tuned to wam.asn.au/wamifestival and subscribe to our FREE WAMi Festival email list, for all the latest WAMi action delivered directly to your inbox - wam.asn.au/subscribe



 
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Hashtag: #WAMi12



2012 WAMi Festival
26 May - 2 June 2012
wam.asn.au/wamifestival











Tickets available from
nowbaking.com.au


 

Presented by the Western Australian Music Industry Association (WAM), the annual WAMi Festival celebrates original WA music through extensive program of multi-genre, live, local music showcasing, associated music industry events, music business conference, and the WAMi Awards - wam.asn.au/program

Independently industry nominated, with both industry & publicly voted categories, the WAMi Awards bring together local music fans with state, national and international industry to acknowledge and celebrate achievements in the West Australia contemporary music industry over the previous 12-months - wam.asn.au/awards

Released each year as part of the WAMi Festival, the Kiss My WAMi compilation proudly showcases select original, contemporary West Australian music and music video. As a quality, independently industry selected compilation, Kiss My WAMi is distributed annually as a promotional item to industry nationally & internationally - wam.asn.au/kissmywami

The WAMi Music Business Conference brings industry knowledge, networking and festival performance pitching opportunities, offered by local, national and international presenters, Friday 1 June at The Bakery, Northbridge - wam.asn.au/conference

Stay tuned to wam.asn.au/wamifestival and subscribe to our FREE WAMi Festival email list, for all the latest WAMi action delivered directly to your inbox - wam.asn.au/subscribe



 
WAMi FESTIVAL SOCIAL MEDIA STATION:
Short URL: bit.ly/wamifestival
QR Code: bit.ly/wamifestival.qr
Facebook: facebook.com/musicwa
Twitter: twitter.com/musicwa
Hashtag: #WAMi12

 

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For more information about the WAMi Festival, please contact:

Brooke Kelly
WAMi Festival Director
email
brooke@wam.asn.au
phone
+61 (0)8 9227 7962
mobile
+61 (0)400 349 928

 
wam.asn.au/wamifestival

For more information about the WAMi Festival, please contact:

Brooke Kelly
WAMi Festival Director
email
brooke@wam.asn.au
phone
+61 (0)8 9227 7962
mobile
+61 (0)400 349 928

 
wam.asn.au/wamifestival

About Brooke
Brooke has performed varied roles in the West Australian arts and music industry over the last 14 years. From her beginnings at Fremantle Arts Centre, Brooke progressed to the role of Program and Events Manager at KULCHA, before working in various capacities at Sunset Events on such large scale festivals as Southbound, West Coast Blues n Roots, St Jerome’s Laneway and One Movement.

Joining the WAM in January 2011, Brooke brings band management skills, has chaired the Propel Youth Arts Board of Management, and coordinated the ‘Next Big Thing’ band showcase competition.
Brooke has performed varied roles in the West Australian arts and music industry over the last 14 years. From her beginnings at Fremantle Arts Centre, Brooke progressed to the role of Program and Events Manager at KULCHA, before working in various capacities at Sunset Events on such large scale festivals as Southbound, West Coast Blues n Roots, St Jerome’s Laneway and One Movement.

Joining the WAM in January 2011, Brooke brings band management skills, has chaired the Propel Youth Arts Board of Management, and coordinated the ‘Next Big Thing’ band showcase competition.
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