WAM FAREWELLS CEO
WAM
thanks departing CEO Paul
Bodlovich
for 10 years of service.
Friday 3 February 2012 marked
the end of 10-years at WAM for
CEO
Paul
Bodlovich.
Paul resigned in November last
year after accepting the role of
CEO at the Film and Television
Institute (WA).
Paul’s dedication and commitment
over the past decade has seen
WAM’s transformation into a
locally, nationally, and
internationally recognised
industry organisation, and a
leader in contemporary music
sector advocacy.
On his time at WAM, Paul
commented;
"Over the past ten years I
have learnt an incredible
amount, met many extraordinary
people, formed lifelong
friendships, and hopefully
along the way left WAM a
better place than when I
walked in the door on January
29, 2002.
WAM
has an important place in the
music industry locally,
nationally and globally, and
can contribute much to the
broader West Australian
community. I look forward to
looking in from time to time,
and seeing the amazing things
that this organisation will
achieve over the coming
decade."
WAM commenced recruitment for
the CEO position in December
with Lester Blades Pty Ltd. An
announcement on the new CEO
appointment will be made soon.
The staff and board at WAM wish
to sincerely thank Paul for his
contribution to our organisation
and the recognition of West
Australian Music. We wish him
the very best in his new role at
FTI.
NEW PROJECT OFFICER
WAM
welcomes our newest staff
member
Project Officer Alexis
Courtin.
Alexis
Courtin arrived in
Australia from Belgium in 2007,
opening the door on the West
Australian arts sector by
becoming
KULCHA's
Program Manager between 2008 and
2011.
Prior to that, Alexis worked two
and half years in Paris for
Pro/Art, implementing
Qwartz,
the international network for
new and electronic music, and
coordinating the annual Qwartz
Electronic Music Awards.
In Brussels, Alexis became
publicity and tour assistant at
Crammed
Discs, an independent,
international record label whose
output blends world music, rock,
pop, and electronica.
Alexis will be managing
WAM
Song of the Year, WA's
premier songwriting competition.
He will also continue developing
WAM
Workshops, a year round
series of professional
development and networking
opportunities, while working on
a variety of partnered live
music projects - including
Sunday
Bands in the City.
WAM staff and board also wish to
acknowledge the hard work of our
departing Project Officer
Daphne
Tan, who made a
considerable contribution to
these events throughout 2011. We
wish her all the very best on
her adventures through Thailand.
PERTH LAUNCHES GENERATE
The
national pilot scheme for
new music business
innovation kicked off in
Perth this month.
This week, WAM hosted the first
ever
GENERATE
pilot program workshop. Twelve
of WA’s select new music
businesses were represented,
with participants treated to an
interactive business modelling
session with facilitator
Anthony
Merrilees from the
Creative Industries Innovation
Centre.
Using the Business Model Canvas
businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas,
the workshop gave participants a
chance to gain a clear idea of
the strengths and weaknesses of
their enterprise, as well as a
better overall perspective of
their business model.
Armed with this knowledge, these
twelve businesses will now be
invited to apply for GENERATE
2012 Stage 2, competing with the
rest of Australia for their
chance to attend a two-day
intensive workshop in Sydney in
March.
The 15 most innovative
businesses selected for Stage 2
will be mentored by industry
heavyweights, and also receive
an investment package of up to
$30,000 to grow their music
business.
For more information on GENERATE
2012, please visit
creativeinnovation.net.au/Community/Events/Generate-music-investment-pilot-project.html
SCHOOLS ALIVE
BOOK
NOW
FOR 2012
Would
your school enjoy a
lunchtime concert &
workshop from one of WA's
hottest bands?
The WAM Schools Alive Smarter
than Smoking Schools Program
is taking bookings for
2012. This is a very popular
series, so get in early!
The Smarter than Smoking Schools
Alive Program is very popular
with students of all-ages and
provides wonderful education and
entertainment to the whole
school.
Each incursion gives students a
chance to experience live music
from local artists, while
learning about the WA music
industry and potential career
opportunities.
Past bands who have performed
for the Schools Alive Program
include award winning acts
Birds
of
Tokyo, Sugar Army, Little
Birdy,Gyroscope and
John Butler.
Cost:
$330 inc GST, discounts
available (conditions apply).
Includes:
* Live performance from a local
act at your school
* PA with sound engineer
provided
* Workshop / Q&A session
with the act
* Prizes / Give-aways
Don't miss out - BOOK NOW! For
more information, please read
the
application
form or call the
WAM office on (08) 9227 7962 to
discuss a booking.
For further information, please
visit
wam.asn.au/schools
- or contact Kris Dimitroff on
(08) 9227 7962 or email
kris@wam.asn.au
The Schools Alive Smarter Than
Smoking Program is sponsored
by Healthway.
WAM REGIONAL
Split
Seconds and Sam Carmody
kick off the new
Wheatbelt Contemporary
Music Touring Circuit
WHEATBELT
TOURING MUSIC CIRCUIT
WAM is excited to announce a
pilot initiative to develop
a new regional contemporary
music touring circuit in the
Wheatbelt region.
The third weekend of each
month from February through
to July this year, will see
some of WA's brightest bands
touring with solo acts in
the Wheatbelt. A recent
harvest of Wheatbelt based
original music acts will
play alongside touring acts
at each event.
The tour bus will stop in at
The Commercial Hotel in
Merredin on Friday nights,
Grass Valley Tavern (8km
East of Northam) on Saturday
nights and the Ye Olde
Quindanning Inne, will host
Sunday afternoon shows.
All shows are free entry and
this project forms part of
WAM's audience development
strategy.
Split
Seconds had a
massive 2011, nominated for
seven WAMi Awards, the band
won four, including Most
Promising New Act, Best
Indie Pop Act and Best Male
Vocalist.
The band toured nationally
with Jebediah and The
Panics. They were a staple
at major national music
festivals in 2011 including
Homebake (NSW), Pyramid Rock
Festival (VIC), Big Day Out,
Southbound and The St
Jerome's Laneway Festival
(WA). 2012 has started in
the same fashion, with
festival slots at Pyramid
Rock Festival (VIC) and
Southbound (WA).
They will be joined in the
tour bus by WAM Song of The
Year - 2011 Rock category
winner,
Sam
Carmody.
Sam is one of WA's new
emerging talents. Raised in
Geraldton, now based in
Perth, he writes, sings and
strums for the band The
Warning Birds.
The Wheatbelt tour will also
be used to promote road
safety in the region through
a new partnership with the
RAC. The Wheatbelt is one of
Western Australia’s worst
regions for road safety and
the Wheatbelt Touring Music
Circuit will deliver high
impact road safety messages
focused on the three biggest
contributors to fatal
crashes in the region; drink
driving, fatigue and
seatbelts.
This project is part of
WAM's Regional Program and
is delivered with assistance
from The Australian
Government through the
Regional
Arts Fund and
Country
Arts WA. The
RAC
and
Hertz
are valued project sponsors.
WAM
Wheatbelt Touring Music
Circuit
February
2012 with Split Seconds
& Sam Carmody
Friday 17 February 8:00pm |
The Commercial Hotel,
Merredin, with Vanilla Pils
Saturday 18 February 8:00pm
| Grass Valley Tavern, with
Lauren Arthur
Sunday 19 February 12:00pm |
Ye Olde Quindanning Inne,
with Ryan Webb
YOUTH
COUNTRY MUSIC STAGE
February also sees WAM's
Regional program working with
the
Boyup
Brook Country Music Festival, 15-19
February, to deliver a Youth
Stage,
Saturday
18 February 9:00am - 2:00pm.
This year's stage line
up offers a diverse range
of contemporary country acts,
with
Ruby
Boots (WAMi winner for
Best Country Music Act
2011),
Tank
7even (WAM Song of the
Year Country winner 2011),
Jennifer
Hannan (WAM Song of
the Year 2010 Schools nominee),
Allanna
Eileen,
Molly,
& the
Boyup
Brook School Band.
For more information about WAM
Regional, visit
wam.asn.au/regional
- you can also follow all the
tour action on
twitter.com/wamregional
or
facebook.com/wamregional
SAVE LIVE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC
Help
save live music venues!
Register live events for the
first national SLAM day
Thursday 23 February.
On 23rd February 2010, the
SLAM
(Save Live Australian Music)
rally saw 20,000 people march
through Melbourne in protest
against the Victorian
Government’s misguided policy
link between live music and
violence.
Now all of Australia has the
opportunity to participate in a
national event that celebrates
our local musicians in our small
venues.
Music communities around
Australia are now invited to
unite in support of our thriving
live culture by hosting their
own National SLAM Day gigs,
Thursday
23 February 2012
will be a national day to
celebrate live music in
Australia!
Support your local artists and
venues by getting out and
experiencing the spontaneous
excitement and intimacy you can
only get at a small venue.
Support a National SLAM Day
event in your town - any style,
any genre. It’s easy to get
involved:
* Venues can register their
gigs on the SLAM website at
slamrally.org.
It’s free to sign up.
* Musicians can join with
their local venues to curate a
National SLAM Day gig.
* Gig-goers can celebrate live
music and local musicians in
their own neighbourhood.
* Community groups can host
their own National SLAM Day gig.
* “Like” SLAM on Facebook and
keep up with news on live music:
facebook.com/SLAMrally
About
SLAM
Save Live Australia’s Music
(SLAM) is a collective of
non-politically aligned,
independent, local music-loving
citizens. The only pre-requisite
to getting involved is a love of
live music.
In early 2010, the SLAM Rally
swept through the streets of
Melbourne in protest against
over-arching Victorian Liquor
Licensing policies that unfairly
linked live music to high risk
activity.
SLAM representatives, the lobby
group Fair Go 4 Live Music
(FG4LM) and the then newly
established Music Victoria, all
co-signed the Live Music Accord
on the eve of the rally and then
spent a further seven months
negotiating the Live Music
Agreement, where it was
officially announced that live
music does not cause violence.
Since then, SLAM has
successfully negotiated
important changes within a
number a number of other key
music reforms in Melbourne. SLAM
has contributed to the Busking
Policy and the Live Music
Strategy for the City of
Melbourne, the City of Yarra’s
Live Music Working Group, and
the Music Council of Victoria.
Supporters and spokespeople for
SLAM have included Paul Kelly,
Dan Sultan, Megan Washington,
Nick Cave, The Dirty Three, Tina
Arena, Clare Bowditch, Paul
Dempsey, Kram, Tim Rogers, Nic
Cester, Cut Copy, The Living
End, Missy Higgins, Ross Wilson,
Evelyn Morris (Pikelet), Brian
Nankervis, The Rockwiz Orkestra,
Slash, Myf Warhurst, Augie March
and Mick Harvey, among many
others.
