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WAM LaunchPad

BULLETPROOF GYPSIES
Funk / Soul
Thursday 09/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth | Metro
EP Launch, supported by The Spitfires, & Fools Rush In

TOBY
Blues / Roots
Friday 10/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Fly By Night Musicians Club, Fremantle | Metro
Tix $30 www.flybynight.org
SLEEPTALK Album Launch

GRIM FANDANGO
Rock
Friday 10/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Prince of Wales, Bunbury | South West
BIRTHMARK BLUES Album Launch, supported by Following Sea (VIC), FunRazor, & Ten Points To Glenroy

SMRTS
Pop
Friday 10/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth | Metro
SUN SETS ON A NEW TOMORROW Album Launch, supported by Rolling Pin, Wind Waker, & Erasers

MINUTE 36
Rock
Friday 10/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Settlers Tavern, Margaret River | South West
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE FEELING Album Launch, supported by James Bosley, & Mark Neal

GRIM FANDANGO
Rock
Saturday 11/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth | Metro
BIRTHMARK BLUES Album Launch, supported by Following Sea (VIC), So, Night Owl, Helter Skelter, & Chilling Winston

MINUTE 36
Rock
Saturday 11/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Prince of Wales, Bunbury | South West
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE FEELING Album Launch, supported James Bosley, Mark Neal, & Thursdays Page

MINUTE 36
Rock
Sunday 12/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Settlers Tavern, Margaret River | South West
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE FEELING Album Launch, supported by Mark Neal

GRIM FANDANGO
Rock
Sunday 12/09/2010 | 6:00pm
Mojo's Bar, North Fremantle | Metro
BIRTHMARK BLUES Album Launch, supported by Following Sea (VIC), The Tigers, The Leap Year, & Craig McElhinney

MINUTE 36
Rock
Friday 17/09/2010 | 4:30pm
UWA Tavern, Crawley | Metro
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE FEELING Album Launch, supported by James Bosley

MICHAEL SWANN & THE FOX FANTASY
Pop
Friday 17/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Velvet Lounge, Mt Lawley | Metro
LITTLE RED RIDING EP Launch, supported by Good Little Fox, Art In Algebra, & Sidewalk Diamonds

LOOSE UNIT
Heavy Rock / Metal
Friday 17/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Amplifier Bar, Perth | Metro
GREATER NUMBERS Single & Video Luanch, supported by The Devil Rides Out, Blackwater Station, & Sanur Dogs

RED JEZEBEL
Pop
Friday 17/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Norfolk Basement, Fremantle | Metro
CLOSER TO YOU Single Launch

RED JEZEBEL
Pop
Saturday 18/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Amplifier Bar, Perth | Metro
CLOSER TO YOU Single Launch

MINUTE 36
Rock
Saturday 18/09/2010 | 9:00pm
Malt Market Bar, Dunsborough | South West
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE FEELING Album Launch, supported by Mark Neal

MINUTE 36
Rock
Sunday 19/09/2010 | 2:00pm
Redcliffe On the Murray, Pinjarra | Peel
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TASTE AND THE FEELING Album Launch, supported by Mark Neal

TOBY
Blues / Roots
Friday 24/09/2010 | 9:00pm
Kalbarri Motor Hotel, Kalbarri | Mid West
SLEEPTALK Album Launch

TOBY
Blues / Roots
Saturday 25/09/2010 | 9:00pm
Freemasons Hotel, Geraldton | Mid West
SLEEPTALK Album Launch

ONE THOUSAND YEARS
Rock
Saturday 25/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Norfolk Basement, North Fremantle | Metro
CHATEAU DE LA SPACEMAN EP Launch, supported by Stillfire, & The Smiling Assasins

MAKE THEM SUFFER
Heavy Rock / Metal
Saturday 25/09/2010 | 8:00pm
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth | Metro
LORD OF WOE EP Launch, supported by At War With Gods, Northlane (NSW), Gallows for Grace, & Skyshark

TOBY
Blues / Roots
Sunday 26/09/2010 | 6:30pm
Shark Bay Hotel, Shark Bay | Gascoyne
SLEEPTALK Album Launch

MAKE THEM SUFFER
Heavy Rock / Metal
Sunday 26/09/2010 | 1:00pm
YMCA HQ, Leederville | Metro
LORD OF WOE EP Launch, supported by Northlane (NSW), I Am Eternal, In League, & Statues

TOBY
Blues / Roots
Wednesday 29/09/2010 | 7:30pm
Whalers Cafe, Exmouth | Gascoyne
SLEEPTALK Album Launch

Blast your music into the stratosphere...
or be first to find new sounds with WAM LaunchPad!

WAM LaunchPad is WA's premier source for launch information, featuring new, original WEST AUSTRALIAN MUSIC. Whether it's a Single, EP, Album, or Music Video launch, find the vibe you need each month with LaunchPad.

WA artists, venues, studios, managers or distributors - please send confirmed launch details for FREE INCLUSION on the West Australian Music Industry Association homepage. Launch items submitted by LAST MONDAY EACH MONTH are also published the following month in WAM eNews.

To use this FREE yet invaluable promotional service, simply email communications@wam.asn.au subject "LaunchPad" with -

ACT NAME:
MYSPACE or BAND WEBSITE:
GENRE:
DATE OF LAUNCH:
START TIME:
VENUE:
SUBURB OF VENUE:
DOOR CHARGE/TICKETING OUTLETS (mention if offering CD with entry):
TITLE OF RELEASE:
TYPE (e.g. Single, EP, Album, Music Video):
COST TO BUY:
SUPPORT ACTS:
ALL-AGES NON-LICENSED (Y/N):

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ACT (Y/N):

You're welcome to share WAM LaunchPad to help promote WA music. Simply acknowledge WAM - www.wam.asn.au - when doing so, to help spread the word & feed you more local launch action! We always welcome feedback too.

RTRfm Fresh Blast

Get $2000 worth of sponsorship towards your next CD launch!

RTRFM’s FRESH BLAST PROGRAM supports WA music maker’s by promoting their CD launch and release.

The submission deadline is the first Friday of every month:

Round 8: For launches in September - Friday 6 August
Round 9: For launches in October - Friday 3 September
Round 10: For launches in November - Friday 1 October
Round 11: For launches in December - Friday 5 November
Round 12: For launches in January 2011 - Friday 3 December

Heaps of Western Australian bands, solo artists and DJs have received RTRFM’S FRESH BLAST sponsorship including Ali Towers, Randa and the Soul Kingdom and Mukaizake.

The Fresh Blast Program provides you with:

A radio promotion package on RTRFM including:

30 sponsorship announcements, to promote the CD launch and
20 sponsorships announcements to promote the sale of the CD.

A half page advertisement in X-press Magazine.
$250 for any costs associated with CD launch

A strong applicant needs to have a confirmed date at a venue, with a CD ready to be launched and put into shops for sale, and has a venue that is not sponsored by Healthway. In receiving Fresh Blast support applicants agree to promote the “Alcohol. Think Again and “Don’t Drink and Drive” messages at their launch.

Find the Fresh Blast application and deadlines at www.rtrfm.com.au/freshblast

Send the application with a copy of your CD to:
Eloise Sweetman
Fresh Blast Co-ordinator
RTRFM 92.1
PO Box 842
Mt Lawley WA 6929

To answer any questions about Fresh Blast Program or the application itself, contact Eloise Sweetman on 9260 9212.

RTRFM’s Fresh Blast Program is supported by Healthway and the Community Road Safety Grants Program funded by the Road Trauma Trust Fund.

Get $2000 worth of sponsorship towards your next CD launch!

RTRFM’s FRESH BLAST PROGRAM supports WA music maker’s by promoting their CD launch and release.

The submission deadline is the first Friday of every month:

Round 8: For launches in September - Friday 6 August
Round 9: For launches in October - Friday 3 September
Round 10: For launches in November - Friday 1 October
Round 11: For launches in December - Friday 5 November
Round 12: For launches in January 2011 - Friday 3 December

A radio promotion package on RTRFM including:

30 sponsorship announcements, to promote the CD launch and
20 sponsorships announcements to promote the sale of the CD.

A half page advertisement in X-press Magazine.
$250 for any costs associated with CD launch

WAM Member Offer

SEPTEMBER
WAM Member discounts available this month by showing a valid WAM membership card to the vendor at purchase

DiskBank.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)8 9388 0800
Em: david@diskbank.com.au
Unit 3, 73 Troy Terrace
SUBIACO WA 6008

MEMBER RATE
CD & DVD DUPLICATION PACKAGES

600 sets for the price of 500 sets
applicable to and CD or DVD package
OR
Free Barcode with any order of 500 or more discs (valued at $77)
offers cannot to be used concurrently

SonicLolly.com
Ph: +61 (0)8 9757 3654
Em: noah@soniclolly.com
PO Box 710
MARGARET RIVER WA 6285

MARGARET RIVER RESIDENTIAL RECORDING PACKAGE

Until October, Sonic Lolly has secured a pristine 17-acre fully equipped residential retreat just out of Margaret River for $250 per week. Live in style while you work on your music at The Lollybox Studio with world-renowned producer/arranger Noah Shilkin.

SEPTEMBER
WAM Member discounts available this month by showing a valid WAM membership card to the vendor at purchase

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Supporters

WAM gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the State Government of Western Australia through the
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS

HEALTHWAY

RAMMPAAGE is proudly sponsored by Healthway, supporting the
Drug Aware message

Schools Alive! is proudly sponsored by Healthway, supporting the
Smarter than Smoking message

WAM is also assisted by the Commonwealth Government through
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

WAM gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the State Government of Western Australia through the
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS

HEALTHWAY

RAMMPAAGE is proudly sponsored by Healthway, supporting the
Drug Aware message

Schools Alive! is proudly sponsored by Healthway, supporting the
Smarter than Smoking message

WAM is also assisted by the Commonwealth Government through
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS