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Genres classical · hip-hop · indigenous · Ska · immigrant music · jazz · country · rock (pub rock · indie · punk · metal)
Organisations ARIA · APRA · CMAA
Awards ARIA Music Awards · CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia · The Deadlys · Australian Music Prize · J Award · WAMi Awards · NT Indigenous Music Awards · Perth Dance Music Awards
Charts Kent Music Report · ARIA Charts · Triple J Hottest 100
Festivals Big Day Out · Splendour in the Grass · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Tamworth Country Music Festival · Womadelaide · National Folk Festival · Overcranked
Media Countdown · Rage · Triple J · Jtv · ABC · Community Radio
National anthem Advance Australia Fair
Cities and regions
Adelaide · Brisbane · Canberra · Melbourne · Sydney · Perth · Hobart

Contents

History

WAM was originally formed as the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. The music of Australia ranges across a broad spectrum of styles and genres The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s primarily influenced by Hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates In 1979 Ska enjoyed a renewal of popularity Initially the ska revival was a UK phenomenon but gradually it spread to the rest of the world including Australia Australia is home to several large immigrant communities from every continent in the world Jazz music has a long history in Australia Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced Australian country music is a vibrant part of the Music of Australia. Australian rock and pop musicians have produced a wide variety of music Pub rock is a style of Australian Rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia largely from the See also Australian rock, Punk rock Australian musicians played and recorded some of the earliest punk rock. Australian heavy metal music has its roots in both the Australian Hard rock and Pub rock tradition of the 1970s and the American and British The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA is a Trade group representing the Australian recording industry The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA is a Copyright Collecting society representing New Zealand and Australian composers lyricists The Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA is an association formed in 1992 that promotes and represents the Australian country music industry The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian The CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music sport entertainment and community The Australian Music Prize (AMP is an annual award of $25000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award The J Award is an award given by influential Australian Youth Radio station Triple J to Australian Album of the Year The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMis) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry put on by the Western Australian NT Indigenous Music Awards are part of the Darwin Festival and are run by Music NT in association with the Northern Territory Government’s Indigenous Arts Development This article refers to an Australian award show For other meanings see PDMA. The Kent Music Report was a weekly Record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by a music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners in order to determine their favourite This is a list of Music festivals in Australia. It includes festivals that have stopped running The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 Splendour In The Grass is an annual Music festival held in July at Belongil Fields, outside Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create Program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Homebake is an annual Australian Rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand) The Falls Festival is a New Year's Eve Music festival, held annually in Marion Bay Tasmania and Lorne Victoria Australia since 1993 The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia and is a celebration of Australian The National Folk Festival is a Festival celebrating Australian folk culture first held in Melbourne in 1967. Overcranked is Australia 's biggest punk, rock and metal Music festival presented by Rave Magazine Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music Television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late rage is a popular all-night Australian Music video program broadcast on ABC1 on Friday and Saturday nights Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. Community radio is a type of Radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's " Advance Australia Fair " is the official National anthem of Australia. Adelaide is a city in South Australia. Its musical heritage includes the well-known Adelaide Festival of Arts, Barossa Music Festival and the Brisbane is a city in Queensland, Australia, home to many regionally important music institutions and venues Canberra is the capital city of Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The culture of Sydney Australia is diverse and multicultural Many of the individual cultures that make up the Sydney mosaic are centred on the ethnic linguistic See also List of musical acts from Western Australia Perth is a city in Western Australia that has produced a number of notable performers in popular music Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia. Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. WAM first received project funding from the state government in 1989, and in the early 90s the word "rock" was dropped from the title to give the organisation scope to take on a broader constituency. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

In 1989 the inaugural WA Song Contest commenced, in 2002 it was rebranded as the WAM Song of the Year. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002

The WAM Song of the Year is open to all residents of Western Australia. The song must be the original work of the songwriter(s). Songwriters with a publishing deal can only enter the Professional category.

Winners

Categories

2003

In 2003 there were 1,247 entries and 75 shortlisted nominees in the 15 genre categories. Lash were an all-female alternative / Punk rock band from Perth, Australia. Cartman was a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Halogen is a five-piece band from Perth, Western Australia. Formed in 1998 by two ex-patriot New Zealanders - Jasmine Yee and Frans Bisschops The Panda Band are an Indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Institut Polaire are an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Winners each received $1,000 (Children & Youth winners received $500) and a days recording time at a top Perth studio. The Grand Prize winner received the opportunity to have a promotional single recorded, pressed and released among other select opportunities.

The individual category award winners were:

2004

The WAM Song of the Year for 2004 was announced at the Fly By Night Club in Fremantle on Thursday September 16, 2004. The evening featured performances from past winners including Andrew Horabin and Lynn Hazelton, as well as finalists for the 2005 competition. The WAM Song of the Year was presented by the Minister for the Arts the Hon. Sheila McHale. There was over 1,300 songs entered in the competition with 75 works nominated by the industry panels as finalists in the 15 genre categories.

The individual category award winners were:

2005

The WAM Song of the Year for 2005 was announced at the Fly By Night Club in Fremantle on Thursday October 27, 2005. The Bank Holidays are an Indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia. The Flairz are a Garage rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The evening featured performances from past winners including Andrew Horabin and Lynn Hazelton, as well as finalists for the 2005 competition. Performing on the night were The Bank Holidays, Lake of Bass, New Rules For Boats, Peter Brandy, The Flairz and the 2004 Song of the Year winner, Lauren Brede. The Bank Holidays are an Indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia. New Rules for Boats is a five piece band from Perth, Western Australia formed in early 2004 The Flairz are a Garage rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The WAM Song of the Year was presented by the Minister for the Arts the Hon. Sheila McHale. There were close to 1,500 songs entered in the competition with 86 works nominated by the industry panels as finalists in the 17 genre categories.

The individual category award winners were:

2006

The WAM Song of the Year for 2006 was announced on Thursday October 19, 2006 at the Fly By Night Club in Fremantle with awards in 17 different categories. The Panda Band are an Indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. The Panda Band are an Indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Fremantle (commonly known as Freo is a Port City in Western Australia, located southwest of Perth, the state capital at the mouth of Performing on the night were Kavyen Temperly from Eskimo Joe, The Panda Band, Abbe Fuzz and The Rockin' Pneumonia, One Horse Town, the Catherine Noblet Quartet and The Watts. Kavyen Temperley (born Finlay Beaton 1978-07-03, Fremantle Western Australia) is the Lead singer, song writer Bassist and occasionally Eskimo Joe is an Australian rock band whose debut album Girl went gold in 2001 The Panda Band are an Indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Presenters from Xpress Magazine, The West Australian, RTRFM, ABC Radio, Nova 93.7, Drum Media, Network 10, APRA, Perth International Arts Festival and Minister for the Arts, the Honorable Sheila McHale announced the winners. The West Australian (often simply called The West) is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth Western Australia, and is owned by RTRFM (call sign 6RTR is a not-for-profit Community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. ABC Radio Networks, known as ABC Radio for short is an American Radio network. Nova 937 (call sign 6PER) is a commercial radio station in Perth, Western Australia. Drum Media is a free weekly Tabloid -sized music and lifestyle magazine ( Street press) established in 1990 and based in Sydney Australia Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia 's three major commercial television networks. The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA is a Copyright Collecting society representing New Zealand and Australian composers lyricists The UWA Perth International Arts Festival is a cultural festival held in Western Australia. Sheila Margaret McHale is a current Australian Labor Party MP serving the roles of Minister for Minister for Disability Services Tourism Culture and the Arts and Consumer The winners of most categories walked away with $1,000 cash and 1 day of recording time in a leading Perth studio. The winner of the Grand Prize received an additional 3 days recording time with renowned producer Rob Grant at Poons Head and the pressing of 500 promotional singles/EPs through Westlink Multimedia/MGM. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Metropolitan Groove Merchants or MGM Distribution is an independent distributor of CDs and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998.

The individual category award winners were:

2007

The 2007 WAM Song of the Year was announced at the Fly By Night in Fremantle, on Wednesday October 31, 2007. There were eighteen category winners and included for the first year a Professional category where published Western Australian based songwriters are given the chance to enter their works in WA’s premier song writing Awards. The Grand Prize for the WAM Song of the Year in 2007 includes a 3 day recording session and a pressing of 500 CDs.

The individual category award winners were:

The Bank Holidays are an Indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia. Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth Western Australia. " Sun Dirt Water " is the name of a single by the Australian folk-rock band The Waifs, from their album Sun Dirt Water. Vikki Thorn (née Simpson is an Australian Harmonica player Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter famous as one-third of the Australian Folk rock The Waifs are a Folk rock band from Western Australia. The original members of The Waifs are Josh Cunningham (guitar vocals and sisters Vikki
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