WAM Song Of The Year 2012: Nominees Announced

The wait is over for songwriters throughout Western Australia as 80 nominees in 16 categories are announced for the 2012 WAM Song of the Year. Song of the Year celebrates the best of Western Australia's songwriting talent. Now in its 23

^rd year, this prestigious songwriting competition offers more than $30,000 worth of prizes.

Winners will be announced at the Awards Night at the Fly By Night Musicians' Club on Thursday 11 October at 7.30pm. Hosted by 96FM's Darren de Mello and with the presence of Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe - APRA Ambassador), the evening will feature live performances by

2011 Song of the Year Grand Prize winner Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, as well as Yabu Band, Kucka and Boom! Bap! Pow!

The Grand Prize winner walks away with $2,000 cash; three days recording at Albert Studios in Sydney engineered by Wayne Connolly; a mentoring session from Alberts Creative Services team; the  opportunity of an album distribution deal to China courtesy of 88tc88; a mastering session with James Hewgill Music; 500 CDs pressed by DiskBank; an opportunity for a publishing deal with Perfect

Pitch Publishing; a Berkleemusic online music course; and a RØDE Microphonespackage. They also have an opportunity to perform at the AGWA Nights finale in November and at the 2013 WAMi Festival, and to have their song included on the 2013 Kiss My WAMi compilation.

The Mental Health Commission of WA is the competition presentation partner and Mentally Healthy category sponsor. This category allows songwriters to share songs dealing with positive messages relating to mental health. The message for WAM Song of the Year 2012 is "Music talks about mental health, so can you." Support also comes from WAM's major partners APRA | AMCOS and Headspace.

Presale tickets to the Awards are $23.50 inc BF from www.flybynight.org or phone* 9430 5976 (*Transaction fees apply) during office hours. Doorsales $28.50 if available.

The nominees, listed alphabetically in song title and category order, are:

Blues & Roots

Sponsored by Clancy's Fish Pub

Bitter Tears by John Read

Driller by Dilip 'n the Davs

Kimberley Moon by Matt Cal

My Baby Must Be Blind by Mister & Sunbird

Too Much Information by Ego Libido

Country

Sponsored by Boyup Brook Country Music Club

Banged Up by Polly Medlen Band

I Won't Be Too Far Behind by Jonny Taylor

Love Songs by Wes Snowball

Shifting Sands by David Hyams and The Miles To Go Band

Take Me Home by The Ghost Hotel

Electronic / Dance

Sponsored by SAE Institute

Blanket by DeadCollection

Incandescence by Ylem

Slew by Ylem

Swim (Winter Sleep Rework) by Lilt

We are Home Again by The Brow Horn

Orchestra

Experimental

Sponsored by Qwartz Electronic Music Awards

Mollusc by TheIntensoBand

Polly (serialkillersundays) by Kucka

Rumination by Cycle~440

Tetraplegiah by Christopher de Groot

Zip Up Jacket Combination Lock by TheIntensoBand

Heavy

Sponsored by Lang Studios & Manticore Productions

Bury The King by Goat

Honorary Member of The First High Society by Castle Bravo

Never Sleep Again by Chainsaw Hookers

Sleazebag by Sleepfreak

Walk Away by The Sixth Extinction

Indigenous

Sponsored by Nannup Music Festival

Blue Stranger by OZ Island

Born on the River by Jake and the Cowboys

Crash by Jake and the Cowboys

Petrol Paint & Glue by Yabu Band

Some Boy by Baby Kool

Jazz

Sponsored by The Ellington Jazz Club

Fade Away by Rick Webster

Maelstrom by Abbey/Foster/Falle

Roessle by Tal Cohen Quartet

The Busker by Chris Foster Trio

There's More Fish in the Sea by Tal Cohen Quartet

Love

Sponsored by WAM

Aimee by Rainy Day Women

Driftwood by Helen Shanahan

Falling Outta Love by Sugarpuss

I'll Tell The Water of You by Warning Birds

Priority Tree by Patient Little Sister

Mentally Healthy

Sponsored by the Mental Health Commission WA

Grey Days by Kris Kingwell

Milliner's Song by Claire Moodie

Talk About It by Slackjaw

That Makes You Feel Better by Dave Taylor and The Groove Unit

Petrol Paint & Glue by Yabu Band

Pop

Sponsored by the City of South Perth

Connect Five by Sheryn Binks

Don't You Forget by Jake and the

Cowboys

Relationshipdenial by Bastian's Happy

Flight

Sing It by The Ghost Hotel

Sleigh Bed by Rainy Day Women

Regional

Sponsored by Hertz

Brighter Than You Feel by Jonny Taylor

Colour Me Real by Reverend And The Deathbed Conversions

Dreams by Jude Iddison

Heart of a Lion by Codie Sundstrom

Need A Little Love by David Taylor and The Groove Unit

Rock

Sponsored by APRA | AMCOS

7 by The Shallows

Charlatan by Harlequin League

Nothing Left To Prove by Patient Little Sister

Ordinary by Husband

Take Me Home by The Ghost Hotel

Schools - 14 Years & Under

Sponsored by AMEB

Fly by Sophie Costello

Inside and Out by Lucinda Nicholls

Please by Zoe Roberts

Sinking Ships by Brittany Freeman

We Shall Not Fall by Splinta

Schools - 15 to 17 Years

Sponsored by City of Wanneroo

Apple & The Worm by Brayden Sibbald

Bumpy Ride by Jennifer Renee Hannam

I Think I've Got You by Morgan Bain

Megalomaniac by Codie Sundstrom

Somebody Else by Julia Nicholls

Urban / Hip Hop

Sponsored by Headspace

Affirm Your Masculinity by Andrew Horabin

High Life by Slackman

Jobbed by FG featuring Wisdom2th

The Ego-dystonic Blues by FG

Worldstop by FG

World / Folk

Sponsored by Fairbridge Festival

Afro Sega by Grace Barbe Afro-Kreol

Isfahan by Daramad

Jump by Spoonful of Sugar

Mother's Petunias by Brayden Sibbald

Old Brown Piano by Rachel & Henry Climb a Hill

 

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