Drum Media Perth Editor Scores Two WAMi Nominations

Nominations for the public-voted awards were revealed earlier today, with theMusic.com.au honoured with a nomination and San Cisco leading the way for the artists.

In a launch event held at The Bakery tonight, the remainder of the nominations, for the craft and industry-voted awards, were announced.

Published by theMusic.com.au's publisher Street Press Australia, The Drum Media's editor Aarom Wilson has picked up nominations in the Media Award - Individual category and the main gong, the Golden WAMi.

The magazine itself has been nominated in the Media Award - Organisation category.

Tonight also saw the launch of the Kiss My WAMi 3CD/DVD, which features over 60 established and emerging artists from Perth - including San Cisco, Boom! Bap! Pow, Ruby Boots and Emperors. 5,000 copies of the disc are produced each year and distributed to media, industry and government. The disc is available now.

Nominations are as follows. To see the nominations for the categories that will be voted by the public (voting opens Monday 16 April on the iiNet website) head here.

The award night will be held on the closing night of the WAMi Festival, Saturday 2 June at The Bakery. John Butler, Eskimo Joe and Mama Kin will perform on the awards night.

THE CRAFT AWARDS:

Live Sound Engineer of the Year
Presented by Diskbank
Luke Gray
Kelvin Flanders
Stu McLaughlin
Luke Willott

Recording Engineer of the Year
Presented by Pigeonhole
Sam Ford
Matthew Giovannangelo
Dave Parkin
Rob Grant

Guitarist of the Year
Presented by WA Museum
Doug May (Abbe May, The Fags)
Rhys Davies (Split Seconds)
Alex Dew (Bastian's Happy Flight)
Ben Witt (The Chemist)

Bassist of the Year
Presented by Signarama
Vaughan Davies (Split Seconds)
Nick Gardener (San Cisco)
Ian Berney (Birds of Tokyo)
Sam Ford (The Silents)

Drummer/Percussionist of the Year
Presented by Poster Girls
James Trewenack (Split Seconds)
Matthew Giovannangelo (Voltaire Twins)
Scarlett Stevens (San Cisco)
John Lekias (Runner, Cow Parade Cow)

Keys/Synth Artist of the Year
Presented by The Bakery
Benjamin Golby (Split Seconds)
Alwyn Nixon-Lloyd (Boys Boys Boys!)
Jack Doepel (Voltaire Twins, Bastian's Happy Flight, MmHmmm)
James Ireland

Multi Instrumentalist of the Year
Presented by Cut & Paste
Lyndon Blue (Seams, Heathcote Blue, Solar Barge)
Todd Pickett (Davey Craddock & The Spectacles,
Kill Devil Hills)
Jack Doepel (Voltaire Twins, Bastian's Happy Flight, MmHmmm)
Andrew Sinclair

Male Vocalist of the Year
Presented by Hertz
Cameron Avery (The Growl, Allbrook/Avery)
Nick Allbrook (Pond, Allbrook/Avery)
Sean Pollard (Split Seconds)
Lyndon Blue (Seams, Heathcote Blue, Solar Barge)

Female Vocalist of the Year
Presented by CCA Productions
Grace Woodroofe
Felicity Groom
Abbe May
Rachael Dease

Electronic Producer of the Year
Presented by Berklee Music
ShockOne
James Ireland
Diger Rokwell
Ylem

DJ of the Year
Presented by Printline
Craig Hollywood
Mike Carr
Rok Riley
Charlie Bucket

INDUSTRY VOTED AWARDS:

Most Promising New Act
Presented by Sunset Events
MmHmmm
Sonpsilo Circus
Rainy Day Women
Allbrook/Avery

Rock Act of the Year
Presented by Earplug Music
Abbe May
Sonpsilo Circus
The Growl
Emperors

Pop Act of the Year
Presented by Fat Shan Records
Split Seconds
San Cisco
Felicity Groom
Bastian's Happy Flight

Experimental Act of the Year
Presented by Drum Media
Injured Ninja
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving
Usurper of Modern Medicine
Andrew Sinclair

Hardcore Punk Act of the Year
Presented by AIR
Grim Fandango
Project Mayhem
Surrender
Suffer

Metal Act of the Year
Presented by Sounds Australia
Drowning Horse
Chaos Divine
Voyager
Claim The Throne

Blues Act of the Year
Presented by Mustang Bar
The Growl
Abbe May
The Floors
Dux and Downtown

Folk Act of the Year
Presented by Fairbridge Festival
The Lammas Tide
Ruby Boots
Big Old Bears
Justin Walshe Folk Machine

Acoustic Roots Act of the Year
Presented by Clancy's Fremantle
The Seals
Big Old Bears
Ruby Boots
Heathcoate Blue

Funk Act of the Year
Presented by The Court Hotel
Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics
Brow Horn Orchestra
Boom! Bap! Pow!
Rander & The Soul Kingdom

Jazz Act of the Year
Presented by Perth Jazz Society
Rick Webster
Mace Francis Orchestra
Jack Doepel Quartet
Daramad

Hip Hop Act of the Year
Presented by X-Press Magazine
The Empty Cup
Mathas
Drapht
Hunter

Dance/Electronic Act of the Year
Presented by SAE
Naik
Voltaire Twins
Bastian's Happy Flight
Kit Pop

Country Music Act of the Year
Presented by Boyup Brook Country Club
Stoney Joe
The Ghost Hotel
Ruby Boots
The Seals

World Music Act of the Year
Presented by MRA
Ensemble Formidable
Shangara Jive
Grace Barbé
Kurbist Gong Band

Indigenous Artist of the Year
Presented by Noongar Radio
Black Poet
Jake and the Cowboys
John Bennett
Yabu Band

WA Record Label of the Year
Presented by APRA
Spinning Top Records
Jarrah Records
Heartless Robot
Walking Horse

2012 Media Award – Individual
Presented by Xanadu Wines
Bob Gordon (Music Writer)
Adam Trainer (RTRfm)
Aarom Wilson (Drum Media)
Simon Collins (The West Aus.)

2012 Media Award – Organisation
Presented by Little Creatures
The Wire
RTRfm
The Drum Media
Six Thousand

2012 Management Award
Presented by Central Music Industry Training
Jake Snell
Jodie Regan
Phil Stevens
Mark 'Sparkles' Spillane

Golden WAMi
Presented by City of Perth
Dave Cutbush
Jodie Regan
Aarom Wilson
Jake Snell