Fields of Stoop Disclosure.

The Stoops – Thoughts From A Stoop. Not only do I manage these talented and inspiring men but I also live with two of them. So glad this track is out on the interweb. It’s been in my head for the last week but I have not been able to listen to it as they have be recording it in our studio at home. Check out more of their tunes here. You can catch their live set at Beaufort Street Festival 17 November 2012.

I will admit I am a little slow off the Disclosure mark but if someone had showed me this track 6 months ago I would have been a lot more attentive to their talent. I have had this on repeat since hearing it yesterday. Disclosure – Latch feat. Sam Smith. I  can not wait to see these two brothers perform live at Summadayze on 6 January 2013! 

My Spring Fling

I am in mad love with this city. Its that spring fling which starts at this time every year and by mid December I’m in a whirlwind of lust and desire for more culture, music and design that she, The City of Perth, offers to me.

Over the next week there are some BIG things happening for me. Saturday night Ambar will host Challenger Ready: Dress-Up Halloween Party. What makes is uber exciting is that dress-ups/costume regulations at the club are normally kept pretty tight but come Saturday its on! We are encouraging all our 12 performing DJ’s, bar staff, door girls, videographers, photographers and all our patrons to get freakishly festive and come fancy dressed for the night! There will be devilish drinks, decorations, prizes, candy and midgets. Midgets have be invited but attendance has not yet been confirmed.

(The Black keys will headline Rock It this Sunday)

I think Rock It was the first every festival I ever attended. I would have been 16. For those who don’t know - Rock It is a totally local, independent, great value, big production, single stage event with a short, hot bill; old school style. No fuss - just incredible music and every effort to keep it comfortable, simple, friendly and affordable. This years headlining act is The Black Keys along with John Butler Trio, 
Birds Of Tokyo, 
The Panics, 
Lanie Lane, 
Last Dinosaurs, 
San Cisco, 
Abbe May, 
The Kill Devil Hills, 
Emperors plus a handful more. Mandy Matlekjak and myself will be headed to the event, this Sunday with a creative concept in mind. WATCH.THIS.SPACE. We both hope to see you there!

Tuesday night at The Bakery, Poetry Slam Australia will hold the WA State finals. A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work. Previously selected members of the audience then judge these performances on a numeric scale. It’s only $2 entry loads of fun, you may even get chosen to be a judge! Tuesday night, being the finals, I am expecting some extraordinary talent. For two bucks on a weeknight, how can you really go wrong?

(Highlights from Perth Festival 2012)

Over the next month Perth Festival 2013 Program will be released and The Beaufort Street Festival will host one of the most talked about days of the year. I will post more on both these events in the coming weeks. Over and out xxx

Dearest Perth Emcees and Producers...

You as an artist in the WA Hip Hop scene know our community is extremely active; our city is filled with an array of fresh, talented emcee’s and producers. Though sadly this does not show in annual reports from associations that are setup to support and assist musicians. By not being a member of associations that are vital to your success as an artist such as WAM and APRA. You are not only missing out of royalties and opportunities but it means the states music is being incorrectly documented. This means less funding for the genre, less attention and overall miss representation of the music that is being made/performed. There are some contributing factors that I can put this down to but the person held most responsible is YOU. 

If you are serious about your music, sustaining and growing our scene there are two vital things you need to do, sign up to APRA and WAM.

The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) works to ensure that composers, songwriters and publishers are rewarded whenever, and wherever, their musical works are played, performed or reproduced and help Australian & New Zealand music consumers get access to the world’s musical repertoire. In other words they collect royalties (money) for all your creative works. Offering a heap of other free services and resources such as song writing workshops, mentor programs and funding. Please, please trust me on this one. It’s free to join here and for more information head to here.

WAM, the West Australian Music Industry Association Inc, exists to develop the contemporary music industry in Western Australia. It’s $40 for an individual annual membership, which includes benefits from Virgin and Qantas, Disk Bank, Big Sound Music Conference plus loads more. It offers resources for free such as music legal advice, funding and creates opportunities for workshops and well payed performances at events.  One of my fav’s is the Schools Alive program – you can get paid to play in high schools through out WA! WAM is there to help and assist you, sign up here or click here for more information.

I wrote this post for three reasons. Firstly it will help you on your journey as an artist by signing up to both these associations.

Secondly out of frustration, this is honestly one of the first things you should do if you are serious about your music. I get musicians asking me all the time for advice and it shits me to tears when they have not done these two things, I know I must share this feeling with many that work in the music industry.

Thirdly, I attended the WAM Annual General Meeting at the beginning of the year and true to god I was embarrassed. Embarrassed to be part of a community that holds an exceptional reputation for producing a high standard and quantity of music. I’m pretty sure I was the only person in the room that is heavily involved in our hip hop scene, so I sat there quite proudly. But when the hip hop statistics were read out I was so so disappointed in the results.  There was not one hip hop performance in the Schools Alive Program for 2011, only 6 people attended the Curtis Blow Hip Hop Workshop, only 15 submissions for Urban/Hip Hop Song Of The Year and only 10 hip hop release were documented for the year. And when they say release they mean ANY single, EP, Album, or Music Video.

Pretty much, it’s up to you as an artist and a community. Now that I have shed some light on the situation please do something with the information I have just shared with you. If you find the forms to hard or you don’t get one of the questions hit me up and I will help you out. 

One last thing, if you don't mind can you please like my FB (Facebook page not Finger Banging) page here!

All my love

Evie x

In 12 Months

On the August 24 last year I posted the goals I had planned for myself personally in music industry for the coming 18 months. They were: 

1. Attend South by South West 2012 and establish new contacts national and internationally.
2. Use community support and networks to make the trip to SXSW to its full potential.
3. Write a successful grant application.
4. Put on a successful TAFE assessment event 'Friends with Benefits'
5. Participate in an Internship with a record label such as Modular, Elephant Traks, Illusive Obese Records etc.
6. Pass Cert 4 in Music Business. 
7. Complete an application for the The Seed.

Wow, I really do set the bar high for myself. Dreaming BIG should be my middle name. Though I didn’t make it so SXSW I did attend Big Sound Music Conference in Brisbane (the Australian version of SXSW) and attended Fuse Music Conference in Adelaide. From these trips I obtained an internship with Elefant Traks in Sydney –tick. A second internship in Perth with Jump Climb – tick. And landed the most rewarding job ever with Boomtick – MASSIVE TICK! The grant application is still to happen and the TAFE assessment which ended evolving into a hip hop gig kicked arse! Cert 4 completed though The Seed application was written but I never submitted it due to other commitments.

So I sit here and reflect and regroup. What does the next 12 months have in store for me? I believe in setting goals and smashing them to pieces, fanaticizing about opportunities that are so fair fetched that when I share them with people the roll their eyes but smile politely.  I would have loved to go to the US but that little thing called money sometimes seems to stop me I my tracks. Below are my goals for year to come:

1. Book a working holiday to the US.
2. Write a successful grant application for an artist or project I believe in.
3. SUBMIT The Seed 2013 application.
4. Work as a team with Boomtick to sellout Breakfest 2012. Establish fresh and innovative ideas and concepts for upcomning events and projects.
5. Continue to work on Chics in Music Business with my ladies!
6. Get The Stoops on Big Day Out 2013 Festival line-up and Triple J radio play.
7. Meet Iggy Azelia 

So there they are. Hopefully you will come on the journey with me for another year, thanks for all your support.

Love Evie x

Blogging Lurve

Good Blog: Informative news, real humor or entertainment. Often built and published by someone with a brain. 

Bad Blog: "School sucks", what you had for lunch, why your depressed because your 14 year old boyfriend dumped you and its the end of the world.

I have been writing this little baby for over a year now. Along they way I have come across a few other gems I really adore. I have listed them below, in no particular order, so you can enjoying the sharing experience.

1. Adventure of Ebony – Ebony is the gurl that introduced me to bloggin. Years ago we lived in a small mining town called Tom Price. I introduced her to Frankie mag as she introduced me to blogging. She shares all the sweeter things in life on her charming online log book.

3. Sarah Pellicano is going to be a star, it’s only a matter of time. She’s new to the blogging realm! Sarah started this blog so her friends, family and fans can follow her music journey. Note: Sarah is performing Baby Boy by Beyonce tomorrow night at Hip-Hop Karaoke at The Bird, come down! 

4. The Bootleg Blog. Philly Blunt is a friend, someone I work closely with that I also admire and look up-to emensly. His blog is a result of hours of sifting through tracks to deliver the best bootlegs banging around! 

Happy reading lovers x

Boys Suck But These Tunes Are Great

It’s been a while since I have posted. Though it hasn’t been that long since I have written. I have five lengthy submissions that are incomplete, this is mostly due to busy schedule I have been living and the heavy heart I have been caring with me. My career, family, friends and living situation is beautiful. It’s actually dazzling but it wouldn’t be life if everything lined up, right? So I let a boy in. I know I shouldn’t have but all of a sudden I found myself head over heels but being hurt at the same time. Somehow I forgot that little saying “always look after number one”. Stupid boys or maybe silly me. I got burnt 2 years ago a promised myself I wouldn’t end up back in this situation, suppose we don’t always learn from our mistakes first time round. A break up is never a breakup without the perfect soundtrack to drown or dance your sorrows away too. So here are some little tunes that are helping me get over him that are worthy to be shared.

Micah and Philly Blunt played this last Monday afternoon on their radio show on RTR. It also appears in the Stanton Warriors Summer 2012 Mix, Alex Clare’s Too Close is a stunning arrangement.

Sarah Pellicanio has been singing with The Stoops over the past few months. Her stage presence is energetic and polite whilst her voice is soulful and soothing. Last Sunday afternoon she did a Destiny’s Child cover that brought me to tears. Here is the link to her Soundcloud so you too can see how comforting her talent is.

Last but certainly not least my girl Angel Haze, thanks to Sparkles for putting onto this insanely fast female! She has a 14 track album out called Reservation which I am addicted to(free to stream) My two favourite songs off it this week are New York and Werkin Girls.See the links above and below.

That's all for now X

P.S Boys Suck!