The Exposure Music Awards! 2009 happened Sat 25th Apr at University of Gloucestershire’s Park Campus Cheltenham... and The Winner is: MUSIC
Very Big Thanx to Everyone involved in the Exposure Music Awards! for 2009: the Performers; the Crew; the Nominees; the Winners; the Audience; the Sponsors; the Investors, one-and-all:
Every Man Jack of ‘em love their music and are helping Great Bands Gain More Exposure!
The Exposure Music Awards! 2009 happened Sat 25th Apr at
And The Winner is: MUSIC
Very Big Thanx to Everyone involved in the Exposure Music Awards! for 2009: the Performers; the Crew; the Nominees; the Winners; the Audience; the Sponsors; the Investors, one-and-all:
Every Man Jack of ‘em love their music and are helping Great Bands Gain More Exposure!
The Winners List:
Voted for by our Expert Judging Panel from (EMI) / SONY, Radio DJs and Renowned Independent Producers:
Best Song - ‘Don’t Fool Yourself’ - The Rebs
Best Alt - ‘Big Things’ - Divine Secret
Best Blues/Jazz - ‘Mif and Jif's Kinky Adventure’ - Kinky Wizards
Best Dance - ‘Here Comes The Storm’ - Aphelionlive
Best Easy - ‘Could I Be Your Lover’ - Seamus McLoughlin
Best Folk - ‘You May Not Mean To Hurt Me But You Do’ - Sam Sallon
Best Indie - ‘Nightmare’ - Black Bikini Alpha
Best Metal - ‘Beyond Grey’ - Silent Descent
Best Pop - ‘Don't Fool Yourself’ - The Rebs
Best Rock - ‘Graceland Graves’ - Stiff Kittens
Voted for by the users of Tourdates.Co.UK:
‘Best Live Act’ - SAL
‘Best out of Area’ - V0iD
‘Best International Artist’ - Firebug
Voted for by the Team at Tourdates.Co.UK:
‘Best Tourdates Video’ - Forget You - Slashed Seat Affair
What Happens Next?
Exposure Music Awards! was designed to find the Best New Bands in Britain & Beyond.
But more than that we want to work with those winners and take them to the next level;
Over the next few weeks the Raven Black Music crew will be busy making it happen:
Winners of Best Overall Song will automatically get Global Single Release …
· Rehearsal
· Recording
· Mix & Master
· Showcase in
· Global Digital Distribution
All of the best Winners will be considered for a unique Artist Development Contract.
The best of the Nominees will be booked as Support for The M5 Live with SAL the Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ as Headliners .
And as if that wasn’t enough … Winners / Nominees / Escapees will be invited to appear on a very special EMA® Show Compilation to be distributed to our Music Industry Contacts; followed up by a series of Showcases in London and Bristol throughout the year. More news on all of this Soon…
This all provides a great launch pad for Expansion across
In the mean time check out our full list of Nominees and Performers at Last Saturday’s Awards:
Acoustic Warmup: ‘Bertie’
Intro & Award Best Alt
Mistakes - Black Poets
You Ain't Got Ya Way - Capelle Sound Burn The Witch
Flashlight - Dastards
(Big Things - Divine Secret)
Connected - Slashed Seat Affair
Pleasure Machine - The Furbelows
Live: Stiff Kittens
Award Best Blues/Jazz
Living Free - JC's Flatline Junkies
(Mif and Jif's Kinky Adventure - Kinky Wizards)
Daddy's Little Girl - Mark Emmins
Oracle Bones - Souljaker
Give Me More - The Ashun
Iron Ships - The Kuruman
Live: The Amateurs
Award Best Dance
Choose to Love - Airwolf One
(Here Comes The Storm – Aphelionlive)
Take My Breath Away - ShifterX
Degrees of Separation - Silent
Joy - Temposhark
New Jerusalem - The
Live: Seamus McLoughlin
Award Best Easy
Love Song - 4 Hours
Strange Coincidence - Cruise Control
Man For All Seasons - Imperfect
The Other Side - Momo
Forgiveness - Ockhams Raiser
(Could I Be Your Lover - Seamus McLoughlin)
Live: Fen Tigers
Award Best Folk
Catalyst - Acoustika
Samuel Voke - Forcenra
Shop Work & Watch TV - Glod
Your Tears Are Mine - Leon Live
(You May Not Mean To Hurt Me (But You Do) - Sam Sallon)
Give It All Away - Voice of The Black Knife
Live: Souljaker
Award Best Indie
Don't Be Persuaded - Arbitors
(Nightmare - Black
White Noise - Fen Tigers
Punching Numbers Into a Machine - Gin Panic
Riot - Snowbyrds
Now And Then - The Bad Robots
Live: V0iD
Award Best Metal
Inferno of The Vain - Aggressor
Any - Leviathan
Obey - Mordachi
Dayglow - Mudball
Unholy Communion -
(Beyond Grey Metal - Silent Decent)
Live: SAL
Award Best Pop
Apathy - BenSem
That Magic Feeling - Ross & The Wrongens
Count On Me - Sala
Homesick - The Amateurs
(Don't Fool Yourself - The Rebs)
Live: Divine Secret
Award Best Rock
Rock The Times - Certain Hope
The Source - Narrowpath
Writing on The Wall - rOmP
(Graceland Graves - Stiff Kittens)
Dirty Soul - The Manalishies
Beaten & Bruised - V0iD
Live: Stereogenes
Tourdates Staff Award ‘Best Tourdates Video’
Angry Pop – 50ft Woman
Walk Again – Firebug
Devil May Care – SAL
(Forget You – Slashed Seat Affair)
Blame – Temposhark
Superman – The Rebs
Live: Airwolf One
Online Vote Award ‘Best Live Act’
Melodee Rockmore
(SAL)
Souljacker
The Echoes
The Rebs
Online Vote Award ‘Best out of Area’
Ginkinta
Mark Emmins
New Vinyl
The Levings
The Tuckers
(V0iD)
Online Vote Award ‘Best International Artist’
Airwolf One
Eliksir
(Firebug)
Jaspects
Smudgie
Live: Death of an Icon
Thanx & Award Best Song
Apathy – BenSem – Pontypridd
Flashlight – Dastards –
Big Things – Divine Secret – Cheltenham
Graceland Graves – Stiff Kittens – Blackwood
Homesick – The Amateurs –
(Don’t Fool Yourself – The Rebs – Southampton)
Live: The Bellies
A full review of the night coming soon …
Hey all here’s the latest live Lineup for Saturday’s Awards Ceremony
Playing between Awards will be these fine acts …
Get your tickets to see them:
TBC
TBC
The Bellies
Look set to be a cracking good show … Get your tickets now … Available from Badlands & Rise Records Cheltenham or HERE! and from the S/U Bars @ Park & Pittville Campuses.
For this category only Artists from South Central Britain are eligible in 2009
Best Song Nominees from Stoke-on-Trent to Southampton and Swansea to StAlbans are:
Apathy – BenSem – Pontypridd
Flashlight – Dastards – Worcester
Big Things – Divine Secret – Cheltenham
Graceland Graves – Stiff Kittens – Blackwood
Homesick – The Amateurs – Kidderminster
Don’t Fool Yourself – The Rebs – Southampton
EMA® are very pleased to announce that new Regions will be added later this year and early next including East Britain & Two European countries
Watch the news page for more info soon …
This year users of TourDates.Co.UK voted for three Online categories and the Nominees are:
Best Live Act:
Melodee Rockmore
SAL
SAQQARA
Souljacker
The Echoes
The Rebs
Best Out of Area Act:
Ginkinta
Mark Emmins
New Vinyl
The Levings
The Tuckers
V0iD
Best International Act:
Airwolf One
Eliksir
Firebug
Jaspects
Smudgie
Staff at Tourdates.Co.UK also voted for the BEST Registrant VIDEO; their Nominee shortlist as follows:
Angry Pop – 50ft Woman
Walk Again – Firebug
Devil May Care – SAL
Forget You – Slashed Seat Affair
Blame – Temposhark
Superman – The Rebs
The Judges Have Now Listened And Spoken;
In alphabetical and giving nothing way order your Nominees:
Winners will be announced on the Night of Sat 25th Apr at Park Campus Cheltenham...
Best Alt Song
Mistakes - Black Poets
You Ain't Got Ya Way - Capelle Sound Burn The Witch
Flashlight - Dastards
Big Things - Divine Secret
Connected - Slashed Seat Affair
Pleasure Machine - The Furbelows
Best Jazz/Blues Song
Living Free - JC's Flatline Junkies
Mif and Jif's Kinky Adventure - Kinky Wizards
Daddy's Little Girl - Mark Emmins
Oracle Bones - Souljaker
Give Me More - The Ashun
Iron Ships - The Kuruman
Best Dance Track
Choose to Love - Airwolf One
Here Comes The Storm - Aphelionlive
Take My Breath Away - ShifterX
Degrees of Separation - Silent Alliance
Joy - Temposhark
New Jerusalem - The Glastonbury Exiles
Best Easy Listening
Love Song - 4 Hours
Strange Coincidence - Cruise Control
Man For All Seasons - Imperfect
The Other Side - Momo
Forgiveness - Ockhams Raiser
Could I Be Your Lover - Seamus McLoughlin
Best Folk Song
Catalyst - Acoustika
Samuel Voke - Forcenra
Shop Work & Watch TV - Glod
Your Tears Are Mine - Leon Live
You May Not Mean To Hurt Me (But You Do) - Sam Sallon
Give It All Away - Voice of The Black Knife
Best Indie Song
Don't Be Persuaded - Arbitors
Nightmare - Black Bikini Alpha
White Noise - Fen Tigers
Punching Numbers Into a Machine - Gin Panic
Riot - Snowbyrds
Now And Then - The Bad Robots
Best Metal Song
Inferno of The Vain - Aggressor
Any - Leviathan
Obey - Mordachi
Dayglow - Mudball
Unholy Communion - Saqqara
Beyond Grey Metal - Silent Decent
Best Pop Song
Soho Sophisticated - 50ft Woman
Apathy - BenSem
That Magic Feeling - Ross & The Wrongens
Count On Me - Sala
Homesick - The Amateurs
Don't Fool Yourself - The Rebs
Best Rock Song
Rock The Times - Certain Hope
The Source - Narrowpath
Writing on The Wall - rOmP
Graceland Graves - Stiff Kittens
Dirty Soul - The Manalishies
Beaten & Bruised - V0iD
Online Fan Votes for ‘Best Live Act’ / ‘Best Out of Area’ / ‘Best International Artist’ are still open;
Short List Nominees in these categories will be announced soon!
Keep them fans voting …
Having worked with indie rock band V0iD prior to the inception of Exposure Music Awards! the Development Label Raven Black Music, were overjoyed when V0iD won ‘Best Live Act’ in 2008, instantly commissioning their second album, and in a prime example of when you’re Hot when you are Hot, having played an Exposure Music Showcase! in
Students at National Star College have designed us six stunning pieces of unique artwork, all of which will be presented as awards at EMA® on Sat 25th Apr. EMA would like to thank the Students and Staff at the college for their support, especially ‘Keela’, who’s art will be presented to the winner of Best Overall Song, at the awards taking place at
After another stunning showcase on 9th Apr 2009 at Bar Music Hall in Shoreditch which finished with a stage invasion for Mordachi’s last ever gig, and their lead singer being chased around the venue dressed as a Demented Easter Bunny, we are proud to announce that the Mayhem will continue with Showcases on the second Thursday of each month and then the same Lineup on the last Saturday of each month at the Grove South London, throughout the whole year until November ...
Performing Live @ Exposure Music Awards! 2009
On Sat 25th Apr at
Stiff Kittens
Anna Neale
Fen Tigers
Personal Oxygen
Seamus McLoughlin
TBC Special Guests
Souljaker
V0iD
Stereogenes
TBC Special Guests
Divine Secret
The Bellies
Look set to be a cracking good show … Get your tickets now … Available from Badlands & Rise Records Cheltenham or HERE! and from the S/U Bars @ Park & Pittville Campuses.
The overall winner of Best Song 2009 at Exposure Music Awards! will get to record their next Single on us and Bakehouse Studios London, the complete prize package includes...
Make your way down to the Bakehouse Studios London where you will receive a complementary evenings Rehearsal session to arrange and do pre-production with a professional engineer.
Spend the following day Recording your chosen song at their fully equipped studio until you’ve captured the sound you know you’re capable of, and happy with.
That evening you will Headline your own show at a nearby venue renowned for great new music and for breaking new acts onto the scene.
Sonic silversmiths at the Bakehouse will spend a further day Mixing and Mastering your Song, ready for release.
Raven Black Music will then distribute the resulting Single to every major Digital site across the World.
To be Eligible for this prize Register your Band for EMA; see top of page re closing date, Now...
It’s always great to have some Local Media Support and Star FM Gloucestershire are Fresh and Relaunched with enthusiastic and Music Loving DJs, and they’ll be helping us get the word out on the Awards.
Check out AJ & Joe on The Breakfast Show, too early for the likes of us but we hear great things about their FM/am Radio Mayhem, listen for their Trailer telling local bands how they can still Register for EMA.
DJ Mike Read of Radio One Fame is now also part of their lineup with a show syndicated across the World (Nod Arf); had the pleasure of meeting this radio Legend recently and he’ still go the magic.
Although the Exposure Music Awards! focuses on the oft overlooked Talent in Heartland of Britain, we recognise that most of the ‘Movers & Shakers’ in Music are still based down in London.
So if Mohamed might not come to the Mountain we bring our own steaming Heap of Sonic Noise Joy, by choosing the best of the 2009 Awards Registrants and offering them Showcases at our main Partner venues.
From our Reputation built on shows as the Borderline and The Marquee Club promoter Raven Black Music now have a new set of venues both North & South of our mother Thames, where we stage regular events, see email alerts.
Exposure Music Awards! are Delighted to Announce that National Star College near Cheltenham is now our Main Event Beneficiary.
They do Great work helping young adults facing Debilitating Life Challenges, working with them on their Strengths and helping them to achieve an improved Quality of Life, as well as Academic qualifications.
We would Urge you to support The Star Appeal and Give what you can; we’ll be raising Awareness and Funds for them at our Music Awards Ceremony in April. Art students from the College will also be running a Project to Design the awards to be handed out to This Year's Winners.
Ladies & Gentlemen - Boys & Girls - Merry Festive Season. What can we say, it’s been a fantastic year in 2008.
After launching Exposure Music Awards! inaugural event in May, with a bunch of inspired and committed helpers and almost no marketing budget, we were chuffed with the results.
The compilation of our Winners / Nominees / Escapees, called very aptly: Chaos & Glory is now out in the wild and available for fans to buy, and special promo copies will be winging their way to our Key Industry Contacts first thing in 2009.
Accompanying that will be Chaos & Glory the DVD, taken at the Awards ceremony itself, which is in final edit right now, and will definitely be worth the wait.
Looking forward to an Improved & Enlarged awards for next Spring and even launching a second Region.
But until then we still have ‘Best out of Area’ and ‘Best International Category’ next year too.
We have a bigger budget and a better website and Raven Black Music are looking to offer more acts their unique ‘Artist Development Contract’ to the best winners in 2009.
In the mean time we hope Santa will be good to you and remember if you are in a great band or know someone who is then: Registration is where you need to be mate.
Happy Rockin’ Christmas
Exposure Music
Team
Hey There All
Stacks of stuff bubbling under here @ Exposure HQ, this firework season:
Highlights include …
Gig in Glasto previews our next tour activity See M5 Live.
The Exposure Music Awards! ‘Chaos & Glory’ Compilation 2008 is out there in the wild, featuring Winners / Nominees / Escapees, from the first Exposure Music Awards! and it’s a Corker; see an inbox near you for details on how to order your very own copy or email: CandG@ExposureMusicAwards.Org.
Raven Black Music Christmas Kneesup in Old London Town is taking shape and we’re negotiating the Booze budget right now; more news soon...
Hey there all there’s Loads of stuff happening in the world of Exposure
The M4 Tour kicks off again this very Friday, see here for all the Schnizzle
Working on The M5 Live and The M6 Riffs, count yourselves lucky there's no M7
Plenty of local events on the boil too if the Subtone will have us back and if you love us
Also watch out for the awards Date to be announced soon at University of Gloucestershire…
To everyone who made it down the Subtone on Wed despite the big Footie match...
We made our own little patch of Chaos & Glory and the good people of BBC / INTRODUCING were impressed with the setup, for what we hope will become a series of Hit 'n' Run local promo events.
Keep watching this space for updates and remember if you know someone in an amazing band who deserve recognition then point em here
Nuff 4 Now
Have a good weekend Y’all
Our next promotional gig will be on Wed 10th Sep at Subtone in
This special event will be to showcase some of the best locals acts, on the same bill as the Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ from the inaugural Exposure Music Awards! in May ...
On the bill…
Headliner: V0iD Single Album
www.tourdates.co.uk/Divine-Secret
www.tourdates.co.uk/Ezekiel-Butler
www.tourdates.co.uk/Midnight-Mile
www.tourdates.co.uk/Jim-Lockey
Click for Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com/event/35772
MTV would very much like us to make it clear to you that even though our name is Exposure Music Awards! we probably shouldn’t abbreviate said name to its, well its abbreviation, EMA, on account of the fact they happen to have some awards with the same initials.
We’re not entirely sure that we want to make this clear to you, as it doesn’t quite make sense to us really. What we are sure of is that we like MTV (no really folks we do) as it has been religiously pumping out tunes and innovating music on the box since year dot, MTV2 rox.
As well as this it’s fair to say that we love music and everything we ever do here at Raven Black Music & Exposure Music Awards! is designed to find talent, promote talent, exploit talent, n we mean that in an Artist making a living kind of a way, so get real and get on side:
Hear us warble on about what we’re trying to achieve here on delicious local radio.
See us cavort in slightly unsensible ways with the artists at this year’s awards.
And watch this space as we turn this baby into a talent machine …
Saturday saw the inaugural Exposure Music Awards! for South Central Britain.
There were hundreds of artist submissions and plethora of talent for the judges to chose from.
However somebody has to win and the results of the process based purely on the quality of the music are:
Best Song: Rapunzel Map for
‘Hologram Girl’
Best Alternative: Fen Tigers for
‘White Noise’
Best Indie: Stuck in the pie … for
‘News to Me’
Best Rock: Stiff Kittens for
‘Tales From The Black Wood’
Best Pop: Rapunzel Map for
‘Hologram Girl’
Best International: Seamus McLoughlin for
‘I Can’t Stop’
Best Out-of-Area: Seretones for
‘Blues Away’
Best Live Act: V0iD
As voted for by the users of
Sponsor site Tourdates.Co.UK
Best Video: Eliksir for ‘Fairytale’
Thanks to everyone who helped to make this a very special event – You know who you are – And we know you Rock!
Yes the Ultimate Award Nominations are now out …
Best Video Nominees:
50 Foot Woman
Broomfiller
Eliksir
V0iD
Circus
For other Nominations see Below
Bring on the show …
Exposure Music Awards!
Park Campus Cheltenham
Saturday 31st May Doors 6pm
Video shoot 7pm Awards 8pm
Arrive early to be on camera …
£12 only ... Click 4 Tickets
£9 for Students: Click 4 Tickets
£6 Special Offer: Click 4 Tickets
To help support artists we have also created a website and blog package with hosting and support for all artists (entrants or not) which will allow you to showcase videos and music, keep your fans up to date with blog articles, gig dates and photos that they can share with their friends on social networks such as FaceBook and Twitter.