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30-Apr-2009

And The Winner is: MUSIC


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 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 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 London


·          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 Britain in 2009 and Europe in 2010.


 


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 Alliance
Joy - Temposhark
New Jerusalem - The Glastonbury Exiles


 


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 Bikini Alpha)
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 - Saqqara
(Beyond Grey Metal - Silent Decent)


 


Live: SAL


Award Best Pop


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)


 


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)
SAQQARA
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 – Worcester
Big Things – Divine Secret – Cheltenham
Graceland Graves – Stiff Kittens – Blackwood
Homesick – The Amateurs – Kidderminster
(Don’t Fool Yourself – The Rebs – Southampton)


 


Live: The Bellies



 


 


A full review of the night coming soon …






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 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 London


·          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 Britain in 2009 and Europe in 2010.


 


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 Alliance
Joy - Temposhark
New Jerusalem - The Glastonbury Exiles


 


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 Bikini Alpha)
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 - Saqqara
(Beyond Grey Metal - Silent Decent)


 


Live: SAL


Award Best Pop


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)


 


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)
SAQQARA
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 – Worcester
Big Things – Divine Secret – Cheltenham
Graceland Graves – Stiff Kittens – Blackwood
Homesick – The Amateurs – Kidderminster
(Don’t Fool Yourself – The Rebs – Southampton)


 


Live: The Bellies



 


 


A full review of the night coming soon …





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SO FAR WE

Engaged Industry Judges for our song Categories from EMI / SONY / VIRGIN,with Partner Radio DJs and Independent Music Producers, including:
One Multi Nominated Grammy Winner.

Hosted Five UK Awards Shows, with Expansion into Europe in 2011 see www.exposuremusicawards.be.

Live Showcased Hundreds of Bands at our Award Ceremony Shows our Tours and Special London Showcases for Registrants.

SIGNED Six ARTISTS to Distribution and Development deals with ... 
Raven Black Music.

Given free studio time to the Winners of Best Overall Song (single release soon).

Produced and Scheduled releases for new Singles / EPs / Albums for many of the artists we work with. These will be distributed Globally on all main Digital Music Platforms and we'll be making as much noise as we can for all our Winners / Nominees / Escapees via 'Chaos & Glory' the Music Industry Compilation which arises from each awards;

Already gained SIGNIFICANT RADIO AIRPLAY for Exposure Music Artists both Regionally and Nationally.
Here's some of the great things the Artists involved have said about EMA®
To read comments in full or make one of your own click here: Feedback

It's great to be part of the EMA and the community of bands/musicians that is being built around it.
Black Bikini Alpha Winner Best Indie

“We very much enjoyed (EMA) the other night, was a bloody well run show!
Fen Tigers Nominated Best Indie

A very smooth operation I must say, hats off to you all. Great people, great bands, great night.
SAL Winner Best Live

Just wanted to say thanks for putting on such an awesome night. We had a great time. The sound guys did a great job. All in all, a top night.
Souljacker Nominated Best Blues/Jazz and Best Live Act

Had a great time at the awards got to meet lots of fellow musicians and to be in a room where music matters
Melodee Rockmore Nominated Best Live

A huge thanks to everyone involved for making the night so special. Love respect and protective headgear!
Stiff Kittens Winner Best Rock

What an honour it was to be a part of such a great night of talent; it was a great feeling to meet so many enthusiastic musicians, singers and songwriters all under one roof!
The Bellies and Star FM DJ our On Stage Compare

As a Berlin based music/video producer and performer, I can say that it was great pleasure to come back to UK, I think EMA has a lot of potential that the organizers know how to develop.
Alberto Trevisan of
Airwolf One Nominated for Best Dance & Best International