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APRA Awards Of 2006
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2006 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards ceremony occurred on 5 June at the Sydney Four Seasons Hotel, they were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). APRA introduced two new award categories, 'Most Performed Blues & Roots Work' and 'Most Performed Urban Work'. The Classical Music Awards were distributed in July in Sydney and are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre The Australian Music Centre (AMC), formerly known briefly as Sounds Australian, is a national organisation promoting and supporting art music in Australia, founded in 1974. It co-hosts the Art Music Awards along with APRA AMCOS, and publishes ... (AMC). The Screen Music Awards were issued in November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). Awards ''Nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA Music Awards Of 2005
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2005 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards ceremony occurred on 30 May at the Sydney Four Seasons Hotel, they were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). The Classical Music Awards were distributed in July in Sydney and are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC). The Screen Music Awards were issued in November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). Awards ''Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.'' See also * Music of Australia References External linksAPRA official website {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mind's Eye (song)
"Mind's Eye" is a song by Australian hard rock band Wolfmother. Written by band members Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett, it was produced by Dave Sardy for the group's self-titled debut album in 2005. The song was also released as the first single from the album on 16 October 2005, initially as a double A-side with "Woman". The track reached number 29 on the Australian Singles Chart, number 88 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 142 on the UK Singles Chart. Background Two weeks prior to the domestic release of the band's self-titled debut album, "Mind's Eye" was released as Wolfmother's debut single in Australia on 16 October 2005. The Australian edition of the single was a double A-side release featuring fellow album track "Woman", with "The Earth's Rotation Around the Sun" featured as the B-side. The single debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at its peak position of number 29, remaining in the top 50 for four weeks running. It later re-entered the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nic Cester
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Jet (band)
Jet was an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria in 2001. For most of the band's tenure, it consisted of lead guitarist and vocalist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Chris Cester (drums, vocals). The group sold 6.5 million albums worldwide, releasing three studio albums: 2003's ''Get Born'', 2006's '' Shine On'' and 2009's '' Shaka Rock''. The band dissolved in 2012, but they reformed in 2016 for a run of shows before splitting again at the end of 2019. History Formation and ''Dirty Sweet'' (2001–2003) The Cester brothers grew up in Dingley Village, a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, and attended St Bede's College Mentone, listening to their father's classic rock records from the 1960s and 1970s. However, according to Nic, it was Australian band You Am I who had the biggest influence on Jet's developing musical tastes: The brothers decided to form a band with Cameron Muncey, Nic's friend and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You Gonna Be My Girl
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by Australian rock band Jet from their 2003 debut album, ''Get Born''. It was released as the first single from the album on 18 August 2003 in the United States and on 1 September 2003 in Australia. The song peaked at number 20 in Australia and reached the top 20 in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it their first top-40 hit and their highest charting single; it also peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and number seven on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single has sold 1.3 million copies in the United States since 2012. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" was ranked number 38. Structure Written by Nic Cester and Cameron Muncey, the song is often cited for similarities to Iggy Pop's " Lust for Life" (parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Days (Missy Higgins Song)
"Ten Days" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, written by Higgins and Jay Clifford of Jump, Little Children. It was the second single released from her debut album, ''The Sound of White'' (2004), on 15 November 2004. "Ten Days" peaked at 12 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the song a gold disc for selling over 35,000 copies. It was also voted No. 6 song on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004. The video features Higgins travelling to various places and many of the shots were filmed in Adelaide, South Australia. Background Higgins signed a recording contract with Eleven while still at high school. After she left school she spent much of 2002 on a backpacking trip to Europe. When she returned she began writing music for her debut album, ''The Sound of White''. The lyrics for "Ten Days" were inspired by Higgins' breakup with her boyfriend when she travelled to Europe. The song was written by Higgins and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai Thistlethwayte
Rai Thistlethwayte (born 21 April 1980) is an Australian rock, pop and jazz musician and songwriter. Thistlethwayte is an accomplished pianist, guitarist, and vocalist. He is the lead singer and primary songwriter in the Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. From 2004, Thirsty Merc released a string of hits in the Australian charts including "In the Summertime", "Someday, Someday", "20 Good Reasons", "Emancipate Myself", "My Completeness", "When the Weather Is Fine" and "Mousetrap Heart". He is currently based in Los Angeles. As a solo artist, Thistlethwayte performs under the name 'Sun Rai'. Early life Thistlethwayte was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Beaumont Road Public School then Knox Grammar School. Born into a musical family, he started learning from his mother, a classical piano teacher, before his fifth birthday. His father, Ian, is a language teacher and a bass player and guitarist who played bass in a Sydney-based band called 'The Plebs', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 by Rai Thistlethwayte, Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matthew Baker (guitar). In 2004, Baker was replaced by Sean Carey, who was, in turn, replaced by Matt Smith in 2010. Thirsty Merc have released one extended play, '' First Work'' (September 2003), and five studio albums: '' Thirsty Merc'' (August 2004), '' Slideshows'' (April 2007), ''Mousetrap Heart'' (June 2010), ''Shifting Gears'' (September 2015), and ''Celebration'' (June 2022). The band have sold over 200,000 albums, toured extensively around Australia, and received national radio airplay for their tracks. In June 2005, '' Billboard''s Christie Eliezer felt their debut album showed "electric rock-, classical- and jazz-influenced pop hatappealed to Australian radio programmers". The work reached the top-20 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum by ARIA for shipment of 70,000 units by the end of 2005. ''Slidesho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday, Someday
"Someday, Someday" is the third single released from Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc's debut album, ''Thirsty Merc'' (2004). The song was released on 22 November 2004 and reached number 19 on the Australian Singles Chart in January 2005. Music video The music video features Thirsty Merc frontman Rai Thistlethwayte walking into a hotel and in the hotel lift singing the song, crossing the shot to his girlfriend, the two appear to be separated, as the song's chorus suggests "Someday, someday I will be there, babe. Someday, someday I will be the one, babe". It was used for the Channel Ten series première of American show ''House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air cond ...''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Armstrong (producer)
William Armstrong and its variations may refer to: Politicians * William Armstrong (corn merchant) (1778–1857), local politician and corn merchant * Bill Armstrong (Australian politician) (1909–1982), member of the Parliament of Australia * Billy Armstrong (born 1941), politician in Northern Ireland * William Armstrong (Virginia politician) (1782–1865), U.S. Representative from Virginia * William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), British civil servant * William Boardman Armstrong (1883–1954), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * William Drayton Armstrong (1862–1936), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * William H. Armstrong (Wisconsin politician) (died 1916), Wisconsin legislator * William Hepburn Armstrong (1824–1919), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * William James Armstrong (1826–1915), merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia * William L. Armstrong (1937–2016), U.S. Senator from Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989. Born and raised in Toowong, Brisbane, Fanning received piano lessons from his mother at an early age. At the age of 15, while he attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, he began writing music. Upon graduating from St. Joseph's, Fanning moved on to the University of Queensland, where he studied journalism briefly. He dropped out to pursue a music career, after meeting Ian Haug in an economics class. Fanning joined Haug, John Collins, and Steven Bishop, who had recently formed Powderfinger, and took the role of lead singer. After Bishop left and guitarist Darren Middleton joined, the band released five studio albums in fifteen years and achieved mainstream success in Australia. During Powderfinger's hiatus in 2005, Fanning began his solo music career with the studio album '' Tea & Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stockdale
Andrew James Kenneth Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother. Early life Andrew James Stockdale was born in Brisbane on 20 July 1976. He was raised in Ashgrove and attended Ashgrove State School, The Gap State High School and Kelvin Grove State College. He briefly lived with his family in the Wimbledon Village area of London, where he attended Wimbledon Middle School, and holds dual Australian and British citizenship due to his father being an English man from Barrow-in-Furness. Career Wolfmother Stockdale is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother, which he founded in 2004. In 2007, he won "Songwriter of the Year" at the APRA Awards along with his bandmates. On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "Joker & the Thief" at the AFL Grand Final. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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