Joel Quartermain

Joel Quartermain
Quartermain performing at Live At The Chapel in November 2011
Quartermain performing at Live At The Chapel in November 2011
Background information
Birth nameJoel Quartermain
Born (1977-01-19) 19 January 1977 (age 47)
Kew, Victoria, Australia
GenresAlternative rock
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter, drummer, guitarist
Years active1995–present
Labels
Member ofEskimo Joe

Joel Quartermain (born 19 January 1977[citation needed]) is an Australian guitarist, back-up singer, recording drummer and pianist of the band Eskimo Joe.

Early life

Quartermain spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989, he moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School.[1]

Music career

Quartermain started playing in bands from the age of 12, forming an outfit called Hollywood Boulevard, shifting from keyboards to guitar along the way.[2] This band then evolved into a funk band called Carpet, which consisted of Quartermain on guitar, bassist Simon Leach (Little Birdy) and Simon's brother Stuart on drums .[2] They were subsequently joined by Kavyen Temperley on vocals, changing the name of the band again to Freud's Pillows. As Freud's Pillow they released an EP, Pleasure Puppy in 1997. Despite their modest popularity, Quartermain and Temperley were unhappy with the style of music being played by the band. Quartermain started wearing You Am I T-shirts in protest.[2] Meanwhile, Temperley was jamming on a side project with former school friend Stuart MacLeod, who had co-written some of the songs for Freud's Pillow.[2] The two unsuccessfully auditioned a number of drummers to join them eventually settling on Quartermain, the guitarist in Freud's Pillow, who they concluded was more musical than any other drummers they had auditioned.[3]

We always used to say in interviews that we liked Joel because he couldn't play the drums. Of course he can, but he didn't play drums like a drummer. He wasn't piss-farting around on a high-hat.

— Stuart MacLeod[2]

This side project, now called Eskimo Joe, with MacLeod on guitar, Quartermain on drums and guitar, and Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, played its first public performance in August 1997 at the University of Western Australia in a local heat for the National Campus Band Competition, they proceeded to the state finals in Perth and then the nationals in Sydney.[citation needed]

Quartermain initially played the drums for Eskimo Joe but moved to join on guitars in 2004, with the live drumming position being filled by a number of musicians.[citation needed]

Awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 "From the Sea" (Finlay Beaton, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain) Song of the Year[4] Nominated
2007 "Black Fingernails, Red Wine " (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) Song of the Year[5] Nominated
2008 "New York" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) Most Played Australian Work[6] Nominated
2010 "Foreign Land" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Parkin, Kavyen Temperley) – Eskimo Joe Most Played Australian Work[7] Won
Rock Work of the Year[7] Won
Song of the Year[8] Shortlisted
2012 "Love Is a Drug" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) Rock Work of the Year[9] Nominated
Song of the Year[10] Shortlisted

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. It commenced in 2009.[11]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009[12] "Foreign Land" (Kav Temperley, Joel Quartermain and Stuart Macleod) Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2nd

West Australian Music Industry Awards

The West Australian Music Industry Awards (WAMIs) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on annually by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM).[13]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
2016 Joel Quartermain Best Record Producer Won

References

  1. ^ McNeill, Sarah (29 December 2004). "Eskimo Joe's on a roll". Post Newspapers.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gordon, Bob (2002). "Eskimo Joe's New Clothes". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Murphy, Lauren (28 October 2008). "Interview with Eskimo Joe". entertainment.ie. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Nominations 2005". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Nominations for Song of the Year – 2007". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Most Played Australian Work - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b "2010 Winners". APRA Music Awards. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  8. ^ "Voting Now Open For APRA's Song of the Year Award". Music Feeds. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Nominations > Rock Work of the Year – 2012". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  10. ^ "APRA Announce Star-Studded Song of the Year Top 30". Noise11. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  11. ^ "About the Vanda Young Global Song Writing Competition". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  13. ^ "WAMAwards 2016 Winners Announced". WAM. 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2021.