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Paper Paradise

Do What You Want To Do
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Paper Paradise: Do what you want to do is a roller coaster ride through the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the ’60s and ’70s to the high-flying business world of the ’80s and into the ’90s and beyond—with someone who lived it all. 
It is a book about ambition, hunger, desperation, success and the fruits thereof. Oh yes, it is also about failure and fighting back. 
Charting the extraordinary life and times of Glenn Wheatley, from working class boy to rock star of the 1960s and 1970s as a member of one of Australia’s most successful early bands, the Masters Apprentices, now immortalised in the ARIA Hall of Fame. In their heyday, the Masters drew bigger crowds than the Beatles in Australia. 
 In the 1980s he soared from rock star to star manager of the Little River Band and Whispering Jack, John Farnham. He also pioneered the FM Radio industry with the first FM radio station to go to air in Australia, EON FM in Melbourne. He then went on to build the foundation of what is now the Triple M radio network. 
 It is a narrative littered with casualties and is an actual account of a self-protective society that has its own Kings and Queens, its own iconography, its own language.
 After a meteoric rise in the fast lane, and an equally spectacular fall, he made it back to the top. Glenn was the ultimate rock and roll survivor.

Glenn Wheatleys 40-year career in the entertainment industry is centred around Contemporary Music and Media. His business interests have expanded to encompass Artist Management, Recording and Radio. Glenns career commenced as the bass player for the Masters Apprentices, a band that had many top ten hits in Australia during the late 1960s and early 70s. This ultimately lead to roles in personal management, music publishing and recording, event management and promotion. In 1975, after spending two years in London and the US, Glenn returned to Australia to form and manage Little River Band, who became the first Australian based band to achieve multi-platinum record sales in the U.S. In 1982, Glenn formed Talentworks and went on to manage the Little River Band, John Farnham, Australian Crawl, Ross Wilson, Pseudo Echo, Real Life and Delta Goodrem. In 1986, his record label Wheatley Records produced Farnhams album Whispering Jack, which remains Australias highest selling album. Delta Goodrems debut album Innocent Eyes is Australias second highest selling album by an Australian artist giving Glenn the honour of the two highest selling Australian albums. In 1999 Glenn was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame (Masters Apprentices) and he is also a recipient of the Advance Australia Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Entertainment Industry, a Council Member for ScreenSound Australia.

* New edition of the bestseller with a new foreword by the author. First edition released in 1999. * An honest and entertaining memoir about ambition, success and rock and roll—a story about one man’s meteoric rise and spectacular fall set against a classic Australian soundtrack. * Few others have had the impact on the Australian music industry as Glenn Wheatley has, from working class boy to rockstar and star manager; he’s worked with some of Australia’s most recognisable and successful musicians including Little River Band, John Farnham and Delta Goodrem; pioneered the FM Radio industry; made national headlines, experienced failure and resurrected his career—and he shares all of this in Paper Paradise. * Audiobook and Spotify playlist featuring Masters Apprentices, John Farnham and more also available. Publicity:* National, state and regional media including News Ltd and Fairfax-Nine newspapers in all states, Triple M and Southern Cross FM radio networks, network television (Seven and Nine), ABC, SBS, CBS and others.
https://youtu.be/D8Srdeu0-OQ
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://themusic.com.au/news/glenn-wheatley-audiobook-to-receive-posthumous-release/BpMSGBsaHRw/07-04-22?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Manslaughter%20conviction%20for%20rap%20pioneer,%20Ed%20Sheeran%20lawsuit%20message,%20Best%20Aus%20songs%20%26%20more&utm_campaign=20220407%20Thursday
* Tim Wheatley will be interviewed by Richard Wilkins live at 9.40am this Saturday 9 April on Weekend Today (Channel 9).
https://aaabackstage.com/premiere-tim-wheatley-unveils-the-first-taste-of-his-forthcoming-ep-with-shiny-tacoma/
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://amnplify.com.au/australian-music-icon-glenn-wheatleys-audiobook-posthumously-releasing-may-19/
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qUKMBnqs63ejmswHkqY0w?si=L7wsdIkFSJGfEVaNwvl6sg
https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://radioinfo.com.au/news/voice-from-the-grave-glenn-wheatley/
https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/song-you-need-to-know-tim-wheatley-shiny-tacoma-39088/
https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/audiobook-recorded-shortly-before-death-of-australian-music-industry-titan-glenn-wheatley-set-for-release-c-6362937
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-wheatley-gets-to-have-the-last-word-on-his-life-with-secret-project/news-story/348d455c1707819df12fc7e8c250a05a
* Today Show: Richard Wilkins interview with Tim Wheatley – beautiful tribute! - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6eppv8xf6phz2rw/TIMWHEATLEYHIGHTAIL.mp4?dl=0
* Tim interviewed on Live from St Kilda with Ben Murphy - Tim’s interview starts at 9.28 and the book is mentioned at 13.05 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/18BVoZOrfPr1OZyAN0w_Qbdyg4oWgoMZA/view?ts=624e4910
https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2022/05/tim-wheatley-chats-about-music-his-father-glenn-wheatley/
https://hear2zen.com/2022/05/06/news-aussie-music-icon-glenn-wheatleys-audiobook-to-be-posthumously-released-on-may-19th-tim-wheatley-to-release-new-ep-shiny-tacoma-on-same-day/
http://whatsmyscene.com/scene-news-a-legendary-farewell-glenn-wheatleys-narrated-audiobook-tim-wheatleys-ep-both-released-on-may-19th-2022/
https://tinyurl.com/4axp4epp
https://tinyurl.com/2vw83926
https://rawinginthepitmedia.com/new-releases/australian-music-icon-glenn-wheatleys-audiobook-posthumously-releasing-may-19th
https://embracebrisbane.com.au/tim-wheatley/
http://27magazine.com/news-australian-music-icon-glenn-wheatleys-audiobook-posthumously-releasing-may-19/
https://hifiway.live/2022/06/15/its-all-happening-for-tim-wheatley/

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