Through a crowdfunding drive named "Back the Booth", music not-for-profit Regional Sounds hopes to install a compact recording studio inside a disused cupboard.

The organisation runs out of a former railway station in the West Australian town of Geraldton, where it holds workshops, provides rehearsal space and stages live performances.

Local punk outfit RATSALAD, which has just returned from a European tour, is among the bands to perform at the venue, leased with money donated by another band that started out in Geraldton: Spacey Jane.

Geraldton is big on sport and agriculture, explained Sarah Hinton from Regional Sounds , but promoting the town's music scene will help everyone.

"People rail against the 'Dero Gero' tag, and it doesn't help when Geraldton's growth is off the charts la

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