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The Corrs meets Taylor Swift, Fleetwood Mac with shades of Paramore. It's hard to describe the music, you'll have to listen to find out. Renee Sherlock - Keyboardist, Background Vocalist Jarvis Cochrane - Bass Guitarist John Reece - Drummer Eddie Dale - Guitarist Cheryl Lim - Lead Vocalist The Jade Diary on Facebook www.myspace.com/jadediary	For a LIMITED TIME join our mailing list and get a FREE download of 2 songs!
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Happy New Year! No. 1 on Soundcheck... Happy New Year's Eve or Day (depending on when you read this)! 2010 is upon us and you've probably got a mental checklist of New Year resolutions ... 'get in shape', 'cure global warming', 'win a Grammy' or for those of you with lower expectations: 'try not to get abducted by aliens'. The new year for us promises to be a super busy year with a lot of hard work, performances and blatant, unabashed self-promotion! It's going to be a 'look at me, look at me' kinda year (for Kath and Kim fans read: 'look at mooi'). Soundcheck Competition = No. 1 and Featured Artist Thanks to your daily votes we are currently no. 1 (as I write this) on the *Soundcheck Competition* Elimination Chart. Also 'Featured Artist of the Week' which is really fantastic! What does being on the Elimination chart mean? Well, if we stay in the top 10 of the elimination chart by 22 March, we get in the final round of the competition. Once in the final round, all songs competing have their votes turned back to 0. So in the last 2 weeks of the competition fans will vote madly for their favourite songs. We calculated that we need a minimum of 200 votes per day for 16 days to ensure our placement in the top 5 by the end of the competition. The top 5 will be given a chance to win up to $50,000 and perform in the Showcase event with lots of A&R managers and record labels checking them out. This is definitely something achievable for us, if we continue to have your daily votes to: a) keep us in the top 10 of the Elimination chart until 22 March; b) get us into the final top 5 by the end of the final round starting 22 March 2010. Here are the links to vote again: http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1513 http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1518 http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1519 http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1512 It would be awesome if you could vote for all the songs :) So a BIG THANK YOU to you for voting for us, listening to our music, supporting us on Sellaband, reading our E-letters, sending us encouraging messages on Facebook, myspace, email etc. Every little thing you do really matters to us ... hey it's not easy being a starving, tortured artist... ;o) All right ... try not to overdose on champagne, caviar or excessively off-key versions of Auld Lang Syne tonight and you're all set for 2010! Have a really fantastic year from Renee, Jarvis, John, Eddie and me at The Jade Diary. Cheryl Dec 31, 2009 Add comment Soundcheck Voting A very Happy Christmas to you and your family! Soundcheck: we need your help ... We're in this competition called 'Soundcheck'. Thanks to some fantastic UK supporters, we are still in the competition (artists get kicked off if they don't have enough votes). We currently need as many votes as possible to be in the running to perform at the big Soundcheck music showcase concert in front of industry professionals and get $75,000. The exposure would be fantastic for us ... so would the money of course - that would go into recording our first album. Once we get in the final top 'Winner's chart' on 22 March 2010, all song entries will be reset to 0 votes, and people will vote in the last week of the competition. At this point in time, we just need to get to the final round which is very possible if you help us! What I'm asking of you is to VOTE DAILY for our songs. The top main songs of ours are What She Wants and Landscape of Dreams. You can only vote once a day from the same computer. That's why you'd have to do it each day. These are the links... you could book mark them and vote each day? http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1512 http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1519 http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1518 http://www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do?entryId=1513 To vote: 1. Click on the links 2. 'Cast your vote' and select '5'. 3. Enter code that they've got on the screen e.g. efxa 4. Click SUBMIT button. Voila! Thank you so much for your help in this! It would be awesome if we manage to get to play at the Soundcheck Showcase concert :) New look website The website has had a makeover (again! well she likes changing clothes;)... hope you like it: www.jadediary.com. I leave you with this beautiful Christmas song medley by Hayley Westenra: Christmas medley People forget what Christmas is really about ... not presents, food or trees! Hint: it's in the word 'Christmas'! Have a really wonderful one :) Love, Cheryl Dec 20, 2009 Add comment Girl to be revealed ... Hi, Now that I've caught your attention... ;o) Girl With No Name We are keen to reveal our new song, "Girl With No Name" to you but kinda need a bit of persuasion first ... we are shy shrinking violets after all ... If you pre-order our album, and help us raise $4800 on Sellaband, we can release the song to you guys as well as let you download it + our Landscape of Dreams EP for free. How do you do this? Just go to http://www.sellaband.com/jadediary and register as a believer, and purchase 1 or more parts in The Jade Diary, then we will let you download this exclusive never before released song, "Girl With No Name" (full band) once we have reached $4800 on Sellaband. If you don't want to register as a believer on Sellaband, just go to Pre-Order Album and pre-order. Pre-order our Album for $12 AUD = 6 songs to download + 1 physical CD of our first Album mailed to you once released in the future = Bargain! Great X'mas Presents We have discounted our CDs down to $5 AUD (normal price $10) for 1 CD or $4 AUD each for more than 1. Just go to Store to place your order straight away and I'll be sure to send it off so you receive them before Christmas! Christmas Break Three of us will be overseas for the Christmas and New Year break (Jarvis going to Russia and other bits of Europe, Eddie in Norway, I'll be in Singapore). John and Renee spending lots of time with family and friends :o) Hope that you're having a really great start to Christmas and using the time to catch up with friends and family. Don't forget to take a breather and think about what Christmas really means ... It's easy to get caught up in the craziness of parties and dinners only to forget what really matters! Here's a blast from the past or 'cringe' from the past heehee... www.youtube.com/watch "Last Christmas" by Wham ......... enjoy (or cringe)! ;o) Cheryl Dec 5, 2009 Add comment Sublime TV Performance and Sellaband Top 5 Gainers! Hi, Full Band TV Appearance Had fun filming our appearance on The Couch as a full band for their 300th anniversary televised on Foxtel. It was cool to get dressed up and get our make up done for us. The audience showed us lots of love and gave us really great feedback! We'll post up a Youtube of it soonish :) John (drummer) and Eddie (guitarist) Renee looking hot... getting her make up done. Check out the MJ impersonator at the back - he was cool! Sellaband Top 5 on the Weekly Chart! What is Sellaband? A reputable website where fans can directly fund an artist's album by becoming a 'believer'. Basically the music fan 'becomes the record company'. Even big names like Public Enemy are using Sellaband to fund their albums these days. It's a very gratifying process because fans get lots of great stuff in return like the CD once it's complete, a portion of the album revenue and other cool incentives. For more information go to http://www.sellaband.com Everyone who buys a part will get a CD of our first album (think of this as a pre-order of our album) and share in 65% of our album sales. There are other great incentives we're offering like a private concert or life-time VIP pass to our shows. We were quiet on Sellaband for a long time due to various reasons: the economic crisis (lots of people pulled out), Sellaband had lots of technical issues, band members leaving us, the inflexibility of the whole system (artists could only raise $50,000 and could not set their own targets or change the plan to suit them). And we lost hope of ever succeeding through the Sellaband system. Well, glad to say that we are back with a vengeance and mean business now! And our hope is very much renewed and we plan to take this thing all the way. Our new custom Sellaband plan is to raise $35,000 to fund a 12-song album and DVD. For details about our plan please go to http://www.sellaband.com/jadediary. Proud to say that currently we are no.5 of the top gainers on Sellaband: www.sellaband.com/searches. Of course this is a live chart and will change throughout the week. But right now as I write this we are no. 5! We would love your support through Sellaband ... it doesn't have to be much money ... every little bit counts! It would make our dream a reality and you will get to share in our success :) Signing off, Cheryl Nov 13, 2009 Add comment Foxtel TV Appearance Friday 16 October Hi guys, Letting you know that Eddie and I performed a cover song on Foxtel Aurora Channel's 'The Couch' TV show to be televised Friday 16 October at 3pm and 8pm (repeat) Perth time. If you live in the East it should be televised Friday 6pm and 11pm. Disclaimer: The Couch has given us the wrong information before regarding when we are televised, so please don't get annoyed with me if you watch the show and find that we did not appear! If you miss the show or simply live outside of Australia, don't sweat because we will post the video on Youtube at a later stage. #2 on Ourstage.com Always the bridesmaid, never the bride? Some time ago, 'Love Called Me Home' was no. 2 on Ourstage.com's pop chart for a brief time. Didn't make it to no. 1 :( But now 'What She Wants' is no. 2 on the Ourstage.com pop chart. C'mon girl... go get that no. 1 spot! Go to www.ourstage.com/contests/3467-pop to check out our current standing. The chart will shift and change, so let's hope it changes in our favour! Free Songs Our two new demo tracks are still in post production. I'm sorry for the wait, but we will be sure to send you the link to download once they're ready! Patience ... Image Revamp Stay tuned cos we're going through a bit of an image change... can't say too much cos it's a bit of a secret ;) Will it be punk/goth/EMO/Britney lookalikes/Manga... who knows! Maybe all of us will get piercings? That's for me to know and for you to find out! Hint, our TV appearance only hints at the image change. Well thanks for reading and hope you enjoy our little TV appearance! Cheryl Oct 15, 2009 Add comment Older Posts » Posts 1 - 5 of 9 Older Posts All 9 Posts December 2009 (3) November 2009 (1) October 2009 (1) September 2009 (1) July 2009 (1) April 2009 (1) March 2009 (1)
2nd in Pop Chart at Ourstage.com 'What She Wants' as at 14 October 2009 is No. 2 on the Pop Chart out of 680 entries... let's hope it gets to No. 1! www.ourstage.com/contests/3467-pop Track of the Week: Garageband Love Called Me Home has been selected out of hundreds of songs to become 'Pop Track of the Week' starting 10 August 2009. So exciting! FOUND: A Guitarist! We are proud to announce that a new guitarist has joined us to complete the band. He is from Norway and in Perth for studies. Eddie Dale. You can show him some myspace love: www.myspace.com/eddiedalemusic (awesome Van Halen 'Beat It' solo ... that kind of sold it for us). Here's a funny audition story... Eddie locked his keys in the car (with his guitar inside it) when he turned up for his audition! We waited about 1 hour for the RAC (car breakdown specialists) to arrive and unlock the car. When we finally got to jam with him, he didn't play so well because he was nervous and the 'locking his keys in the car thing' wasn't so good for his morale. But we listened to his myspace again and realised he had heaps of potential even though nerves killed the audition! So Eddie, you were saved by myspace ;)..... Really excited to see how the band evolves. Thank you for your patience. Missing piece of the puzzle... After a series of auditions, we've found a great drummer named John Reece. John is a seasoned drummer and guitarist (yes he's a guitarist in another band as well). Fantastic musician. Still searching for the right guitarist... let me know if you're a great guitarist or know of one! Farewell Joshua and Jack Due to differences, Joshua (guitarist) and Jack (drummer) have decided to leave us. We thank them for their significant contribution, blood, sweat and tears to the band. Also want to wish them all the best in their lives and careers. This is a new chapter for The Jade Diary. So don't think for a second that we've given up! I believe there is a time for everything under the sun, and this is a time for reflection and a search for new band members. We will be looking for the right guitarist and drummer. If you think you've got the goods, please contact us. We'd love to hear from you! MusicOz Awards: Highly Commended Artists We made it on the list of MusicOz Awards' Highly Commended Artists for our song, "Love Called Me Home" within the 'Pop' category. Click here to check it out: http://www.musicoz.org/newsletters/32/2008_Highly_Commended_Artists No. 3 on Ourstage.com! "Love Called Me Home" was no. 3 (out of 409 entries) on the Pop chart on Ourstage.com, 5 September 2008. Ourstage.com is an American website featuring artists from all over the world, ranked according to how listeners rate songs in relation to other songs on the chart.

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