People power got "Love Called Me Home" played on 98.5 FM today at 5.15pm (26 August 2008). Well done guys - goes to show that every little bit helps! Thank you so much if you voted.

No, mainstream radio isn't evil, it's just frustrating for independent musicians, because it seems that only the bands with big recording companies behind them (and fat wallets) are able to get airplay.

We hope that people power can however change things:

Want to hear us on mainstream FM radio?
Then please go to these links to request us:

www.nova937.com.au/site/nova_music/request_a_song.aspx

sonshinefm.ws/OnAir/home_run_requests.cfm

Please vote for "Love Called Me Home - The Jade Diary" and "What She Wants - The Jade Diary". They are our most popular songs. It's important to add our band name otherwise they won't know what you're talking about!

Thank you so much if you voted - let us know - we'd love to hear from you...

Cheryl

Our EP launch on 18 July Friday night, was a huge success! Syrian Rue, Anthony Nieves, and Phillip Ragan, played really well and added variety to the night. Also, we had a ball on stage and judging from feedback and responses, the audience did too! Most people said they thoroughly enjoyed the songs and our performance, especially our little acoustic set in the middle. Our encore song was Love Called Me Home, so the set ended on a great high!

Personally, the highlight of my night was when Josh forgot the second verse lines of Times Like These. So he started singing (in the 2nd verse) "I... forgot the words to this song so I'll make them up, as I go along..." It was hilarious! To top it off, Renee had a prophetic dream the night before that he'd forget the words! Good one Josh!!! :p

In spite of the stormy and cold weather, we saw a good turn out of around 100-110. I was glad that the heating was good in the tavern.

Thank you so much if you came and watched us - we really appreciate you braving the cold weather.

On a sad note, our Rachael Russell, our background vocalist and rhythm guitarist has decided to part company with us because she's had real difficulties with balancing her music, studies, work and sporting commitments. We will miss Rachael but will always remember her fondly... We wish you well Rachael, and maybe one day we'll play together again, you never know.

Looking forward to writing more songs for you guys, playing more gigs, and eventually releasing our first full-length album. And touring may be on the cards in the medium to long-term. It's really exciting... Thanks for being a part of our journey!

Cheryl
 

"What She Wants" and "Love Called Me Home" are now (on 23 June) no. 4 on the mp3.com.au pop and rock charts!

We are also on Triple J Unearthed. Please go to this link if you'd like to review us.

Since mid-March we've managed to raise over $3,000 on Sellaband to go towards our first album. And in terms of how much we've raised, are currently (as of 26 May) ranked number 54 out of over 7,000 artists on Sellaband.

 

We entered our song, "Love Called Me Home", on GarageBand.com. It's an American website where songs get reviewed and pushed up or down charts depending on their reviews. "Love Called Me Home" received the following awards on GarageBand:

Track of the Day on 13 May 2008 in Pop
Best Female Vocals in Pop, week of 14 Apr 2008
Best Female Vocals in Pop, week of 21 Apr 2008

We've got a website on Sellaband www.sellaband.com/jadediary.

'What is Sellaband' I hear you ask? Well, it's a place where YOU can become the record company... basically there are Artists and Believers on the site. Artists are bands or musicians like The Jade Diary who have the goal of earning $50000 on Sellaband. No, we don't get the money in our pockets directly. Believers are people just like you and me who love good music. Believers invest in an Artist by purchasing 'parts' in that Artist. For example, you could purchase 10 parts. 1 part is worth $10 (US dollars). So 10 parts will cost $100. You can purchase anything from 1 part to 5000 parts in an Artist.

Once an artist reaches the $50000 mark, Sellaband organises for the band to get their album recorded with a world class producer anywhere in the world. Also, a large part of that $50000 goes towards sending a finished CD of the Artist to everyone who was a Believer of the Artist.

So you don't lose anything by purchasing a part - in fact you get a CD for $10 which is a pretty good deal, if the Artist makes it to the $50000 mark. At any time before the Artist reaches $50000, Believers are able to get a refund of their money if they choose to.

After reaching the $50 K mark and recording the Artist's album, Believers are then able to profit from advertising revenues generated via Sellaband, which will be shared equally between the Sellaband Recording Artists, their Believers and Sellaband. There are also other ways to make money through Sellaband.

Find out more by clicking www.sellaband.com/site/how-it-works.html

So sign up on Sellaband and become a Believer in The Jade Diary. You won't regret it.

Cheryl