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The rise and fall and rise again ...
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This is a pretty packed email to you because a lot of dramatic things have happened since my previous letter to you... Wanderer It's really exciting to unveil a new video that our fan, Laura, has made for our song, Wanderer. She's done a wonderful job and included Manga images in the video (I love Manga images). To have a look please go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS3PJszejkQ I'm sure you'll agree she did a great job! The rise and fall and rise again of ... Sellaband Over the past weekend, Sellaband mysteriously had a 'server maintenance' problem and so the site was not accessible for a few days. We were puzzled as to why it took so long to fix their server. Then surprising news came out that Sellaband had in actual fact filed for bankruptcy. Some believers and artists were in panic mode because this may have meant that the efforts artists had put into raising funds on Sellaband would be completely wasted (weeks, years of their lives gone to waste) ... although I know that the funds that were invested into artists were always safe in Escrow (managed by a third party and unable to be accessed by the management or artists until an artist reaches his/her targeted funding amount). If Sellaband had gone down, believers would probably have had their funds returned to them. But thankfully we heard news that Sellaband had actually been bought over by a German company who have a strong reputation in music marketing. The company and new CEO, Michael Bogatzki, aim to continue fostering the community of artists and believers that Sellaband had started. Go to www.sellaband.com/jadediary/ to read a letter from the ex and new CEOs of Sellaband. This news brought much relief to artists and believers alike. We have spent countless hours of fundraising efforts on Sellaband. If Sellaband had not been bought over, this work would have been completely wasted. So this is fantastic news! I want to encourage you to help us make our dream of recording our first album a reality. Musicians pour their hearts and souls into their music, tirelessly gigging, creating, giving away their music. This we do for love, but it would be nice to get a little bit of money for it once in a while :) If you have gained any enjoyment from our music, please help make our dreams a reality and purchase 1 or more parts at www.sellaband.com/jadediary If we do not raise the money we need for our next album, then it may probably never be heard ... and that would be a shame because we have a lot of great songs we want you guys to hear. We are not rich. We are not supported by a major recording company. I wish we were. So this is what we have to do at the present time to help keep the music alive. So we really really need your help. The Cottlesloe Hotel 5 March Our next performance is at The Cottlesloe Hotel, Friday 5 March. 8.00pm. We will be performing as an acoustic trio again. The plan was to perform as a 5 piece band, but Jarvis, our bass player has had difficulties attending rehearsals (his ankle was broken a couple of weeks back). Heartbeat for Haiti 20 March gig We are holding a fundraising band night at The Swan Lounge. Hope you can join us for that one. Door sales will go towards Haiti disaster relief. There will be some other cool bands playing with us that night so bring your friends along and support a great cause.  Soundcheck... 20 March voting madness! On 20 March all of us will be voting like crazy for our songs on Soundcheck. For a week all artists who make it to the final round (it's highlly likely that we will be in the final round) will have their votes counted. The top voted artists will then be in the running to win some big money and get a chance to perform at the Showcase concert in front of music industry professionals. We really really want to be at the Showcase concert! So get ready and rally your friends, work mates, Facebook friends, together to vote for us starting 20 March! www.soundcheck.com.au/showEntry.do Whoa... that was a mouthful! Thanks for reading :) Cheryl Hearts and Red Packets ;)
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Happy Chinese New Year (Gong Xi Fa Cai) and Valentine's Day xx  Gotta love Valentine's Day... a day of pain and rejection for some, nonchalance for others, smoochy-woochiness, red hearts, and the sound of cash registers working tirelessly for Hallmark and florists around the world. Sorry for being a cynic! No... really, have a lovely Valentine's Day - whether or not you have someone special in your life! And now for an inundation of love from me to you:  Being the melancholic girl I am, I had to sneak in a broken one to you as well. ;) We have a new video for you if you're in the mood for some youtube and there's nothing smoochy-woochy about it ... Recently we did a cover of a John Mayer song called 'Why Georgia'. Outside of the US it's probably not a very well-known song, but I love it because it's so well-written and beautifully captures this sense of loneliness, fear and uncertainty in life that we all experience from time to time. Just go to http://www.jadediary.com/fr_media to view it. Have a few gigs coming up including one on 5 March at The Cottlesloe Hotel (full band). Hope you have a wonderful week ahead of you! Cheryl 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 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 Girl to be revealed ...
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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 Posts 1 - 5 of 11
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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: GaragebandLove 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 ;)..... 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 JackDue 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. MusicOz Awards: Highly Commended ArtistsWe 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: 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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