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| Bio of the Artist |
Jessica Paige is a 22 year old multi-award winning singer/songwriter from Melbourne. She plays solo and with her band of Paige Boys. Her style is alt-pop with a pinch of jazz.
Jessica has recently been profiled in Rolling Stone Magazine and her track "Under My Skin" added to the accompanying CD on the cover. So she can claim every musician's dream of being on "the cover of the Rolling Stone"! The Australian Musician Magazine, Autumn issue, carries an interview with Jessica and John Butler.
Jessica is currently starting to record her first album. Put your name on her email list to keep abreast of release news.
Jessica started busking in Melbourne when she was 14 which accounts for her ease in front of an audience. She has now released two EP's, both have won many awards for the songs. The first EP, "Back of Our Minds", 2004, gained her the prestigious APRA Songwriter Award in the national Musicoz competition.
Jessica's second EP, "Under My Skin", was released in 2006 with the help of a grant from well-known Australian Independent musician, John Butler. A band tour followed which gathered national exposure and airplay on Australian radio and TV.
Jessica has been influenced by artists and bands that are strongly melodic and lyric-driven like Elton John, Simon & Garfunkle, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and her own father, master singer/songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, Steve Romig (www.steveromig.com).
Jessica's songs are available from over 60 download sites (like Itunes).
AWARDS
2007
Top 10 Pop NewArtist2Radio
Glenn Shorrock Scholarship - Special Mention
2006
Musicoz Finalist
JB Seed Award
Honourable Mention, Peacedriven Song Awards (International)
Honourable Mention, Singer/Songwriter Awards (International)
2005
International Unisong Competition- Pop Ballad 4th place
ASA (Australian Songwriters' Association) Finalist
2004
APRA Songwriter Award
Musicoz - Top 10 Finalist
Best New Artist - Sound Vault, Melbourne
2003
Winner - The Ranges Songsmith Award
Top 10 of Rock It (National Youth Week Competition)
Winner - Hanging Rock Buskers' Festival Award.
Festival Appearances
The St Kilda Festival, The Ranges Festival, Maldon Folk Festival, Frankston International Guitar Festival, The Budburst Festival, The Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Sustainable Living Festival, The Maroondah Youth Festival, The Yackandandah Folk Festival and The Mount Beauty Music Muster.
Gigs - 80 in the last 12 months in Melbourne and interstate.
Radio Play
Jessica has songs on many podcasts and charted consistently on internet radio stations. Many community stations are playing her EP and she has been interviewed recently at Coast fm (ABC) and 4ZzZ Brisbane, Bayfm (Byron Bay), Plenty Valley FM (Melbourne), Joy fm (Melbourne), Synfm (Melbourne), Barry Bissell's Top 20 Countdown (syndicated Australia-wide Austereo network). Her EP has also recently been featured on ABC Radio in Victoria.
Video and TV
The video clip of "Under My Skin" has been aired on national programs Video Hits, Rage and Channel V and Jessica was also featured in a documentary "The Launch of Legends" about the biggest free music festival in the country, The St Kilda Festival. Jessica also played live on 2 episodes of Theatre Sports on Channel 31 in Dec 2006. Her song "It's Crazy Baby" was placed on the Channel V series "Backpackers" and "Under My Skin" is on the soundtrack of the independent film "Offing David".
Compilations
Manchester Lane "Then By Night" Aug 2006
Melbourne Live 2005 18 tracks of Melbourne Indie Artists
AIR Pop Compilation 2005 (SxSW, Midem, Popkomm)
Musicoz Winners Compilation 2005 (to SxSW)
MY Space: check out www.myspace.com/jessicapaigemuso
Electronic Press Kit at www.sonicbids.com/jessicapaige |
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