"The Pack"

Fleur Jack, a singer/songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand, is heading north to Canada & The USA this coming  September for a North American tour.

Fleur has  performed her music  in Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, and has toured throughout her homeland of New Zealand.  She earned her diploma in Contemporary Performance from the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (MAINZ) and holds awards for Songwriter of the Year and Performer of the Year.

Her debut album was recently recorded at The Lab Studios in Auckland, late April, and is currently waiting to be mixed and mastered.  Fleur has been invited to play the International Pop Overthrow Festival in Vancouver, Canada in early September.  Afterwards, she plans to purchase a van and head south, down America’s West coast.  Fleur will be taking her special brand of Kiwi Folk/ Country and Pop to as many people as possible on her journey.

The tour starts in Vancouver and heads south through Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Colorado.  She will be bringing her Kiwi Folk, Country, and Pop style to audiences up and down the West Coast of Canada and the United States.

Fleur is currently raising funds to offset the cost of the tour and your help will be greatly appreciated and rewarded.  Enjoy this video and then please visit her project on IndieGoGo and help if you can.  Even a $10 investment will help greatly.

Thank you.

Fleur Jack and The Twitch are going on tour at the end of October to promote the release of their 2nd album, “Time For Change“.  The name of the tour is “The Tattoot Tour” and for good reason…it is being sponsored by numerous tattooists who will be tattooing the members of “The Twitch” in every town.  The Tattoo Tour will be playing shows throughout New Zealand and Melbourne Australia.

So here’s the cool part – they would like to take a camera man on tour with them to capture footage of the shows, tattoo sessions, and the road trips, and then have it edited to make a professional music video.  This is where they could sure use your help and if you like this concept and the video below, you can become a part of this video by supporting their “Tattoo Tour Project” at http://www.indiegogo.com/TheTwitch.  They have 57 days remaining to raise the $4,000 US necessary to fund this project and would love to have you join them on this exciting project.

“Time For Change” was produced by Jimmy Christmas (The D4, Luger Boa), mixed by Andrew Buckton and mastered by Zed Brookes in Auckland City.  The Twitch are renowned for their high energy live shows and inspired by the true Rock’n'Roll lifestyle they lead.  The band have etched themselves indelibly, like a fine red wine stain on the New Zealand music scene, winning the NZ Battle of the bands in 2005 and touring New Zealand three times in 2007.

The Twitch are: Fleur Jack, vocals, bass and all-round rock star; Jesus, guitar, vocals and legendary party messiah; and Josh Crowther, drums, vocals and captain of chaos juice.

Fleur Jack just became the 51st Sellaband Recording Artist and the 10th Pack Artist to have achieved this impressive feat!

Thanks to Andy Kostek, MDWH, and Rotuli…Fleur capped the day in style…she achieved her dream of raising the required amount of capital necessary to produce her first solo album.

As has become our tradition, we have a little celebratory video to share.

Enjoy!!!

Independent Artists…their music is their own. No labels dictating their sound or their lyrics. The music they produce, comes from within…it’s their being, their soul.

They bring us some of the best music on the planet and they do it not for money or fame, but because it is what they love and wish to share.  So when others find time to support and help them, it’s a gift that keeps giving.

The 50K Music Magazine has started a special project to help promote independent musicians – The 50K MUSIC Squad.  Much like “The Pack“, The 50K MUSIC Squad will promote indie artists comprising a wide range of genres.  The artists in the 50K MUSIC Squad represent Kompis’ favorite music and I am thrilled to see that he has included our own Fleur Jack!

Kompis will focus on helping the members with their album-raising projects on Sellaband, AKA Music, and other sites.  He will also run special promotional activities on social networking sites such as Facebook, and will create profiles for each member on the 50K Music Magazine web site.

This is a wonderful idea and I am happy to see independent artists getting his promotional help.  I encourage all to visit his site and meet the 50K MUSIC Squad!

Cheers!

Wolfman