"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.

Having recently returned from her European tour…Aly Cook is preparing her 2nd music video off her debut album, “Brand New Day“.  This time, Aly will be making a video for her latest single, “Midnight Sun“.  Read on…

UPDATE:  Katie Thompson has won the popular vote and will be the opening act for Sir Elton John on November 25, 2011 at Forsyth Barr Stadium!  Thank you to everyone who participated and voted for Katie.

A nationwide search has been happening throughout July to find a band to open for Sir Elton John on November 25, 2011, in the newly built Forsyth Barr Stadium and West Coast singer/songwriter Katie Thompson is one of the top 4 finalists.

The competition was specifically designed to find an accomplished band or artist capable of playing for 30-40 minutes at the start of the concert in the new Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, to a crowd of over 30,000 people.

The “OPEN 4 ELTON” promotion will offer the successful band a CV opportunity that few have ever experienced, plus their airfares, accommodations, and a $5000 cash prize.  The final four were selected from over 60 bands throughout New Zealand.

The On Air & Online promotion supported by Classic Hits FM with a judge’s panel and a big public participation element.  To support Katie Thompson,  head to classichits.co.nz and vote for Katie Thompson. Voting end Sunday 31st July.

On August 13, 2011, the National Country Music Awards will be held at the Founders Theater in Hamilton, New Zealand and they will be crowing a new crop of Country Music stars and one of the artists I am super excited to see in the show is our own Katie Thompson.

Since releasing “Impossible” in early March 2011, Katie has been climbing the Indie charts and people from around the world are embracing this exciting new Kiwi Artist from Hokitika, New Zealand.

Katie will be appearing on the Good Morning Show on the 26th of July, so mark your calendars, because this is one show you will not want to miss!

Wolfman

Katie Thompson joins 10 Kiwi musicians as they vie to become the 2011 Kiwi Pro-Am Country Music Female Artist of the Year.

Having completed a successful crowd funding project on Sellaband.com, Katie recently released her second album, “Impossible” and people are taking notice in countries around the world.  Voting Begins June 7, 2011.

Katie Thompson continues to stir things up in the music world and now, she is a top contender in the “Hossey Music Award Song Of The Year” contest.

Her song, “Good As Gold” is currently in the top ten of the voting and if she can climb into the top 5 by the last Saturday in April, she will be headed to The Finals in December.  This would be a wonderful recognition for Katie and as one of her biggest fans, I am calling out for everyone to rally behind her for the next 13 days and vote for her.

Voting is simple.  Just go to the voting page; find her name; place a check mark in the box next to her name; and click the vote button.  If you like the video [below], which is the music video for “Good As Gold“, please leave a comment after you vote, and if you would really like to help, you can use this URL, http://bit.ly/Vote4KatieThompson, to include in your Tweets asking your followers to jump on board.  Let’s vote Katie to the top!!

Just a couple days back, Katie Thompson released her single “Good As Gold” worldwide and it has just topped the iTunes Country Charts in New Zealand!

Congratulations Katie!!!

The life of an Indie Artist is not an easy one…in fact, it’s downright brutal.

Thankfully, the Internet has changed the game and leveled the playing field.  Aly Cook, an Independent Country/R&B artist from New Zealand is using every resource the Internet has to offer and it’s paying off!

Inspired by the success of fellow “Pack” artist Katie Thompson, Aly embraced the possibilities of a fan-funded album when she joined Sellaband.com on August 3, 2009 with the goal of raising the capital necessary to produce a professional album.  Well, not only did this very talented Kiwi raise the cash; she did it very quickly, as she closed out her project on December 8, 2009!  In just 4 short months, 224 people from around the world embraced Aly Cook and invested their hard-earned money to back her soon-to-be-released album,  “Brand New Day“.

These people recognized that Aly is no ordinary musician.  They all saw the same qualities as I…a super hard-working, entrepreneurial, and very talented musician who deserves the chance to reach her life long dream…to be a successful recording artist.  Well, her dream is coming true!!

To promote her upcoming album, Aly will be touring the world and to help fund the tour, she started another project, the “Strumming Around the World” Documentary and Tour project on IndieGoGo.com.  With roughly 3 months remaining in this project, Aly appears to be on her way to completing the project goal.  Just yesterday, Aly picked up a major investor, who will be bringing her music to the Woodstock Hotel in Hokitika, New Zealand, to perform a single release party, the day after the Wildfoods Festival on March 13th, 2011.  Additionally, Electric Body recognized Aly’s talent and vibrant beauty and officially become her first American Sponsor.

The “Strumming Around the World” Documentary and Tour project promises to be exciting and rewarding.  I invite you to join me in supporting this electric, energetic, and entertaining artist…you’ll be happy you did!  All it takes is a minimal investment of $10 US; but you can invest as much as you would like.

I hope to see you there!

Wolfman

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.

Aly Cook becomes the 11th member of this impressive gathering of International Independent recording artists and I am so very proud to have her join our family!

In a nutshell, Aly is already a HUGE success in the New Zealand Country & Singer songwriter circles, having been nominated for APRA NZ Country Song of the Year and a finalist in the MLT Songwriting awards, two of the most prestigious and industry recognized songwriting awards in NZ .   It won’t be long before she is known in Nashville and around the world.  Now “The Pack” has two country stars to howl for, as Aly joins Katie Thompson on the Country Music Scene.

I’ve had my eye on Aly for a couple of months now and it didn’t take me long to realize, that this was an artist that would compliment our other artists in a HUGE way.  She’s extremely driven and her style of music has a lot of energy, but still holds on to that good ‘ol country sound.

I would like to introduce Aly by showing her performing at the, “APRA New Zealand Country Song of the Year” Ceremony