Musicadium Blog

Musicadium friends and family.  Watch this.

Really.

Thanks Tony.

Last Thursday night the Chiki Musicadium Party rocked Barsoma as music lovers came together to celebrate Spring and the beginning of the festival season.

The night kicked off with a special performance from Triple J’s Queensland Unearthed winner, Joe Barbaro, who hadn’t performed in front of a live audience in two years. Joe proved to be worth the wait as he kicked off the night in fine form.

Kissy Trouble was next to take to the stage, delivering a beautiful set with her combination of soothing acoustic guitar sounds and sweet vocals.

Benjamin Hooper and his band had the audience bopping away to the funky sounds of the saxophone, while Steve Grady impressed the audience with his song-writing skills.

The night finished up with a performance from the Hungry Kids of Hungary, who got the crowd dancing once again to their catchy tunes.

Overall the night was a great hit and fun was had by all.

Musicadium would like to thank all of their fantastic artists who made the night possible. We are already getting pumped for the next Musicadium party which we will be announcing soon and are looking forward to meeting more members of the growing Musicadium family.

Triple J Unearthed winner Joe B warms up the crowd at the Chiki/Musicadium party Sept 11.

For more pics check out the Musicadium Flickr page.

Tell us what you think in the comments below…

Musicadium artist Joel Davies was thrilled to learn that after hearing his music on , a prestigious Apple-funded Sydney film school wanted to make a film clip for him free of charge. Joel has been kind enough to share his experience with us, and we thought it only right to pass the information onto all of you. Here is the next instalment in the Joel files as told by the man himself..

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Jonathan Poneman at the BigSound Music Industry Summit, 2008.

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Mr Rascal and the Sunset

Mr Rascal are a Musicadium favourite.

Lead singer Christian Duell played at our launch party and their album - A Pocketful of Smoke - is an absolute cracker.

Mr Rascal have agreed to have their song ‘Let It Roll’ analysed and critiqued by the Musicadium family (and the world).

Tell us what do you think of ‘Let it Roll’?

This week we were lucky enough to have Musicadium artist Joel Davies speak to us about his experience with making his first film clip. As we mentioned in the last newsletter, Joel was awarded a $15,000 film clip by a prestigious Sydney film school after they heard his music on iTunes.

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Musicadium artist James A is only 14 years old and is currently working on his third album when most of us by that age were still figuring out how to master that deceptively tricky F chord. His first release included a track penned for Australian sporting and cultural icon Cathy Freeman, who came to James’ house to firstly hear the song, and afterwards helped the young musician to launch his release in front of a 300-person crowd. James must have developed a social conscience at a young age, as he continues to donate a proportion of the proceeds from his albums to the Charity ‘Cottage By The Sea’ which provides beach holiday escapes for families in need.

Musicadium distributes James’ 2^nd release titled ‘J Minor’, which is a collection of piano-based songs written entirely by James who does not play and write music in the traditional sense of learning written notation but instead relies entirely on his memory. James’ Mum Anna told Musicadium that James is now working on some ‘trance’ music and we are excited to hear the fruits of his labour! We applaud James for his achievements and vigour in an industry that requires a tenacity as well as talent.

If you’d like to help James (and his brother who is his manager!) in their quest to assist families in need, check out his release here.