17 Jan 2009
Blazes, West Tamwoth Leagues (with Adam Harvey)

19 Jan 2009
Telstra Road To Tamworth - Final

Tamworth
New South Wales

20 Jan 2009
Telstra Road To Tamworth - Grand Final

Tamworth
New South Wales

13 October 2008

Jasmine Rae - Website Blog - October 13th, 2008

It was like a fairytale walking through the gardens at the Floriade Festival. Ah, the places I get to see with the Telstra Road to Tamworth - last weekend, we were in Canberra. I felt like Snow White amongst the flowers. It turned out to be such a beautiful day. Gorgeous blue skies and a great audience yet again. Adam Harvey and Morgan Evans were also performing as well as some serious young new talent from our Capital Territory! I’m glad I only perform and don’t have to judge. That’s gotta be a really hard job.

Morgan and I got up and performed the Robbie and Kylie duet, “Kids”, which is always fun. Morgan and his band are full of energy and it’s contagious. Made me want to crowd surf!! But because our audience were mostly picnicking families, sitting back a little way from the stage, I chose the less messy option of dancing around like a crazy chick instead! :) There were also ducks walking around in yellow rain coats and hats being lead by a sheepdog and after a while they would go away and come back with new outfits on. My first time at the Floriade Festival?! .. and I loved every moment!

The weekend before this we were at the Harvey Dickson Country Music Festival in WA!! The venue where we played was called Harvey Dickson’s Country Music World. And I have never seen a venue like that before.

There was lots of music memorabilia hanging from the ceiling and covering the walls, with two rooms dedicated to Elvis and a third back room, filled with Elvis and Johnny Cash LP’s. That back room was shown to Catherine Britt and me by Harvey Dickson himself! (I felt mighty special!) It was all quite surreal. I can’t wait to go again! That weekend gave new meaning to being a country music fan! Did I mention I’ve been travelling lots? Hooray! On Saturday the 20th of September, we played in Atherton (in Queensland). I had been hanging out for some warm weather by that stage ... and boy did I get it.

Atherton was so lovely, and so, after the Concert, I decided to stay in Cairns for the next two days and spend the whole of Sunday and Monday in my bathers?! I also did some shopping and bought some new bathers and the coolest belt I have ever seen. I wore it in Canberra and hope you get to have a look at it in the video footage and tell me what you think? I took a ferry out to Green Island and spent the Monday there doing radio interviews from the beach. That’s right! I was hard at work! While I was there, I also took a mini submarine tour to look at the fish and the coral. It was breathtaking! I educated myself a little beforehand about the reef (thanks to “Finding Nemo”) and it certainly lived up to and surpassed all my expectations. Just brilliant!!

Hope you guys are enjoying the live snippets from my Telstra Road to Tamworth adventures up on my myspace pages and the new video for “Look it Up”? :)

It’s always fun sharing them with you and reading your comments.

Please don’t be shy! Have a wonderful week, xo Jasmine.

03 October 2008

Getting Ready For The Floriade Festival :)

My Fabulous travelling adventures,

Im now sitting here staring at my suitcase wondering what else I’ve forgotten for my flight up to Canberra tomorrow morning. Its a bright and early 7:30am flight. I love early morning adventures!! Floriade Festival here we come!! Its going to be lots of fun with myself Morgan Evans and Adam Harvey all jamming it out on a Sunday afternoon:)

"Look it up" is nearly celebrating its one month old birthday! (any excuse for a party) yay! Lately some pretty exciting things have been happening with the album and the ARIA and air play charts. So thanks to everyone who’s been buying "Look it up" and listening to the songs on the radio. I hope ur all enjoying the music. Its been a dream making it!

Lately I’ve been travelling around lots!! I love it! I get home just long enough to re-stuff my suitcase (I can never decide what to wear so I always over pack). Tomorrow we are not even staying the night in Canberra, but I am STILL bringing a suitcase. Some call in prepared, some call it crazy.

2 weeks ago, I was in Atherton/ Cairns with the Telstra Road to Tamworth, my first time in Cairns and my it is Beautiful!! People were lovely and I took a little boat out to Green Island for a day. I had never seen the Coral Reef before so I took a little semi-submarine tour to look at the coral and fish. Amazing! Better than i had imagined. I had educated myself a little before hand through watching ‘finding Nemo:P.’ Seeing the real thing was breathtaking. Trying to walk around and eat on the boat was quite entertaining too. Fun Day!!

Last weekend I was at the Boyup Brook (WA) Telstra Road to Tamworth heat held at the Harvey Dickson country music festival. What an amazing venue. There was music and other memorabilia covering the walls and hanging from the ceiling as well. Two rooms entirely devoted to Elvis and a back room full of Elvis and Johnny Cash LP’s. I was speechless.

This week I spent time at home in Melbourne with my friends and family (painting my nails and getting my hair done...hehe) U know, livin the hard life :P

Ill be back with more adventures v. soon! xo jasmine

11 September 2008

Saturday 6th September was the day!

To finally hold my very first album, LOOK IT UP, in my hands and not get woken up by my alarm clock moments later, was an unexplainable feeling!! WOW!

I felt little tears welling up in the corners of my eyes, but quickly blinked them away. (I was in Albury at the time at a soundcheck with Adam Harvey, and so I needed to compose myself.) But it was “release day” and everyone was very excited for me and super congratulatory. Adam even let me be his “mini-June” in the Jackson duet with him during his part of the show.

I hadn’t slept much all that week from the excitement. But the deprivation was worth it. The night was a great success. It was amazing to be signing the covers of my very own albums, knowing people were taking them home to play! I hope everyone enjoys listening to the music as much as I enjoyed making it. 

My parents and best friend drove 4 and a half hours to celebrate with me. Awww. They know that it has always been a dream of mine to release an album before my 21st birthday. And that milestone is coming up very soon on the 28th of October. (So, we just squeezed that dream in there. Phew!)

While we were in Albury on the Saturday, we drove past a Leading Edge music store.   “Stop the Car!” I had to see it on the shelves. It was so exciting, I even filmed it. It was right there in the Country section, at the front of its little rack, all shiny!

This week, I’ve also celebrated the making of the video clip for LOOK IT UP. What an amazing team!! Once again, I was lucky enough to work with such fantastic people. Special thank you to Kurt, Anne, Janai, Jo and Cassie. 

When I walked into Sydney’s Favella Nightclub and saw the ceiling fitted with one or two extra lightbulbs (thousands I tell you), I knew I was going to be in the spotlight and so, I was loving the video before we even started! It was such a cool venue for the making of the clip. The clothes were beautiful. And they fitted me, yay!!

We shot in double (chipmunk) time for most of the day and it took a lot of off-camera  giggles before getting it right. 

To me, the different looks and backgrounds in this clip represent the different angles of the situation. You can ‘look it up’ in a dictionary or on the internet, take it as a joke, or get really angry or sarcastic about it. But either way, the word “over” means the same thing. Sorry, Buddy P.

Hope u all enjoy this crazy cheeky song and the fun video that comes with it.

Chat soon, Jasmine xo.

PS - If you’d like to leave me a comment or ask me a question, I’d love to hear from u.  You can jump on to my message wall on my OFFICIAL website :) or post me a comment on my myspace. Have a great week. xo

13 August 2008

Welcome to my brand new website!

Hiya everyone.

Welcome to my brand new website! 2008 has been an amazing year for me. Since winning the Telstra Road To Tamworth competition in January, I’ve visited Nashville,  performed at some major events including the Final State of Origin Game and the CMA Music Festival and recorded my debut album ‘Look It Up’ with ABC Music. I’m incredibly proud of it and can’t wait for you all to hear it once it’s released in September.

Thank you all so much for your support... Keep coming back and exploring the site – you’ll find exclusive info and competitions you can’t get anywhere else. We’ll keep you updated with my news and adventures. Have Fun!!

Jasmine xx