Roadshow Music is an Australian independent record company and a division of the Village Roadshow Limited group of companies. Village Roadshow is Australia's leading entertainment company.
Roadshow Music have been actively involved in licensing, promoting and marketing Australian recording artists since its inception in 1994. 2006 will see Roadshow Music celebrating their 12th year in business and proving themselves to be one of the most successful Australian independent record labels. The world renowned Savage Garden sold over 23 million albums internationally and attained multi platinum sales and awards in Australia/New Zealand. Killing Heidi also attained huge success in the Australian/New Zealand marketplace with multiple platinum sales and industry awards.
Roadshow Music specifically focuses on the licensing of recording artists. Most recently celebrating the success of local artists such as The Butterfly Effect, Jade MacRae, Sam Hawksley & Israel. At the end of 2005, in celebration of their career, Roadshow released the best of Savage Garden album 'Truly, Madly, Completely', which shipped in excess of 85,000 units, awarding the release Platinum status by ARIA.
Roadshow Music product is distributed by SonyBMG Music Entertainment.
Who says Axle Whitehead doesn't do surprises? The success of his debut single, 'I DON’T DO SURPRISES' is a clear indication that he does!
It has been a radio staple since being released in January and it became the number 1 most played song on radio by an Australian Artist. The video also shot to number 1 on the iTunes Chart, knocking Rhianna off that spot. When the single was commercially released it debuted at number 8 on the National ARIA Singles Chart. Subsequently, the song has achieved an ARIA GOLD (35,000) single sales accreditation.
To follow up this success, Axle will be releasing the second single, from his forthcoming debut album, LOSING SLEEP.
The song,ANYWHERE is a brilliant pop song that is melodically and lyrically the perfect follow up to 'I DON’T DO SURPRISES'.
The video for 'ANYWHERE' was shot in Melbourne by MTV Award winning Australian video director, Bart Borghesi (Eskimo Joe, Something For Kate, The Living End, The Androids)
2006 ARIA Best Female Artist nominee Jade MacRae redefined pop music in Australia with her amazing song-writing talents, vocal abilities, beauty & style. One of Who Weekly’s Most Beautiful People of 2006, Jade’s debut album enjoyed critical acclaim and produced three hit singles. Jade was awarded the fan voted 2006 & 2007 Urban Music Awards (UMA) for Best Female Artist, while Jade’s album won the 2006 UMA for Best R&B Album. The album was also nominated for a host of prestigious public & industry voted awards including:
2005 & 2006 Australian MTV Award for Best Urban Release
2005 & 2006 APRA Award for Best Urban Release
2005 ARIA Awards for Best Urban Release
2006 ARIA Best Female Artist
2006 ARIA Best Urban Release
2006 Australian Dance Music Award for Best Urban Release
Along the way Jade was invited to tour with US superstars James Brown, Nelly and John Legend. Personal highlights for Jade also included sold-out shows across the country, performing to a combined audience of 35 million at a World Cup Soccer qualifying match and starring in Australia’s nationally televised weekly prime-time ratings winner “It Takes Two” on Ch 7. Jade also recently toured nationally with BROAD, an annual female songwriters tour led by Deborah Conway that saw Jade perform her own songs as well as accompanying other performers with violin and piano.
Jade spent time recently working with heavyweights from Max Martin’s Maratone Studios in Stockholm writing and collaborating with producers responsible for hits by Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys & Kelly Clarkson to name but a few. Writing over 40 new songs in the lead up to her new album, Jade’s pop writing talent has attracted international attention, with many songs not wanted for her own album being snapped up by high selling international artists.
‘In The Basement’ is the first single to be released off Jade’s highly anticipated second album, and is an infectious & cheeky pop track that conveys a strong physical and emotional punch. The video features Jade’s It Take’s Two partner & Home & Away star Bobby Morley as Jade’s romantic interest. In the Basement is released on September 22 nationally. Jade’s new album ‘Get Me Home’ was written and produced in Australia, the US and Europe, accurately reflecting both Jade’s love of travel as well as the need to, eventually, always head home. ‘Get me home’ hits stores early 2008, watch out for it!.
Even if you don’t know Sydney, Australia modern rock trio Sick Puppies, you’ve probably seen their groundbreaking “Free Hugs,” video, which has garnered more than 11 million views on YouTube.com since it started streaming on the site last year. The heartwarming clip chronicles the true life adventures of a man who walks around holding a billboard that reads “Free Hugs," the police who ban his humanitarian crusade, and the petition that earned him back the right to provide hugs to citizens in need.
The “Free Hugs” video, which accompanied the band’s song “All The Same,” earned Sick Puppies exposure on Oprah, Jay Leno, “60 Minutes” and CNN, and inspired people around the world to begin their own free hugs campaigns. It also propelled “All the Same” into a top-requested single at commercial radio stations across North America. But while the “Free Hugs” video helped spread the music and message of Sick Puppies, the band is anything but an overnight success.
Years before YouTube, Sick Puppies were winning prestigious commendations, including “Best Song” from Triple J Unearthed, and “Best Live Performance” from the Australian Live Music Awards. The Australian edition of Rolling Stone even called Sick Puppies “the most dynamic new band in the country.”
The band’s North American debut, Dressed Up As Life, validates the praise with a heartfelt collection of exultant rhythms, propulsive beats and choruses that span miles. It’s the kind of record that captures the beauty, pain and endless possibilities of LIFE.
The aching vocals, melancholy acoustics and triumphant guitar swaths of the renowned “All the Same” transcend even without the video. “My World” pinpoints the moment where epiphany turns regret into acceptance by juxtaposing layered instrumentation with bare, simple arrangements. “Pitiful,” combines start-stop blasts with brooding atmospherics, resulting in a song that’s both angry and undeniable. And, “Asshole Father” is even more sweeping and multidimensional, intermingling serene vistas with stabs of animosity.
“The record is an honest reflection of what we were feeling and going through when we were making it,” says singer and guitarist Shimon Moore. “There were times when we were really depressed and then suddenly we were happy. So these songs capture that whole rollercoaster ride.”
“The songs are a combination of all of our influences, from Rage Against the Machine to Green day, mixed in with our own style,” bassist Emma Anzai adds.
The origin of Sick Puppies dates back to 1997, when Moore and Anzai met in their high school music room. Moore was bashing away on the drums and Anzai walked in looking for
someone to jam with. “She stared at me and asked if I knew all these songs by different bands, and I was like, ‘Yeah,’ and, we just started rocking,” says Moore. “At the end of the week she said, ‘You wanna start a band?’ and we’ve been together ever since.”
oore stepped out from behind the kit and strapped on a guitar, and the two hired Chris Mileski to play drums. They started playing covers, then wrote their own material and booked local gigs. In 1999, Sick Puppies released their first Australian EP, Dog’s Breakfast, and two years later, their song “Nothing Really Matters” won Triple J’s Unearthed band competition. Their debut album, Welcome to the Real World came out later that year. After numerous tours across the country, Sick Puppies went on hiatus for a while so they could achieve their goal to record their North American debut.
Anzai got a job in telemarketing and Moore carried a billboard of a lollipop sign advertising two-for-one shoes at an outdoor shopping mall. It was there that he met Juan Mann, who came to the mall every Thursday with his “Free Hugs” sign. “We started talking and became really good friends,” Moore recalls. “Then I asked if I could film him. But we never ended up doing anything with the footage until we came to Los Angeles.”
Since Mileski was unable to come with them to the U.S., Sick puppies placed an advertisement on the Internet site Craig’s List, looking for a new drummer. Soon, they hooked up with Mark Goodwin, whose hard-hitting style perfectly complimented the band’s aggressive style. While they worked on the new album, Moore kept in touch with Mann, and during one of their phone calls, he learned that Mann’s grandmother had died unexpectedly. To help cheer him up, Moore pulled his old footage off the shelf and edited together the “Free Hugs” video and sent it to Mann.
“It was meant just as a video get well card, and that’s the only reason it got made,” Moore says. “He saw it and said, ‘Why don’t you put it on YouTube.’ I still have no idea how it got as big as it did.”
Upon arriving in Los Angeles, the band signed a new recording contract with indie label RMR Music Group run by Paul Palmer, co-founder of Trauma Records (Bush, No Doubt). The tremendous success of the video piqued the interest of numerous record distributors, including Virgin Records, which signed Sick Puppies to a deal in 2006, right as their new album neared completion.
“It was far more difficult to make than we expected,” Anzai says. “It was a lot of hard work and it basically took us a year to finish. We spent a lot of time discussing the style of the music and the arrangements, and we reworked the songs over and over until they felt right. So, it was definitely grueling, but it was character building as well.”
In addition to learning to write better rhythms and melodies, Moore flexed his lyrical muscles and tapped into a new level of emotional poignancy. He penned songs about his fear of abandonment (“My World”), a desperate effort to save a crumbling relationship (“All The Same”) and a freaky stalker (“Deliverance”).
“I think the songwriters who really connect with people are the ones who are willing to release their deepest, darkest secrets,” Moore explains. “So, I decided to bare my soul regardless of how embarrassing or frightening it might be. And I think when you give in to that, it can be very liberating.”
With infectious tunes, a jaw-dropping stage show and equal doses of hits and hugs, Sick Puppies are striking a blow against the horde of faceless modern rock bands that are virtually all the same.
When you are 17 and you see one of your best friends going off to fight in a War that you don't believe in, it can put a strain on your lives and your relationship. This is exactly what happened to Dominic Stevenson, lead singer and song-writer of Sunshine Coast based band Veya.
For most of us these feelings are held inside and buried but for Dom, after watching the scrolling of the dead and injured in Iraq on CNN, he expressed them in the lyrics of this song - "Please come home safe, don't wanna see your face on the tv".
"I was kinda observing the strain that this was putting on his family, and what they were going through" said Dom. "The fear of losing him, the realisation that when we said 'goodbye' this could really be goodbye’.
Through this powerfully moving song, the band VEYA have managed to capture a better sense of how families, friends and particularly the youth, feel about what our young soldiers are going through than many commentators will ever do.
Lead singer Dom has proven wrong the politicians line that you can't support our soldiers and be against the War. Who can disagree with the sentiment that they "Come home safe"….
Veya were a feature on My Space home page on medium rotation Veya’s profile went up by over 5000 views within one week… My Space has over 900,000,000 clicks per day!
VEYA’s ‘Slanted City’ EP is out now & available on iTunes!
Having spent the last few years working their asses off, Sydney indie rock act The Camels are ready to explode onto the Australian music scene with their latest offering, The Romance EP.
Lead single Romance is a high energy, slinky piece of rock with a massive hooky chorus and some cheeky lyrics about – romance.
Remarkably clever and ridiculously catchy, just listening too it makes you fall in love over and over and over again! Allowing you to thoughtfully reminisce whilst energising your current crush, ‘Romance’ is the perfect tune for lovers of all ages.
Times We Had is all about sticking together - “no matter what!” Written specifically for the forthcoming documentary Bra Boys, ‘Times We Had’ is a pop-fuelled anthem with just the right sing-a-long chorus to cement and celebrate any friendship.
Too Far Gone , also written for Bra Boys, is an uplifting ode to holding onto the good things when everything is getting you down. With another singalong chorus and catchy guitar hook, this song leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy.
Wanna Be The Guy and UV Light see the Camels venturing into a soulful and stripped back mode, rounding off the EP with some more on the romantic theme. ‘Wanna Be The Guy’ is a dreamy introspective ballad; and ‘UV Light’ is a dark, shimmering piece of late night yearning.
The Camels have built a reputation from strong songs and a gruelling road philosophy that has seen them cross the country many times, regionally and in capital cities, headlining and sharing large stages with both international acts and big local bands, festivals, and playing to a growing loyal fanbase all over Australia.
The Romance EP was recorded/mixed/mastered in a variety of studios by as many engineers/producers as there are tracks on the release itself. With an all-star cast that includes; Tim Whitten, Phil McKeller, Lindsay Gravina, Anthony The and William Bowden the results are a true testament to the overall cohesion, performance and song selection employed by The Camels, that should ensure a regular setting of “repeat” with audiences both old and new.
With frontman and songwriter Jamie Holt having spent the better part of 2006 composing the original score for the Bra Boys, The Camels are ready to throw themselves back on the airwaves, on youtubes and into the touring van!
Their critically acclaimed IMAGO soared to new heights, reaching #2 on the ARIA Album chart!
The bands live gigs have also received critical acclaim in both Australia and overseas earning them a reputation as a highly energetic and intense live rock band.
The Butterfly Effect are heading to The Grove Studios for the month of May to record their 3rd album, which is set for release in September.
The "FINAL CONVERSATION OF KINGS” is being Produced by Forrester Savelle (Dead Letter Circus,
Karnivool) & other artists to have recorded at The Grove are Silverchair, Grinspoon & Kisschasy to name a few!
“We have spent the best part of the last year crafting what will become this record. It sounds so clichéd but I really feel that we’re finally finding our own voice as songwriters and producing the most exciting music that we ever have. Forrester has been adding his special sauce to our songs for almost 5 years and we are so lucky to have him on board overseeing this project. We can’t wait for you to hear it” – Glenn Esmond
NEW SINGLE HITS RADIO IN JULY
Available: 23rd August, 2008 THE NEW ALBUM FINAL CONVERSATION OF KINGS
Available: 13th September 2008
****National Tour: October 2008****
From one of the most talked about and controversial films in recent history, the feature-length insight into Maroubra’s notorious surf tribe the BRA BOYS, comes the emotionally charged All-Australian CD Soundtrack.
The Bra Boys CD Soundtrack is a collection of 14 tunes that feature in the film, including seven songs that were written specifically for the original score. Speckled alongside some of the most well-known surf associated bands in the country the original tunes lyrically and sonically express the thoughts, feelings and characters introduced throughout the very personal journey of brotherhood that is portrayed on screen.
Jamie Holt , singer/songwriter/guitarist from Sydney band The Camels has delivered an astounding 18 pieces of highly original score, stretching far beyond the realm of the pop/rock compositions he’s been known for to date. The first venture of this kind for Jamie, the interest the music has already generated ensures it certainly won’t be his last!
The music selection whilst on first inspection seems like an unusual combination, it’s the very diversity of the tracks that drives the film through its many emotional highs and lows, with the bands themselves providing the common linkage with their respective connections to the surfing commune. Where else could you hear Parkway Drive sit happily alongside The Beautiful Girls, whilst old skool legends Def Wish Cast and rock luminary Grinspoon nestle comfortably together?
In addition to Jamie’s song and score compositions, Macario de Souza (Macca) and Nate Ford, two of the Bra Boys have been able to use the experience of creating the film to write and produce original tracks of their own. In a world where many hip-hop artists are simply storytelling or inventing a back history, 3Seven7 are not wanting for material.
As Bra Boys, 3Seven7 are able to tell their story in verse and represent the messages and annotations depicted in the film without compromise or poetic license. It’s their actual life and the songs are their narrative. In addition to his role in 3Seven7, at the young age of 23years, Matraville raised ‘Macca’ is remarkably also the Co-Director, Editor, Cinematographer and DOP for the Bra Boys Film.
Rounding out the first-rate collection on the compilation are perennial crowd favourites The Butterfly Effect, electronic pop masters The Presets and the never-predictable Regurgiator.
There’s certainly something for everyone and as a body of work the Bra Boys CD Soundtrack offers up an exceptionally fitting sound-scape that allows for immediate transportation to re-live the powerful vision that’s presented in the film.
TRACKLISING
Two Feet On The Ground - 3Seven7
Times We Had - The Camels
Ready To Brawl - 3Seven7
Steamworks - The Presets
Allstars - Def Wish Cast
It’s Hard To Speak Without A Tongue - Parkway Drive
In 2006 Darren Hayes once again teamed up with live show designer and innovator Willie Williams (U2, R.E.M, David Bowie) to create a unique and wildly entertaining interactive live concert experience. Drawing on theatre, reality television and stand up comedy – it is a stage marriage that has to be seen to be believed. As John Aizlewood (London’s Evening Standard) wrote about Willie’s re-invention of Hayes..
“There was more to dazzle the senses and clearly Hayes understood the notion of spectacle. Televisions cluttered the stage, while, with a craftsman's touch he debunked the mystique of a rock gig: the Green Room where the band intermittently rested was actually on stage, the roadies' work with the ever changing backdrops wasn't hidden and before the encore, Hayes's clothes change was silhouetted for all to see. Simple, but brilliant.”
The ‘Big Night In’ tour played to a sold out audience of over 30 thousand in the UK before returning triumphantly home to Australia’s Sydney Opera House in July of 2006. It was the two speculator performances, in Sydney, which were captured for posterity in crystal clear digital high definition. Mixed in Dolby 5.1 digital surround sound, the live DVD presents Darren Hayes in a performance that has since been regarded as one of the finest moments of his decade long career.
The Sydney Morning Herald proclaimed, “He not only displayed his flawless vocal skills, which were enough to prompt gasps from audience members, but he revealed his profound insight about the nature of celebrity”.
Featuring specially commissioned video instillations, unparallel audience interaction and a Hayes more comfortable and in command of his vocal prowess than ever, ‘A Big Night In With Darren Hayes’ is exactly what the title suggests. A pop show with all of the trimmings and perhaps an extra helping of irony. Subversive and utterly original. As NME wrote “The man’s a genius!”
Truly Madly Completely – The Best of Savage Garden
Has been officially awarded Platinum status by the ARIA board.
With sales of over 23 million, Savage Garden are one of the most successful duos of all time. Four years after parting company to pursue their own music careers, 'Truly Madly Completely - The Best of Savage Garden' celebrates the time they spent together and is jam packed with their mega hits.
With unforgettable lyrics and killer choruses, Savage Garden wrote, produced and performed a seemingly endless string of hits, re-inventing the pop world with their authentic style and undeniable talent.
Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones released their eponymous debut album in 1997 and within just a few short months had taken the world by storm. Spawning three global hits: ‘I Want You’ ,‘To The Moon And Back’ and the record-breaking ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ (which topped the American Billboard charts for an incredible nine weeks), 'Savage Garden' hit the #1 slots on both the Australian ARIA and UK album charts before going on to sell 11 times platinum around the world. That same year, the Australian duo won an unprecedented 10 ARIA Awards.
Their sophomore album ‘Affirmation’ matched this success. It produced their second US Billboard #1 with ‘I Knew I Loved You’, and the massive hits ‘The Animal Song’, ‘Affirmation’ and ‘Crash and Burn’.
'Truly Madly Completely - The Best of Savage Garden' is in stores now, with two versions available: the limited edition two disc set including a bonus DVD featuring seven Savage Garden video clips and the ‘Parallel Lives’ documentary, and the audio-only CD. The album is a collection of all of the band's chart-topping hits featured alongside two brand new songs from singer-songwriter Darren Hayes ('So Beautiful' and 'California'). The first single 'So Beautiful', which Darren co-wrote with Robert Conley and co-produced with top American producer Mark Endert (Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw), in stores now. Its emotive lyrics and memorable chorus echo the remarkable pop sensibility of Savage Garden,
TRACKLISTING:
1. I Want You
2. I Knew I Loved You
3. To The Moon And Back
4. Hold Me
5. Santa Monica
6. Crash and Burn
7. Break Me Shake Me
8. Truly Madly Deeply
9. The Animal Song
10. Affirmation
11. So Beautiful - by Darren Hayes
12. California - By Darren Hayes
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The B Sides
13. I Don't Care
14. I'll Bet He Was Cool
15. Love Can Move You
16. Fire Inside The Man
17. This Side of Me
