AWARDS and stuff...
----------------------------------------------------------
2011
Runner-up in the April Songwriters' Universe Song of the Month Competition (international) (Teddy's Song)
Finalist in the APRA Professional Development Awards (national)
2010
Winner, Australian Songwriters Association, Open Section and and Pop/Dance Section with song "Miss You" (co-write with J. Marantz)
Vic Rocks grant to assist manufacture of Once Upon a Time
Musicoz finalist
Bebo featured artist
2009
Selected from thousands for the Showcase on crowdfunding site "Slice the Pie".
Selected for a scholarship by Vic Arts to attend the Big Sound Music Conference in Brisbane in September.
UN/Fender Music Foundation selects my song "Sleepy Head" for the Band Together2 compilation
2008
NAB Songwriting Competition entry "Sing like Buckley" awarded "Outstanding" status.
One of 3 acts Australia-wide to be directly invited by APRA to play at their showcase at the inaugural Song Summit in Sydney.
2007
Top 10, Pop, national New Artists 2 Radio (NA2R)
Glenn Shorrock Scholarship Award - Special Mention.
2006
JB (John Butler) Seed Award Grant
Musicoz Finalist (Alternative)
Honourable Mention Singer/Songwriter Awards (UK) (Let it out)
Soundheaven FBI Radio (Sydney) Recording prize
Honorable Mention - Peace Driven Song Awards - (US)
Honorable Mention- Singer/Songwriter Awards (UK) (Under my Skin)
2005
International Unisong Competition- Pop Ballad 4th place (Under my Skin)
ASA (Australian Songwriters' Associatio) - Finalist Folk/Acoustic - (It's Crazy Baby).
2004
Musicoz - APRA Songwriter Award
Musicoz - Top 10 Finalist - Pop Category
Best New Artist - Sound Vault, Melbourne
2003
Winner - The Ranges Songsmith Award
Top 10 of Rock It (National Youth Week Competition)
Winner - Hanging Rock Buskers' Festival Award.
More stuff.....
------------------------------------
2010
Folk Rhythm and Life Festival 2010
Vic Rocks Grant for "Once Upon a Time"
Guest performer on Adam Hills' pilot program for his new show
Australia Day celebrations - Willow Creek Winery Day on the Green, featured artist.
2 trips to USA taking in L.A., Nashville and New York, meeting music folks there and generally checking out the music scene and following up some opportunities for my songs.
2009
Attended Big Sound Conference in Brisbane (Vic Rocks grant)
Recording with multi Aria award-winning producer, Charles Fisher.
Festival appearances in South Australia (Fleurieu Peninsula Folk Festival) and Bendigo (Gorgeous Voices).
Warrandyte Festival, Jess & Josh Duo.
2008
Headlined Manningham Spring Festival, Melbourne.
Melbourne Town Hall duo performance for Australian Regional Women Leaders' Gala Dinner
Darebin Music Feast Audience Choice Award (from over 150 acts).
Band Residency at the indie headquarters of Melbourne's music scene - The Espy.
APRA S3 Song Summit Sydney performance for NAB's "Play the Music" showcase.
Banyule Twilight Sounds Festival (supporting Mark Seymour).
Corinbank Festival (near Canberra- supporting Xavier Rudd)
2007
Australian Musician magazine interview
The Vanguard (Sydney) - sold-out show.
The Autumn 2007 issue of The Australian Musician magazine carried my interview with John Butler, who generously assisted me through his JB Seed Program.
I was profiled in the April '07 issue of ROLLING STONE and my song was on the compilation CD on the cover of the magazine, along with tracks by John Butler and other notable Aussie acts.
National cable TV channel on Foxtel, The Max, also featured me in a documentary in March titled "Launchpad for Legends" profiling me as an emerging talent to watch. I was interviewed and my performance at the huge St Kilda Festival was aired in this documentary.
In January '07, Qantas added my single to their in-flight radio program. The song was also added to the national ABC online radio initiative "Oztrax" and my EP has been featured by several stations around the country as album of the week.
TOURS
--------
2007
I toured the East Coast several times as well as to Canberra and Adelaide.
2006
Jessica & the Paige Boys were recipients of the generous JB (John Butler) Seed grant which assisted with promotion for her EP release and November/December 2006 band tour from Melbourne to Brisbane and back.
The tour and EP release has been publicised with radio interviews all over the east Coast of Australia including an interview on national and internationally syndicated Barry Bissell's Top 20 Countdown radio program. Interviews, editorials and advertisements in music press and newspapers appeared in Brisbane, Byron Bay, Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney.
The video of "Under My Skin" was aired on national music program, Video Hits and Rage.
Festival Appearances
---------------------------
2011
St Kilda Festival
2010
Folk, Rhythn & Life at Bilyana, El Dorado
2009
Fleurieu Peninsula Folk Festival ( solo)
Gorgeous Voices (Bendigo)
Darebin Music Feast
2008
Headlined Manningham Spring Festival with Paige Boys, Melbourne.
Fleurieu Folk Festival, South Australia (solo)
Darebin Music Feast, Melbourne (duo with Josh) and won the Darebin Music Feast Audience Choice Award (from over 150 acts).
Corinbank Festival with Paige Boys (near Canberra-supporting Xavier Rudd),
Banyule Twilight Sounds Festival (supporting Mark Seymour)
The St Kilda Festival (with band)
2007
The St Kilda Festival (Solo)
2006
The Basin Music Festival
2005
Maldon Folk Festival, The Sustainable Living Festival, The Maroondah Youth Festival, The Mount Beauty Music Muster.
2004
The Ranges Festival, Frankston International Guitar Festival, The Budburst Festival, The Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Yackandandah Folk Festival
Gigs
-----
I have played over 600 gigs and they have included The Vanguard in Sydney, The Promethean in Adelaide, The Hi Fi Bar, The Corner Hotel, Melbourne Town Hall, The Victorian Arts Centre, The Espy, many venues in Fitzroy and Brunswick (the Artists' Quarter of Melbourne), Manchester Lane, The Cornish Arms, Monash, Deakin and RMIT Universities and Federation Square.
Jessica has also played in Bendigo, Ballarat, Daylesford, Tamworth, Noosa, Warrnambool, Shepparton, Newcastle, Geelong, Brisbane, Sydney, Lorne, the Yarra Valley, Adelaide and Port Macquarie.
Instrumentation
Jessica Paige - vocals/acoustic guitar
New band of drums,bass and keys plus vocals.
Duo- with Josh Romig ( 2 guitars, 2 voices).
Discography
New album of beautiful songs, several co-written with Luke Howard, "Once Upon a Time", is about to be released.
Tracks receive radio airplay on community radio, ABC regionally and nationally, regularly charting on satellite radio, streaming via My Space (86,000+ profile views).
All songs available on Amazon, iTunes internationally.
EP "Under My Skin" released November '06.
6 tracks - Under my Skin, Buckley, Let it Out, My Best Friend, Pitter Pat and Dear Sweet Friend.
Tracks share many awards in national and international competitions.
EP - "Back of Our Minds" released Sept 2004 - 6 tracks.
Under My Skin (acoustic), No Guarantees, Back of Our Minds, Hate's A Baby, It's Crazy Baby, Dirty Secrets.
6 national and international awards.
