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I just thought I would share some other places where you can follow what I'm doing.

FACEBOOK:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Melanie-Jade/80078441684?ref=ts

TWITTER:

www.twitter.com/mel_jade

MYSPACE:

www.myspace.com/meljademusic

Check them out if you want to! I update this site more regularly and in more detail but the others are more interactive.
See you there!

Photoshoot with my dancers!

These girls will be in my new video for the song 'Boom' and will be coming on tour with me so we thought it was about time to do a promotional photo shoot with them!
Introducing Mikhaela, Andrea, Kara and Chloe!
At 9am we all headed to Glow Studios and went straight into hair and make-up. I brought some home made chocolate cookies to the shoot for the girls but our photographer Srdjan had already set up a whole bench full of lollies, croissants, jam donuts and other snacks! We had a feast!
For the shoot we did a couple of different looks.
First each girl wore a casual outfit and got head shots and body shots. There were heaps of clothes for us to choose from as Rhea, the designer from 'Die Pretty', had given us a whole range of stuff to mix and match with our own pieces. I did a runway for 'Die Pretty' in fashion week so I was so happy to wear the clothes again!
The next look was some sparkly outfits which will feature in the 'Boom' music video. The leggings from these were also by 'Die Pretty'. These were action shots so the girls were kicking and jumping in heels! AH!
I was quite happy I didn't have to do these crazy shots because I'm sure I would have fallen on my face...Chloe even put her heel through the concrete floor she was jumping so hard! But for the music video I will be dancing in heels so I better get used to it...
The last shots were group shots all together. That was really fun because we got to interact and do different formations.

I brought along the little video camera my friends got me for my birthday so here is a behind the scenes video!



Some photos from the shoot are also below!


Being silly...If anyone wants to shoot with an amazing photographer I highly recommend Srdjan!
www.fotensity.com

Or pick up some of the stuff we wore from 'Die Pretty'.
www.diepretty.com.au

VHP Girls

I have some exciting news! For the music video for the song 'Boom' we are having four amazing backup dancers!
The boom video will be shot in a studio and we have been planning hard to work out all the details like the perfect hair and make-up artists, the coolest clothes from emerging Melbourne designers and we have already started working on our dance routine for the clip.
The VHP girls will also be involved in our upcoming tour!
We are planning a massive show complete with smoke, glitter, quick costumes changes and these amazing four dancers.
We did a couple of days of auditions and saw heaps of great dancers. It was tricky because we had to consider lots of things like similar heights, dance styles and personality as well as how well they could dance. In the end we found the perfect crew.
On our first rehearsal for the 'Boom' video we asked the girls to go nuts and show us what they could do...
I have a little sneak peak video for you...but I will introduce them properly soon!

Music Poster Photoshoot

Here is a photo shoot I did for music publicity stuff.
I don't know exactly what they'll be used for yet, I think posters and covers etc.
I have so many shots for you to see, I wonder which ones will get chosen?
The photographer was Jack Younger and we had a great hair and make-up artist called Layla who was lovely to work with.
I had to be careful not to pose too much like a fashion model with weird angles so the photos would be better to use for singing. It's actually much easier! haha.
Check out the photos!

Purple Shoot

This is was a shoot I did where the photographer wanted to play with lighting and get some cool shots.
I quite liked being magenta coloured for a while.

'It's Ok' music video shoot

Well I was pumped for this shoot because I got to drive in a pink 1957 Cadillac! AH!
The car came from a really nice guy called Matt who usually hires it out for weddings as an alternative to a limo.
Hair and make-up was by Lysha Marie and I got to have big lashes, liquid eyeliner flicks and a beehive! We wanted a 50's/60's vibe for it, so it reminded me a bit of 'I dream of Jeannie' (yes I watched 3 seasons of that show in a couple of weeks once...)Anyway the actual shoot was fun, we seem to get really lucky with weather because it was the only sunny day in the week! Exactly what happened with 'Electric.'
Was working with an actor which was good because we had to do a few scenes where we were fighting and making up and stuff. It was pretty funny because we didn't have anything to fight about so we were talking about dry chicken and the colour of money and ridiculous things like that. I hope no one can lip read that if it gets put in the clip haha!