Hi Guys!

Below is my first Uni assignment that I had to submit. I had to condense my life into a very short digital video clip and tell a litle bit about where I've come from and how I am here. It is only a very rough edit to get a story across.

I then realised that it would be a good video to post here on my site so as people can see who I am and how the music they are listening to has come into being. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it :)

Keep Strumming,

JD
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 Hey there Everyone.

Thanks to those that have come to see my shows at Meesh's and in Broadbeach, and I hope that those of you that has purchased Diamond-A-Fied are enjoying it. Some people have observed that  it is a light departure for me from my last two albums with a little more vocals and diversity in the music. Whether for good or bad, I am happy with those changes as I definitely wanted a bit of diversity to my music.

For those that have not purchased Diamond-A-fied or Groove By Accident, for the first time a selection of songs from both albums are available on Itunes. I'm very excited about this because it gives me a chance to reach out to a worldwide audience. For anyone that wants to purchase off of Itunes here is the link.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-acoustic-flame/id499808932?i=499808936&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

In other news, I have officially started Uni and am enjoying more about music and loving learning once again. I am now working on a number of projects and collaborating with other musicians and playing a more diverse range of styles. Along with this, I have also begun my next personal project. I am going back to writing a lot of my instrumental Latin influence music and will be releasing a full album of new original music toward the end of the year. I will be posting samples of my progression as I go on here and on my facebook, so I would love people to email me any comments or ideas and tell me what they like or dislike and that way I can get some of my audience involved with the creative process as well.

So until next time, Keep Strumming,

JD

 Hello Everyone!

Just updating my site and giving people some new info on what's happening with my music.

Diamond-A-Fied has been selling really well and the feedback I have had on it has been very positive. People seem to really be enjoying it, which is a great thing as having a few songs on there with vocals was a departure from the norm for me, so I was relieved that people who had "Evolution" and "Groove By Accident" weren't dissapointed.

This brings me to some other points. A lot of people have been writing to me and asking me if my renditions of "Hotel California" "My Way" and "Sultans of Swing" are on an of my albums. The answer to this is unfortunately no as I don't have the rights to sell these songs as they are not mine. But what I have decided to do is record them and then place them on the website to download for free. I will be doing that in the coming weeks as soon as I get a chance to spend some time in the studio. So stay tuned on here and on my facebook page

www.facebook.com/jamesdiamondguitar 

and

www.facebook.com/jamesdiamondmusic

Lastly, after much deliberation, my plans on moving and playing overseas have been delayed. But in a positive way. As most of you will know, I do not read music and play by ear and feel. Most of the time I'm not really overly sure what I'm doing, it just sounds right. Well, I've decided to learn more about the music that has pretty much been my life.I have been accepted into The Queensland Conservatorium and for the next 3 years am going to study and hopefully obtain more understanding and enlightenment as to why my playing and song writing works! :)

So I'm sorry Gold Coast, you are stuck with me for another 36 months! 

In that case I hope to see you around at my shows and at Pacific Fair. Please remember that I'm at Pacific Fair almost everyday playing outside Coles where you can purchase Diamond-A-Fied 

Keep Strumming,

JD xx

 Hey Everyone.

Well, it's finally arrived! Diamond-A-Fied is released and is now on sale wherever I perform. Thanks for everyone's patience in this. It's taken me a while to get it all together, but I'm very happy with the result. I will be putting a full blurb up in the next couple of days for those who are interested to know how and why each song was written and arranged. I will also be putting up the CD for sale here too so you can purchase it online and have it mailed to you. 

Sometime early next year, Diamond-A-Fied will be available digitally on iTunes and other sites so you be able to buy the tracks seperately if you like.

For those of you wondering what I'm doing next? Well the plan is to promote the album wherever I possibly can. I am also in the midst of planning a small tour through Sydney and Melbourne perhaps early next year and having an official launch in each city.

As for recording? Well, there is no set concrete plans to release anything for a while, but as luck would have it, I have a few tracks that didn't make it onto Diamond-A-Fied, so don't be surprised if a small EP pops up sometime in the next 6 months. And I would like to think that I will try and release another compilation end of next year. 

Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed my music and I hope you all get many hours of pleasure from Diamond-A-Fied.

Keep Strumming,

JD
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Hey there everyone!

I have just started putting my songs up to buy on my "Music" page.

These will include all the tracks from my previous albums so you may now purchase them seperately so you just get the ones you want. There is also an "Unreleased" section that will have songs that I have not released on an album and will not be available besides for download. 

As my new album "Diamond-A-Fied" gets closer to release, I will be posting the tracks on here to be purchased seperately. The whole album will be available for purchase as well so you may have a hard copy of it. You will be able to buy this at any of my gigs or mail order it on this webpage. I also am in the midst of organising distribution through Itunes and MGM music, so you will be able to buy it for your Ipod or even purchase it at Sanity soon!

I hope you are all enjoying my music and thank you to all of you. You are the reason that I can do what I do. You are my purpose. Being able to evoke happy emotion in you is what motivates me to continue my work.

JD
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 Hey All!

Well this is the year. I'm finally going to release some new music and I know it's been a long time coming. 

Evolution was released in 2004 and that was the last official release album I did back when I was with Groove by Accident. Since then I've done many things, written a few songs, and even co-wrote a whole album of songs with lyrics in them! Very different for me but I think it's still "my style". I don't seem to be able to play anyone else's style, so I will just stick to mine ;)

Anyway, hope you all enjoy the new website (which is still under construction, there will be a lot of features added in the next few weeks!) and if you are liking the music, I will be posting snippets and some production notes up here regularly, so bookmark the page and pop in! Oh and say hi in the Guestbook if you get the chance....

Here's to a FANTASTIC 2011 for all of us.


Keep Strumming,

James Diamond