In Dec 2011 Danielle Blakey took on the gigantic task of releasing a single to Australian Radio. She was up against the December holidays, (lots of people in the music industry radio ect were going on a break) the Christmas music rush, (a time when all the major label artists release their albums for the Christmas sales period.) and the simple fact that she was practically an unknown artist competing directly with every other major pop act in the world.  But the enormity of the task ahead didn’t dim her spirits it made her want it even more! Armed with Twitter and Facebook Danielle set out to make an impact, and making an impact she is!After winning the New Artist To Radio competition Danielle set out on a campaign to be heard. With the help of her growing fan-base (that is you) FEARLESS jumped into the itunes charts teasing and encouraging the efforts. In the first week at radio FEARLESS was one of the most added songs on Australian radio. Danielle appeared on National Television “The Morning Show” (Channel 7) for a beautiful TV debut performance and was called in for interviews for local print media outlets and radio stations as interest across the country grew.

Monday the 6th of Feb Danielle posted on her facebook that Fearless had broken into the top 20 on the Australian Top Twenty Countdown. A radio program distributed by the Today Network! The Today network is a network of contemporary Hit Radio stations run by Southern Cross Austereo that include 2DayFM Sydney, FoxFM Melbourne, B105 Brisbane, SAFM Adelaide, 92.9 Perth, NXFM Newcastle, 104.7 Canberra, SEA90.9 Gold Coast and SEA 100.9 Hobart. Fearless is currently at number 13!

This story started on a regular morning in music city when friends got together over coffee to write a song. Little did any of them know that this song would end up on all of the major radio stations in Australia and launch the career of an amazing independent artist. FEARLESS was written by Danielle, Lindsay Rimes, Phil Barton and yours truly on one of Danielle’s writing trips. It’s an amazing feeling to finish a song like this one, there was definitely a creative energy and magic in the room. Fearless on the surface is about being able to fully open up to a new relationship, while on a deeper level its about human venerability and how sometimes we try to protect our emotional-selves with barriers and veils that attempt to hide what we really need or how we truly feel. The song was produced by Lindsay Rimes, arguably one of the greatest music producers on this planet today and was brought to life by Danielle’s beautiful performance and amazing vocal ability. Lindsay has numerous production credits to his name including writing and producing Australian Idol Shannon Noll’s latest record for Universal Records but you can only truly experience Lindsay’s brilliance by hearing it for yourself.

Danielle Blakey and FEARLESS is a real life success story and I wanted to tell it from my perspective so you can see what a huge effect YOU as a listener have on us as artists. One of the most exciting parts to this story is that YOU helped take FEARLESS into the TOP 20 on the Australian Radio charts and to the Austereo network, which is a HUGE feat! Thank you for downloading the single from itunes, requesting Fearless on Radio and for sharing links on facebook/twitter.

SO is there anything more I can do, I hear you ask?

Yes! Go now to your itunes and buy FEARLESS as a gift for 5 of your friends. Request FEARLESS on your favourite radio station, post this article on your facebook page and tell everyone of how YOU helped take an unknown song and artist to the lofty heights of the Australian music charts and in doing so made a positive difference in the world that will potentially effect thousands.

Take a leaf out of Danielle’s book and do something in your own life that you feel might be impossible. It pays to be FEARLESS!