Getting to know me!

So as I was reading my older posts, I realized I have never really fully introduced myself. So I am going to do that now.

Ready.... Set.... Go!

My full name is Jasmyne Alyse Malachowski. I am 17 years old. I live in Tenessee, a state that has earned a spot in my list of favorite places in the world! My two greatest passions are Singing (and everything that goes along with that including performing, recording, songwriting, etc.) and dancing! Most people don't know that I really love to dance! When I went to school in Utah I was on the Dance Company, the Ballroom Company, and the Hip Hop company. When I have those days that things are looking down because of anger or sadness, I do one of two things. I write a song and spill my heart out on a peice of paper, or I let it flow through my body and dance it out. I love to choreograph peices as well. I also love photography. I've always been amazed at the different things someone can do with a camera that can make something simple look so elaborate and beautiful.
I love Christmas!!!!! I love how evrything that is dark at night is lit up. I love hot chocolate and sitting by the fire, I love the decorations, I love the Christmas Tree and decorating it with my family, I love carols, and most of all I love the energy Christmas brings. Everyone seems to be smiling and giving and I love being apart of it.
I love birds. I love to watch them fly and I love listening to a sentimental song as a flock of them cover the sky and fly over. I absolutely LOVE the rain and lightning storms! Everytime is like a first. In fact the last time there was a lightning storm I was sitting at a window watching it for hours and one of my brothers said "Geeze Jasmyne it's almost as if you've never seen a storm before." :) I love walking on the beach towards the sunset and sinking my toes in the wet sand. I love bright and colorful things!! This is one of the reasons I love Disney movies. I love random things, laughing, and being hyper at 3 in the morning with my best friends. You can always make me happy with surprises. I love dancing on the side of highways under the moonlight. I love the fall and all the colors that come with it. When I moved to Utah I fell in love with the first snow of the season and how the sky was always bright as day. And then in the morning when you woke up there was a crisp feeling in the air and a clean blanket that sparkled in the sun. I also fell in love with a boy and I'm still in love with him to this day even more than when it started. I love it when a song builds and then all of a sudden is acapela! I listen to that one part over and over.
I believe in Fairytales, happy endings, love at first sight and magic!I believe everyone deserves a chance to feel what it's like to have someone be truly in love with them, the real them, and I will forever write happy little teenage love songs. I believe that growing up doesn't mean you have to stop being a little kid. You can always have fun, you can always dream, and you can always look forward to different adventures no matter how old you get. I also believe that anyone can fulfill any dream of theirs. I believe everyone is good at something and everyone can be happy.
I love my family! My mom is my best friend, my dad is my laughing buddy (and my body guard ha ha), and my three little brothers are my partners in crime. I love hanging out with them and telling inside jokes all day and listening to their stories about school and adventures at the grocery store or Wendy's. And most of all I love that I can always count on them. All six of us make a huge brick wall that faces a world of challenges but can withstand anything because we always build each other up. Together we fall but together we rise stronger than ever!
So there you have it :0 me in a blog sized nut shell :) Thank you for reading! It means a lot that you want to get to know me :) TTFN
~Jasmyne Alyse

Fearless...

I was watching the Fearless music video by Taylor Swift and that's exactly why I want to do what I am doing. The video was just like a slideshow of her Fearless tour. She had made friends with everyone involved in her show and had made an influence on many if not all of the people in the audience. The shows were fun and entertaing not only for the audience but for her too. That's what I want. That is my dream. I want to be on stage and put on an amazing show and hopefully make a difference in someones life.

The First Day of the Rest of My Life

Wow it's been a busy month and a half, I guess that's how long it's been, but now it's time for some catch up. To start out for those who don't know I did not end up auditioning for American Idol. Instead I met Micheal Blanton. He is an artist production manager (for artist such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Sixpense None the Richer, etc.) We were already planning to meet with him before we went to Nashville but we weren't sure anything was going to come of it. We met him for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen in Green Hills Tennessee. We talked and talked for hours at California Pizza Kitchen, met Keith Thomas and I played for him, drove around, took a break at Starbucks (Yum ha ha), and met his wife at his house. And somewhere in the middle of this dream of a day we decided to work with Michael, move to Nashville, and jump into the beginnings of my musical career. Isn't it great! I know it took awhile for me to believe as well, I still feel like I just floated through that day. After all this, to celebrate my mom and I went back to the hotel, called some friends and family members and crashed. Fulfilling your dreams can be very VERY exhausting ha ha. It probably had a lot to do with all the jumping, screaming, laughing, and crying we did :)
Well after an amazing weekend with Mr. Blanton (we met a few more times) we went back to Oklahoma sat around for a week being bored, packed for another week, and FINALLY headed to Nashville with no house awaiting us and a moving truck full of what used to be our house. But God was helping us out and instead of a few weeks of searching for houses, it took my parents a day. Yes you read it right one single day. We moved into our beautiful new HOME (the next day might I add) in Thompson Station Tennessee. It is beautiful and the people are over the top nice, but in a good way. I love it here and will definitely be here for awhile :) If not my whole life. Now it's time to jump into my music and, for now, take it one day at a time even though I am so excited I can barely hold it all in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha I am going to try to update the blog once a week but forgive me if I don't because it may mean I have nothing exciting to tell you. I might just take the boring things I did that week and spice it up :) Unless it's too boring :)Thank you all for your support!!!!

American Idol!

Last week we were in Wagoner Oklahoma for the big Luau at Canebrake Resort. I'm not going to lie I was really nervous for this show. It was a very high class resort and when we went in for the tour and saw the restaurant part of the resort where I would be performing, my jaw dropped. It was the nicest restaurant I had ever seen! Thankfully a luau isn't very fancy so once I got there my nerves toned it down a bit. Another reason I was nervous was because I had to learn 8 new songs in 2 days. Yikes! ha ha It is really nerve racking to perform songs that you do not know very well. Well the performance ended up being really great. I got a lot of compliments and the food was FANTASTIC. But after 2 hours in the muggy humid Oklahoma weather you can probably imagine I was exhausted! I was so sticky! In one of my videos you can see my hair stick to my forhead :) he he
With my cd almost complete, I am switching my focus for a bit from my cd and performances to something a little bigger. On July 17 I will be in Nashvillle Tennessee waiting in line to audition for American Idol! ha ha that's right all you out there who suggested I try out, well, we're listening :) Thank you. It's creeping up on me quickly and I practice every day. I have decided to sing Killing Me Softly and a song of my own :) It's very exciting and I can't wait to stand in front of those judges. Wish me luck!
You can watch some of my performance at the Canebrake at the following links: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVghKmn-Q-I and www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzaG9nnwvJg

Have a little faith!

We were feeling a little discouraged yesterday since Oklahoma City doesn't have very many venues except bars. Well, last night I was googling massage therapist jobs and I came across a very nice resort near Tulsa, OK. As I continued to look at there website, I noticed that they have a restaurant where they have weekly live music. I looked at the schedule and they were booked until September. Regardless,I decided to send them an email and attach some of Jasmyne's music. Today I received an email from the owner that he had been trying to find a ukelele act for a big Luau that they are having next week. It is an upscale place so the plates are $50 each and there will be @ 100 attendants. He had been on our website and noticed we were traveling so he offered a free week stay at the resort (they have a nice rv park) and he is going to comp our whole family for the Luau. Then I went to tell Jasmyne about it and she had just finished writing a song about opening her heart and making room for opportunity. Praise God!! It is a good day.

Tracee

The magic is the music...

Today was an amazing day!!! It was worth going on this trip just for the experiences we had today. We went to a music store around 10 A.M. to look for a PA system or an amp or something to amplify my voice and ukelele and me and my brothers were playing with all of the instruments. Me and Jordan were having a drum off and having a great time. After we bought all of our new "toys" we were talking in the car and my parents and I had a great idea. Why not let my little brothers join me in all my fun! So we went back to the campground and practiced (with a little swimming break) and got ready to go to this place called the plaza in downtown Santa Fe where I had played two days ago. We drove down to the plaza and all of the people we met two nights ago were there plus more. It was about to rain but we set up and played anyways. Jordan on the Djembe, Ethan on the shakers and me with my Ukelele and my voice. (Brennan had blisters on his fingers so he was the tech man and he handed out cards and he was amazing) we played and about 100 people came and then left and then more people came and so on. It was awesome!
The best part of the night was all the people we got to meet. Two of the people that stuck out the most was Daniel "Dano" and Paige. They are amazing people. They both have great hearts and a great energy. Dano is a musician and he plays the drums. He was teaching Jordan some things and Jordan really likes him. Paige stayed until the end and she was so sweet. She was talking to my mom and they got along really well. Both her and Dano gave me great advice to follow my heart and not to let the pressure get to me. The night was all about music. Music can help people and reach people in ways that just words can't. In the words of Dano "the magic is the music and the music is the magic" Watch my performance in "The Plaza" :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthz17mdkKE

Here Goes Nothing...

So here we go..... It's been a really long few days. After packing (which took alot longer than we thought it would) we said goodbye to all of our friends and family which was one of the hardest things I've ever done and is definitely the hardest thing on this trip. It was almost like a movie because it was raining outside ha ha. We left at 7:30 on June 2nd and we got free sausage biscuits at Carls Jr.!!!!! ha ha I was pretty excited. We had our first problem when we left. The scooter that was on the back of our trailer was so heavy that it made the trailer fishtail. We stopped in Moab and sold it for $100. We were pretty desperate to sell it. But on the bright side we're still alive and still headed to Nashville!!!!!!!!! So here goes nothin' :)
p.s. our first videos of the trip can be watched at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMCTLU3TR3Q! Thanx for your support!

Wow, time is flying. We leave two weeks from today. Our house is empty. We have our last yard sale Saturday to sell what is left. I can't wait to be on the road to start our adventure. I am so grateful for all the support we have received. Thank you!!!

My family and I are currently planning a summer tour. We will travel to over 20 cities as we make our way to Nashville and back. See my tour schedule page at JasmyneAlyse.com for a list of some of the cities we plan to visit. During this trip I plan on performing my music at various locations as a way to get my music recognized. We are in the process of selling almost everything we own as a way to fund the trip. My CD's are almost complete and will be for sale at my shows and on the website. I am excited for our adventure and look forward to seeing what the future may bring. Follow the blog for updates of our trip.