Melbourne Christian band Fahrenheit 43 have followed up the success of their debut EP release by winning the public vote section of commercial radio station Nova’s ‘I’m With The Band’ competition.
Fahrenheit 43’s guitarist, Gemma May explains, “Nova Fm’s ‘I Am With The Band’ Competition is a competition that gives up and coming bands a shot at winning some much needed exposure, and a bit of cash too. We were up against over 300 other Victorian bands, and when the polls closed we had 32% of the total votes, giving us the win! We had to simply submit one of our songs & our band profile online at Novafm.com.au. When voting opened we really pushed the competition hard on our Myspace and even started a special voting group on Facebook, which grew to over 150 members over the course of the competition! Once we sent the message out to our friends and fans, it really just snowballed from there! We were really surprised by how dedicated our supporters were to voting for us – we even had some fans staying up til 1am every night voting for us! We won the opportunity to play alongside promoters choice and fellow Victorian, Kieran Cristopherson, at the Nova Fm ‘I Am With The Band’ Live in Melbourne event Wednesday 24th March at the Espy’s infamous Gershwin Room. We also won $2000 cash. The exposure we’ve received online at Nova’s site, as well as at the live show where we got to play to people who’d never heard of us before, and probably never would have if it weren’t for this comp, well, its just been invaluable – we realise how lucky we are and we’re so grateful to everyone who voted for us.
2010 has been a breakout year for Fahrenheit 43 with their debut EP receiving great reviews by critics. “Releasing the EP has definitely generated a lot of interest in the band,” says Gemma. “Itunes has definitely been invaluable in getting our music out to the fans, especially since, of late, we have grown quite a strong following in North America and Asia. We are releasing our debut album later this year so that’s our priority at the moment, and its definitely what we’ll be putting the $2000 prize money towards!”