New Music: "You're My Favorite" - Jason Jones - REQUEST IT NOW, LET RADIO KNOW IT'S YOUR FAVORITE!

Ok y'all, we're on a mission so listen up, we need ALL of you to help!

"You're My Favorite" is the next single that Jason Jones is hoping to release. We need to get positive feedback on this so radio will listen and pick it up. We LOVE this song, have since the first time we heard it way back when. The version that will be released would be the version off of his latest cd, but it's VERY similar to this one released on an earlier cd. Please pass the word, tell people to request it, to post it on their social media pages and let's start a firestorm!

VIDEO: "She Was" - Jason Jones

If you haven't listened to Jason Jones, you've been missing out on one of our favorite new artists. He's caught on with his single, "Ferris Wheel", which was a hit on GAC and CMT. I love this song, "She Was". Thought I'd share it. Check him out at www.jasonjonesmusic.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonesville

OK Guys! It's Time to Vote! Make Yours Count for a New Artist!

It's that time again, let's get to voting on the GAC Top Twenty Video Countdown. I know we all have our tried and true favorites, but how about voting for your favorite NEW artists and give them the chance to shine, to get the exposure they've been working so hard to get. Most of these guys can't really afford the high dollar, superstar promoters and marketing so it's up to the fans to get the word out that they like their music and want to see the videos. Let's vote for James Wesley, JT Hodges, Hunter Hayes, Jason Jones, Brantley Gilbert, etc. Give the unknowns a shot!

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Video Premiere: "Ferris Wheel" - Jason Jones

FINALLY! The new video has been released for one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite new artists, "Ferris Wheel" from Jason Jones. If you're not wanting to get stuck on a ferris wheel with this guy after seeing his great smile and sexy dimples, then woman, something's wrong with you! LOL! Guys, heck, there might be something wrong with you too! You can find Jason online at www.jasonjonesmusic.com, on Facebook and on Twitter.

Pickin' on the Patio This Thursday: Brett Eldredge, Hunter Hayes and Jason Jones

If you're in Nashville this Thursday, June 23, don't miss Pickin' on the Patio at the WMN offices located at 20 Music Square East. This show will feature Brett Eldredge, Hunter Hayes and Jason Jones. Doors open at 5:30pm for those 21 and older.

CD Review: "Jason Jones" Six Pack EP

CD: Jason Jones

Artist: Jason Jones

Label: Warner Bros. Records

I absolutely LOVE Jason Jones. What an amazing voice and a unique style. Jason puts on a hell of a live performance, one actually worth paying attention to and not just standing around exhausting your paycheck on drinking beer. He keeps his audience entertained and keeps them coming back for more.

I reviewed his "It Ain't Just Music" cd awhile back and thought it was gonna be hard to top but his latest self-titled "6 pack" EP has proven me wrong. The 6 songs on this project are perfectly suited for those who are looking for upbeat tempo songs, heart wrenching ballads, or lyrical memories of a relationship gone bad. This cd is full of emotion and each song composed from the heart of it's writers. Jason penned 3 of the 6 songs on the EP.

The first single to be released to radio is "Ferris Wheel", a song written by some of the best writers in country music - Kyle Jacobs ("More Than A Memory" Garth Brooks), Josh Kelley ("Georgia Clay"), Darrell Brown ("You'll Think of Me" Keith Urban), Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, and Rachel Thibodeau ("Good Directions" Billy Currington) just to name a few. The song was originally cut by American Idol's Michael Sarver, however in this case, original isn't always the better version. Jason puts more into the song, gives it more of a "good time" feeling and makes you wanna grab that someone special and take 'em up top on the ferris wheel and kiss their face off! Truth be damned, I'd like to take Jason up there and kiss his dimples off but that's just me. LOL! The song is just so darned catchy! Appropriately titled, one of my favorite songs is called "You're My Favorite". Jason included this fantastic song on his "It Ain't Just Music" cd and I fell in love with it then, but this updated version of it really grabs my lyric lovin' heart. The song is such a simple, yet powerful message of the depth of love. After hearing this, I sure wish I was someone's "favorite, someone's best and the reason someone's heart jumps out of their chest". If you ever get the chance to hear him do this live, bring Kleenex. I'm just sayin'. Ya know, I can easily sum this up by saying "BUY IT", the EP is great in it's entirety. With writers like these and Jason singing, you cannot go wrong!

I give this 6 pack my official seal of new artist awesomeness! 

Website: www.JasonJonesMusic.com
Twitter: @Jonesville
Facebook: facebook.com/Jonesville
Myspace: myspace.com/Jonesville

Feature Artist: Jason Jones

Introducing Jason Jones

Jason Jones is a believer. He believes life and love don’t have to be as complicated as we make them and that life is what you make it. Those philosophies are reflected in Jason’s music as well.

Born in Tallahassee and raised in Wakulla Station, Fla., Jason got his first taste of the real world at a very young age. When he was 3 years old his parents divorced. “My earliest childhood memory is of them arguing and my mom leaving,” he recalls. “She put my sisters and me in the back seat of her Camaro. I jumped out of the car and ran to my dad and hugged his leg.

“She left with the girls and I stayed with my dad,” he says. Father and son formed a close bond, even though Jason’s truck driving dad was frequently gone for days at a time. “I spent a lot of time riding with him in trucks or getting covered in grease from head-to-toe helping him fix them,” Jason remembers.

He spent summers with his mother, who had remarried and moved to Georgia.

It was his father who gave Jason his first guitar, a Christmas gift at age 13. “I wanted a big, rockin’, electric guitar, but I got a short, student, acoustic guitar,” he remembers with a laugh. “My dad didn’t think I’d stick with it.”

But what he gave up was football. “When I got that guitar, I was done,” Jason says. “I played it constantly. It was the only thing that really made sense to me. Nothing else had clicked like that before.”

At age 14 he moved to Georgia to live with his mother for a year. “I didn’t know anybody there, so all I did was play guitar,” he says. He also wrote his first song.

When he got back to Florida, Jason formed a band with some high school buddies. “We performed at talent shows and different events but we were too young to play in bars,” he recalls. While the band focused on alternative and hard rock, Jason’s passion continued to be country music. “I’d go home after our band practices and get out that old acoustic guitar,” he says.

While Jason had a passion for music and undeniable talent, he couldn’t imagine himself on the big stage. “It seemed so out of reach,” he says. But ultimately, he knew he had to try. A visit to Nashville at the invitation of a talent scout sealed the deal.

When Jason returned home he told his father he was making the move he had dreamed of. “He was really supportive,” Jason says. “He didn’t want me to have anything to do with the trucking business. It’s a hard life.”

The then 21-year-old got a job waiting tables near Music Row. “I came up with a plan and I was focused,” he says. The plan was to get his voice on some song demos, which he could then use as a calling card of sorts to get his foot in the door of Nashville’s publishing companies.

“It took a lot of cold calls and persistence, but my little plan worked,” Jason says with a satisfied smile. “Nine months after moving here I had my writing deal. It was a blessing for sure.”

A writing deal with prestigious Music Row publisher Warner/Chappell secured, Jason began looking for opportunities to perform. “I put together a CD of some of my demos and a press kit,” he says. “Every bar I saw, I dropped them off. I only got three gigs out of that, but they were gigs I ended up playing regularly.”

Word spread and eventually Jason Jones and Breakaway, as his band was known at the time, became the house band at Nashville’s famous Wildhorse Saloon.

The gigs at the Wildhorse and other clubs lead to more and more bookings as word of Jason’s solid stage show spread. The group soon hit the road where they played as many as five sets a night. “Sometimes we’d play until 4 a.m.,” Jason recalls. “Then we’d jump in my Chevy Suburban and haul the trailer with our instruments and equipment to the next gig. We’ve beat the hell out of that truck.”

The performing bug bit Jason hard early on. “If I go two or three weeks without playing, it really gets to me,” he says. “I gotta get out there and play. I’ve been playing 100 shows and writing 50 songs a year for the last six years.”

All the hard work finally paid off with a call from Warner Bros. Records. Jason’s dream was coming true.

And when it came time to start recording his first album, the label helped reconnect him with noted country producer and songwriter Brett Beavers, who had expressed interest in working with Jason years earlier.

Out of the collaboration came a shared vision for the music and a process that is as challenging as it is rewarding for Jason as a singer and a songwriter. “Brett has a clear cut vision for how he wants everything to sound and exactly what we need to do in the studio to make it happen,” Jason says of Beavers.

In putting together the record, the blue-eyed tenor looked back to his influences for inspiration; a group that includes George Strait, Garth Brooks, Shenandoah, Diamond Rio, Vince Gill and John Mellencamp. “They made incredible albums filled with great songs,” Jason says of his heroes.

Some of Nashville’s best songwriters [I think we need a few names here] contributed to the project. “I never set out to write all the songs on my album,” Jason says. “I believe in the power of great songs and I just want to have the best album I can have. Period.”

In the end, Jason is extremely happy with the results. “All the life experiences I’ve had—coming from a broken home, growing up in a small town—I wouldn’t change any of it,” he says. His hard work and life experience comes through in what he hopes is the first of many records.

Down to earth, honest, upbeat and fun are some of the words that Jason uses to describe his debut album. They are words that could be used to describe him as well. "I try to keep it pretty positive. I would love for my music to inspire people. To help them get away from the everyday hassles of life," he says. "It’s not really all that complicated: people should live their lives. Just be happy and enjoy the moment. And I hope that my music can be a part of that."

You can find Jason online:

Jason Jones Official Website

Jason Jones Official Twitter

Jason Jones Official Myspace Page

Jason Jones on iTunes

Jason Jones on Amazon.com

Bio and photo courtesy of Warner Brothers Nashville

CD Review: "It Ain't Just Music" - Jason Jones

CD: "It Ain't Just Music"

Artist: Jason Jones

Released: 2007

Label: Jason Jones Music

When I decided to buy tickets to the 2009 NC Ag Jam in Raleigh, I wasn't expecting that much in terms of entertainment since most of the names playing I had not heard of at the time. I am so glad I went against my original decision and purchased those tickets. Not only was it one of the best shows I'd seen, it included one of my favorite new artists (although unknown to me at the time), Jason Jones.

Having quite easily the sexiest dimples next to John Michael Montgomery, Jason Jones is not only easy on the eyes, he's easy on the ears. With easily listening vocals and simple melodies, Jason cuts right to the heart of a song.

I know "It Ain't Music" was released in 2007, however it's still a great cd and one that I think people should know about. Is it one that stands out above other current releases? No, however Jason Jones, as an artist, does. His natural appeal and his ability to bring a crowd to their feet with upbeat songs like "Leavin' Lonely Behind" and "Walk on Me", throw in fun "somewhere in the middle" songs like "Love Life" and then bring them right down to their knees with tender, affectionate strains of "You're My Favorite". Jason Jones was right on target when he named this cd, "It Ain't Just Music".

You can buy "It Ain't Just Music" by contacting Jason directly on Twitter - @jonesville.

Check out Jason's official website for tour dates and other information.