AJ Trio!
John Shaird ~ Keys/Soul/Funk/Stank! Dave Swendsen ~ Bass and killer dance moves.
Other guests I've been lucky to play with who equal the AJ Band are:
Jeff Garrido ~ Acoustic & Electric guitars, pedals and smiles:) Tom Griesgraber ~ Bass & Chapman Stick, Bill Jones and Kenny Eng ~ Electric Guitar, Joel Mendoza, Brian Snyder and Ed Wiley ~ Percussion, Jared Gianquinto ~ Bass, Johnny C. ~ Violin & Organ, Alfred Ray ~ Keys.
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From hip-hop dancer, choreographer, private dance instructor, music videos and Super Bowl performances, Alyssa Jacey assumed the dance industry would be her career. However after 20 years of hip-hop, ballet, jazz and more, Alyssa went from dancer to singer literally overnight. "One day I just made the decision to pursue music. I spent my whole life dancing but there was always something missing; Kareoke night changed all that and my life has never been the same." Jacey stopped dancing almost entirely, spent her days and nights writing, recording and teaching herself acoustic guitar while simultaneously attending (now graduated from) Cal State San Marcos in her hometown, San Diego. Now here it is almost 2010, 5 years down the road, over 300 shows, nearly 200 original songs, released 3 (soon to be 4) records and a couple more instruments later, Jacey is as solid about her decision to switch careers as the day she made it. "The second I made the choice to put music first, I knew it was the right one. I had that, 'When you know, you know,' type of mentality, and I just knew. There's not a moment that goes by that I regret moving on from dance and even though I miss it, I don't look back. Perhaps in the future I may incorporate the two but for now, it's all about moving forward, growing, learning and enjoying all the wonderful elements that music has to offer!"
Alyssa, who books all her shows, manages, promotes and markets her career said, "2009 will be my most successful year yet!" and with most of her 75 "Music Resolutions/Goals" already accomplished, Jacey feels right on track with where she needs to be. One of her goals was to open for bigger name acts and she did just that; Bushwalla (friend/roommate of Jason Mraz), Scott Russo (of Unwritten Law) Paula Cole, Meiko, Jack Tempchin and Matt Hires and was requested to open for Ingrid Michealson by the SD House of Blues. She recently got back from her first solo, acoustic tour to the north and south east where she opened for Grant Garland in Memphis and Parachute in Nashville. Another goal was to win competitions and ended up as a finalist in the Toyota/Myspace Records competition as well as the winner of the 2nd Annual San Diego Your Song competition put on by San Diego Magazine and Sophie 103.7fm! She auditioned, was accepted and sang the National Anthem live in front of 15,000 people at a Padres home game in April! Most importantly, she has been wanting to put out a new record by her birthday (12/28) and just wrapped recording her first full-length album, titled "Here's To Change," at Studio West this October! It features fan favorites such as her hit single, “Fall Out of Love,” which will be released on iTunes November 10th, as well as the title track, "Here's To Change," and others like "Someone Like You" and "Feel Like This." Although the album release won't be until early 2010, you can pre-order "Here's To Change" on the Music/Shop page starting October 13th! If you'd like to donate to her career, and help make her CD release one to remember, please, click this yellow donate button! --->
all donations go towards expenses for her CD release!
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LATEST NEWS SECTION: This is where I will be adding the LATEST news and updates happening in my career! You can rely on this being the most currently updated section of the bio because great things are always happening that I can't wait to share with you!
JULY-AUGUST NEWS:
1) AJ band opened for Paula Cole at the Coach House 7/26!
2) AJ band opened for Ryan Star and Angel Taylor at the SD House of Blues 7/30!
3) I opened for Meiko 8/13 on the KPRI Private Concert Cruise!
4) I opened for Matt Hires 8/18 on the KPRI Private Concert Cruise!
5) AJ Trio opened for Jack Tempchin 8/19 for KPRI's Green Flash Concert Series!
6) I began booking shows for my first solo acoustic tour this Fall! Calling it my ROCKtober Tour from 10/13-11/6!
7) WON THE SAN DIEGO YOUR SONG COMPETITION! Co-writer Matt Commerce & we'll be in San Diego Magazine October and November, on Sophie 103.7fm and recording with Traa from P.O.D. because we won this competition 8/28!
8) Started working part time for 102.1 KPRI as their newest DJ! Follow me on www.twitter.com/alyssajacey to find out when my shows air!
9) Was asked to open for Ingrid Michaelson on 10/3 at the House of Blues, SD!
10) Was asked to perform at the 8th Annual AJ's Kids Crane event with Star 94.1!
For January-June news, visit http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12775603&blogId=507432148
Influences
Jewel, Colbie Caillat, Sarah McLachlan, Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles, Meiko, Serena Ryder, Amy Lee, KT Tunstall, Ernie Halter, Sister Hazel, Garth Brooks, Gregory Page, Eminem...
Yo what's Good? Alyssa Jacey is on iTunes! Had to Slide back to ya Spot 2 See how -U- keep ya house & hears some love Grown Folks Style Hope U Liked Our Vibe's & Music That we give...
Read the entire Dictionary today, and yesturday, shit every day for the past month, and I might do it again today...Im really glad now I invested so much time, energy, and money into taking Speed Reading Courses! Intelligence is the Great Cosmic Leveler, and The Master Of Language is The Master of Universes, because Words Create UniverzeZ you dig! 3000+ books of every and all subjects reside in My Mind, and I Love it! Now you know why I always feel Powerful!
Da Lion of Judah Prinze Royal Elite Da Kingz N Da Building Yez!
Hi, Thanks for accepting my friends request. I just wanted to let you know that my songs are available at CD BABY. Just click this link. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/BARBARALYNNDORAN
You can also check out my page to see what stations you can request my single at.
I am so proud of u woman! And happy that all my friends are turning out to be rockstars!! Hope your tour is freaking amazing and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!!!! I'm getting in the studio to record with Daniel Hendrick this week and taking a guitar lesson. "Gemineyes" must be laid down!
Just stopping by to say hi. I hope you're having a great weekend. It's a rainy fall Northeast day. Great for working in the studio. Have a great day. Cheers. Ray
Hope you can make it to one of the shows on the tour!!! :-)
Nov. 8 Lestats- San Diego (9:00) Nov. 12 House of Blues - Las Vegas (7:00) Nov. 13 Black Tangerine – Reno (9:00) Nov. 14 House Party - San Jose (2:00) Nov. 14 Brainwash Café – San Francisco (10:00)
Alyssa Jacey is ON TOUR NOW!, How's it going? I just wanted to let you know that my debut "Like I'm Beautiful" is now available on iTunes, on sale for only $5.94 this week!
Hope you have an amazing day! Be blessed, Kelly Murray
hey woman!! i hope u r having an AMAZING tour :) my thoughts are with u! want to hear all about it when u get back! just let me open for u sometime....
Just poppin in to say hi. Hope You're having a great day. I put a new song I just wrote on my profile. It's called " You said goodbye " I would love to know what you think of it. Stop by anytime and say hi. Have a great weekend and take care. Ray
Hi Alyssa, Just stopped by to say hello and let you know we've been checking out your tracks... WOW! Such amazing tracks - we reposted your link! -Enjoy your travels. We are on the East coast for the moment around Ashville, NC. We are hoping to make it to one of your upcoming shows! Keep up the great work! -Best, Latchkeyweb. The key to Underground Music!
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Hi Alyssa, Thank you so much for the add and friendship. It's great to have you as a friend on myspace. Hope you're having a wonderful week. Please feel free to stop by anytime and say hi. I would love to hear from you. And please check out my songs, if you get a chance. I would love to know what you think of them. Thanks again. Take care and cheers. Ray Smith Project.
Just saying hi and thanks for the add! Stay tuned... New album and music coming out soon! Also "My Friends" members before the release will get some FREE pre-release mp3's of my songs!! - ttyl joe valenta http://joevalenta.com
