Late Night Telephone - Music

There's Something Undeniably Sincere About The Way Jason Waters Sings To You. Whether He’s Crooning A Tenderhearted Ballad Or Belting Out A Rock Song His Goal Always Remains The Same Make You Feel The Music. And Not Just Feel In The Way Of Wanting To Get Up And Groove But To Touch Upon Something Deeper And More Genuine In The Heart Of His Listener. Waters Brings Forth A Contemporary Folk-Rock So...Und That Represents A Blend Of British Rock The Beatles Coldplay And American Folk Bob Dylan Tom Petty Johnny Cash Ray LaMontagne Influences. Heart-Felt And Emotionally Driven His Music Seeks To Speak To The Dreamers And Lovers In All Of Us. The Initial Driving Force That Led Waters To Seriously Pursue A Path In Music Was British Rock Group Coldplay. Captivated By The Album A Rush Of Blood To The Head And Relating Personally To Some Of Their More Emotional Songs Waters Began Dreaming Of Becoming A Rock Star Himself. Waters First Songs Were Heavily Inspired By Coldplay's Meditative Alternative-Rock Sound And The Romantic Lyrics Of Front Man Chris Martin Of Whom Waters Modeled His Animated Onstage Performance. And It Was The Song “Clocks” By Coldplay That Compelled Waters To Teach Himself Piano At The Age Of 13. He Started Songwriting In 2005 Which Then Prompted Him To Release His First Solo Demo The Jason Waters Experience Not Publicly Released . His Songs Were Praised By Good Times N.Y. Magazine As Seeming “much Deeper Than The 'story Song' Style Of Modern Songwriting.” The Publication Described His Songs As Revealing “a Genuinely Romantic Heart A Rarity To Reveal In Music These Days.” Waters Expanded His Song Themes To Include Hope And Optimism After Being Inspired To Learn Acoustic Guitar By His Younger Brother Jared A Talented Musician In His Own Right. His Songs “Strong” And “Hold On” Speak Of Waters’s Admiration For His Brother's Inner Strength After Having To Endure Chemotherapy At The Age Of Nine Due To A Brain Tumor Related To Neurofibermitosis NF . Developing His Songwriting Even Further A New Sound Has Emerged From Waters In The Past Several Years Stemming From A Shift In Musical Influences From Modern British Rock To Classic American Singer Songwriters Like Bob Dylan Tom Petty And Contemporary Ray LaMontagne. This Resulted In The Release Of His Debut Melodic Folk-Rock EP See This Through Which Was Heavily Inspired By A Trip Waters Took After Graduating College In 2010. He Set Out For The West Coast For What He Calls A “soul-Searching Journey” Visiting The Pacific Northwest For The First Time And Revisiting His Favorite Places In California. Inspired To Write More Songs Waters Wrote The Entire EP While Out On The West Coast. Upon Returning To New York Waters Immediately Hit The Studio Teaming Up With A Foray Of Talented Musicians Including His Long-Time Producer Jim Sabella Marcy's Playground Nine Days And Mike Mulieri The Upwelling At Sabella Studios. Waters Also Had The Opportunity To Team Up With Renowned Drummer Steve Holley Who Has Played With Rock Legends Such As Paul McCartney Elton John Robert Plant Ian Hunter. The First Three Songs Recorded “Darkness Of The Day ” “Honeylips ” And “Wben I See This Through” Were A Tribute To Waters's Newly Found American Singer-Songwriter Inspirations And Speak To The Folksy And Introspective Mood He Acquired From His Time On The West Coast. While “Darkness Of The Day” Is Reminiscent Of A Haunting Johnny Cash Songs Like “Ready To Fly”and “Late Night Telephone” Represent A More Mature Uplifting Sound. He Worked With Sabella And Mulieri To Transform Those Two Songs From Acoustic Low-Tempo To Electrified High-Energy Rock N' Roll. Complete With Rock N’ Roll Power Chords And Grooving Bass Lines Topped With Waters’s Surprisingly Raunchy But Still Sentimental Vocals These Sounds Merge Together Taking The EP To New Heights. See This Through Is More Than A Personal Album About A Young Man Chasing After His Dreams And Aspirations No Matter How Impossible They Seem. It Seeks To Reach Out To Others Who Feel Trapped By Demanding Social Expectations And Mundane Convenience And Makes A Call To Keep Your Dreams And Passions Alive. “I Want To Promote This Idea Of Optimism And Faith That Everything Will Be Okay ” Says Waters. read less