Jason Reeves (songwriter)
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Jason Reeves is an ASCAP award-winning, American singer-songwriter
and musician. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa
before locating to California in 2005, where he began a long-standing working relationship with producer Mikal Blue and singer Colbie Caillat
. He co-wrote many songs with Caillat, most notably the songs "Bubbly
", "Realize
" and "I Never Told You
". "Bubbly" has been Reeves most successful work to date, hitting #1 on the Billboard
Adult Contemporary charts, #5 on the Hot 100
and being certified
Platinum
(along with "Realize") by the RIAA.
Reeves works as a solo artist and also as a co-writer with other artists, including Australian artist Lenka
, with whom he wrote the "The Show
". He self-released four albums and an EP before he signed to major label Warner Bros. Records
in 2008 with the help of Kara DioGuardi
and released an album and an EP with the label. He again self-released an album in 2011 with The Lovesick
. His work has led to being named one of the Top Indie Singer-Songwriters by iTunes
in 2007 and a No. 1 Folk Artist by Myspace
.
and relocated to Iowa City, Iowa when he was around 3 years old with his father, a worker at Maytag
/Whirlpool, and his mother, a food stylist/ice skating teacher. When Reeves was five years old his mother started him on piano lessons, lessons that he continued for five years before quitting. After the piano, he began to take drum lessons for a few years, before eventually settling on the guitar at 17 and teaching himself how to play. Around this time he began listening to artists such as Bob Dylan
, Led Zeppelin
and James Taylor
, which he'd later cite as personal influences.
In school Reeves was involved with various choir
s and vocal groups, even touring Europe with the Midwest Honor Choir in 2002. During this time he also performed in a band with friends and recorded his own full-length album with a local community music program.
but quickly dropped out due to a lack of interest. He continued on with music, playing at local venues and bars. For the next two years he continued to play around Iowa City and self-released two albums with a local producer, Ken Heaton. These two albums, Makeshift Aircraft (2003) and Nervous Mind of Love (2004), were sold at his shows as well as on independent, online music seller cdbaby.com
.
Around late 2004/early 2005 he was contacted by California producer Mikal Blue who was interested in working together. Blue became aware of Reeves through his own manager, Anna Rambeau, who herself became aware of Reeves through cdbaby.com. Blue offered to have Reeves come out to his California studio, Revolver, to record some tracks together. Reeves accepted and flew out to Los Angeles, California, with the intention of recording and coming back to Iowa.
. Caillat and Reeves formed a quick friendship and Caillat's family invited Reeves to stay with them during his recordings with Blue. This eventually became Reeve's home as he decided to stay in California and not return to Iowa.
Caillat and Reeves began a working partnership, hanging out and co-writing many songs together and playing local venues. Caillat also introduced Reeves to the social networking site Myspace
, using the site to release music they wrote. After the release of the Blue-produced EP Hearts Are Magnets
in 2006, Caillat and Reeves kept composing and posting songs to Myspace.
in 2007. The Mikal Blue-produced album featured 10 song co-written with Reeves. The lead single from the album, the Reeve's co-write "Bubbly
", was a commercial success, reaching up to the top 5 on the Billboard charts. The song "Realize
", which featured vocals by Reeves, also performed well on the charts. Reeves and Caillat would eventually win three ASCAP awards for these two songs.
Reeves continued to work on his own music as well, and in 2007 self-released the album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (And Other Frightening Tales...)
, which was again produced by Mikal Blue. The album had modest success on iTunes
, debuting at #2 on the folk charts and went to being named one of the top indie albums of the year on iTunes. He also had popularity as an artist on Myspace, being named the site's #1 unsigned folk artist for nine months.
. Kara DioGuardi
became aware of Jason Reeves after the release of his album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache and listened to the CD during a long car trip in Maine. As the vice president of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, she contacted Reeves and brought him to then-president Tom Whalley who signed Reeves to the label. DioGuardi and Reeves would end up working together on music, most notably co-writing the song "Terrified" which they would perform together on YouTube
and Lopez Tonight
. The song was later covered by Didi Benami
on the ninth season of American Idol
and Katherine McPhee for her sophomore album Unbroken
and featured vocals from Reeves.
Now signed to major label, Reeves' recently completed album, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache, was re-released under the Warner Bros. Records label in 2008 with four remixed tracks. Songs from that and previous albums would also be featured on TV shows such as Army Wives
and One Tree Hill
around this time. Reeves also began touring nationally to support The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache with musician Tyrone Wells
and others.
Reeves began work on an EP and also doing co-writing sessions with Colbie Caillat for her second album, Breakthrough, as well as writing sessions with other artists. He did more frequent bouts of touring, including a May 2009 Vespa
-sponsored "green tour" with Brendan James
and Amber Rubarth
during which they toured the California Coast on Vespa scooters while focusing on environmental friendliness. Near the end of 2009, Reeve's EP Patience for the Waiting was released by Warner Bros. Records.
, with producer Adam Smith in Nashville, in early 2010 but the album was put on hold during the transition at Warner. Bros Records when CEO Tom Whalley stepped down in September 2010. The album featured collaborations with Kara DiaGuardi and Colbie Caillat. Warner Bros. Records would eventually release a track from the album, "Helium Hearts", as a single in July 2010. Months passed and Reeves was dropped from Warner Bros. Records following the aftermath of Tom Whalley leaving, but was allowed to keep his master tapes. He self-released the album The Lovesick in August 2011, a whole year after the initial single was released and nearly four years since his last full-length album.
Reeves also continues to work as a co-writer, writing songs for such artists as Lenka
, Angel Taylor
, Demi Lovato
, The JaneDear Girls
and the Japanese group Kimaguren. The song "The Show
" that Reeves co-wrote with artist Lenka did well, being used in advertisements for Old Navy
and Ugly Betty
. "The Show" was also featured in the films Moneyball
and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Just 3 months after the release of The Lovesick
Reeves will release a brandnew EP called Caged Birds Set Free. The seven EP tracks ("Rescue", "How Many Hearts", "Wishing Weed" feat. Colbie Caillat) stand rooted in a raw organic folk separate from The Lovesick
s dreamy electronics, proving to be the perfect next step, as well as a return to signature form for the singer-songwriter. With the help of longtime collaborator and producer Mikal Blue, Reeves taps into honest emotion via heartfelt lyrics, hypnotic acoustic guitars and piano. The independently released EP will be digital only and available for purchase through all major digital retailers, including iTunes and Amazon, November 15th.
, Reeves currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee
.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and musician. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa...
before locating to California in 2005, where he began a long-standing working relationship with producer Mikal Blue and singer Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat
Colbie Marie Caillat is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her...
. He co-wrote many songs with Caillat, most notably the songs "Bubbly
Bubbly
"Bubbly" is a song by American recording artist Colbie Caillat from her debut album, Coco . Written by Caillat and Jason Reeves and produced by Mikal Blue, the song was released as the album's lead single in May 2007...
", "Realize
Realize (song)
"Realize" is the second single from American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat's debut album, Coco . The song is the follow-up to her worldwide debut hit "Bubbly", and was officially released in January 2008, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming her second Top 20 hit in the...
" and "I Never Told You
I Never Told You
"I Never Told You" is a song by the American pop singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat from her second album Breakthrough. The song was released on February 16, 2010 in the United States as the second single....
". "Bubbly" has been Reeves most successful work to date, hitting #1 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Adult Contemporary charts, #5 on the Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and being certified
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
Platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
(along with "Realize") by the RIAA.
Reeves works as a solo artist and also as a co-writer with other artists, including Australian artist Lenka
Lenka
Lenka is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.- Demographics :As of 2001, Lenka had 202 inhabitants of whom 129 were Hungarians and 72 Slovakians.-External links:...
, with whom he wrote the "The Show
The Show (Lenka song)
"The Show" is the debut single by Australian singer/songwriter Lenka that was released in December 2008 - June 2009. The song is featured on her eponymous debut album Lenka, released in 2008. The single was successful in Vietnam, where it peaked as #1 in Radio Vietnam...
". He self-released four albums and an EP before he signed to major label Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
in 2008 with the help of Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...
and released an album and an EP with the label. He again self-released an album in 2011 with The Lovesick
The Lovesick
The Lovesick is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves, self-released August 16, 2011 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States...
. His work has led to being named one of the Top Indie Singer-Songwriters by iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
in 2007 and a No. 1 Folk Artist by Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
.
Early life
Jason Reeves was born on July 1, 1984 in Arlington, TexasArlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
and relocated to Iowa City, Iowa when he was around 3 years old with his father, a worker at Maytag
Maytag
Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company, headquartered in Newton, Iowa, that is a division of the Whirlpool Corporation.-Company history:...
/Whirlpool, and his mother, a food stylist/ice skating teacher. When Reeves was five years old his mother started him on piano lessons, lessons that he continued for five years before quitting. After the piano, he began to take drum lessons for a few years, before eventually settling on the guitar at 17 and teaching himself how to play. Around this time he began listening to artists such as Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and James Taylor
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
, which he'd later cite as personal influences.
In school Reeves was involved with various choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
s and vocal groups, even touring Europe with the Midwest Honor Choir in 2002. During this time he also performed in a band with friends and recorded his own full-length album with a local community music program.
Early career in Iowa
Reeves began to get into musical recording at the end of high school, with his first CD being a self-produced album with a run of about 200 copies. After graduating high school, he went on to attend college at the nearby University of IowaUniversity of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
but quickly dropped out due to a lack of interest. He continued on with music, playing at local venues and bars. For the next two years he continued to play around Iowa City and self-released two albums with a local producer, Ken Heaton. These two albums, Makeshift Aircraft (2003) and Nervous Mind of Love (2004), were sold at his shows as well as on independent, online music seller cdbaby.com
CD Baby
CD Baby is an online music store specializing in the sale of CDs and digital music downloads from independent musicians to consumers. The company is also a digital aggregator of independent music recordings, distributing content to several online digital music retailers.CD Baby has achieved recent...
.
Around late 2004/early 2005 he was contacted by California producer Mikal Blue who was interested in working together. Blue became aware of Reeves through his own manager, Anna Rambeau, who herself became aware of Reeves through cdbaby.com. Blue offered to have Reeves come out to his California studio, Revolver, to record some tracks together. Reeves accepted and flew out to Los Angeles, California, with the intention of recording and coming back to Iowa.
Mikal Blue and Colbie Caillat
Reeves arrived in California around February 2005 and met with Blue to begin recording songs. Shortly after arriving, Blue introduced Reeves to a young female singer he was working with, Colbie CaillatColbie Caillat
Colbie Marie Caillat is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her...
. Caillat and Reeves formed a quick friendship and Caillat's family invited Reeves to stay with them during his recordings with Blue. This eventually became Reeve's home as he decided to stay in California and not return to Iowa.
Caillat and Reeves began a working partnership, hanging out and co-writing many songs together and playing local venues. Caillat also introduced Reeves to the social networking site Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
, using the site to release music they wrote. After the release of the Blue-produced EP Hearts Are Magnets
Hearts Are Magnets
Hearts Are Magnets is the first EP of singer/songwriter Jason Reeves and his first published work with producer Mikal Blue. It was self-released in the US on February 14, 2006.-History:...
in 2006, Caillat and Reeves kept composing and posting songs to Myspace.
Coco and The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache
Caillat was gaining traction and attention with her music on Myspace, leading her to be declared the No. 1 unsigned artist on the site. This attention and the popularity of the Myspace-hosted song "Bubbly" lead to a record deal for Caillat with Universal Republic Records. Using the material that Caillat had worked on with Reeves, Caillat released her debut album CocoCoco (album)
Coco is the debut album by Colbie Caillat. The album was released on July 17, 2007 in the United States, debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 and selling 51,000 copies in the first week. The album was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA with shipments to U.S. retailers of 2,000,000 units...
in 2007. The Mikal Blue-produced album featured 10 song co-written with Reeves. The lead single from the album, the Reeve's co-write "Bubbly
Bubbly
"Bubbly" is a song by American recording artist Colbie Caillat from her debut album, Coco . Written by Caillat and Jason Reeves and produced by Mikal Blue, the song was released as the album's lead single in May 2007...
", was a commercial success, reaching up to the top 5 on the Billboard charts. The song "Realize
Realize (song)
"Realize" is the second single from American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat's debut album, Coco . The song is the follow-up to her worldwide debut hit "Bubbly", and was officially released in January 2008, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming her second Top 20 hit in the...
", which featured vocals by Reeves, also performed well on the charts. Reeves and Caillat would eventually win three ASCAP awards for these two songs.
Reeves continued to work on his own music as well, and in 2007 self-released the album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (And Other Frightening Tales...)
The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache
The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves. The album was self-released in 2007 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States and later was re-released under Warner Bros. Records on July 31, 2008...
, which was again produced by Mikal Blue. The album had modest success on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, debuting at #2 on the folk charts and went to being named one of the top indie albums of the year on iTunes. He also had popularity as an artist on Myspace, being named the site's #1 unsigned folk artist for nine months.
Kara DioGuardi and Warner Bros. Records
In 2007/2008, Reeves was playing many shows around Los Angeles and had residencies at places like the Hotel CaféHotel Café
The Hotel Café is a live music venue located off an alley on the Cahuenga Boulevard strip in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that has become known for helping to establish the careers of new singer-songwriters in the 2000s...
. Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...
became aware of Jason Reeves after the release of his album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache and listened to the CD during a long car trip in Maine. As the vice president of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, she contacted Reeves and brought him to then-president Tom Whalley who signed Reeves to the label. DioGuardi and Reeves would end up working together on music, most notably co-writing the song "Terrified" which they would perform together on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and Lopez Tonight
Lopez Tonight
Lopez Tonight was an American late-night television talk show hosted by comedian George Lopez. The hour-long program premiered on November 9, 2009, on cable network TBS. Lopez was the first Mexican American to host a late-night talk show on an English-language network in the United States. The...
. The song was later covered by Didi Benami
Didi Benami
Vered "Didi" Benami is an American singer/songwriter from Knoxville, Tennessee, who was the tenth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
on the ninth season of American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
and Katherine McPhee for her sophomore album Unbroken
Unbroken
Unbroken was a Hardcore punk band from San Diego, California. They were influential in the Southern California hardcore scene during the mid-to-late 1990s. The band chose the name Unbroken because they wanted to emphasize their dedication to the straight edge philosophy of drug abstinence...
and featured vocals from Reeves.
Now signed to major label, Reeves' recently completed album, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache, was re-released under the Warner Bros. Records label in 2008 with four remixed tracks. Songs from that and previous albums would also be featured on TV shows such as Army Wives
Army Wives
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007...
and One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill may refer to:* "One Tree Hill" , a song by rock band U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand* One Tree Hill , an American television drama originally aired on the WB/CW network, named after the U2 song...
around this time. Reeves also began touring nationally to support The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache with musician Tyrone Wells
Tyrone Wells
Tyrone Wells is a singer/songwriter in the folk-pop genre from Spokane, Washington. His songs have been featured in television shows Tyrone Wells is a singer/songwriter in the folk-pop genre from Spokane, Washington. His songs have been featured in television shows Tyrone Wells is a...
and others.
Reeves began work on an EP and also doing co-writing sessions with Colbie Caillat for her second album, Breakthrough, as well as writing sessions with other artists. He did more frequent bouts of touring, including a May 2009 Vespa
Vespa
Vespa is an Italian brand of scooter manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian.The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A...
-sponsored "green tour" with Brendan James
Brendan James
Brendan James is an American singer-songwriter originally from Derry, New Hampshire, who started in New York City but is currently residing in California...
and Amber Rubarth
Amber Rubarth
Amber Rubarth is an American Singer-Songwriter who has independently released 4 albums and 2 EPs. Her newest album "A Common Case of Disappearing," produced by Jacquire King, was released October 4, 2011 and hit #13 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter charts...
during which they toured the California Coast on Vespa scooters while focusing on environmental friendliness. Near the end of 2009, Reeve's EP Patience for the Waiting was released by Warner Bros. Records.
The Lovesick and Caged Birds Set Free
Reeves had completed material for a new album, The LovesickThe Lovesick
The Lovesick is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves, self-released August 16, 2011 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States...
, with producer Adam Smith in Nashville, in early 2010 but the album was put on hold during the transition at Warner. Bros Records when CEO Tom Whalley stepped down in September 2010. The album featured collaborations with Kara DiaGuardi and Colbie Caillat. Warner Bros. Records would eventually release a track from the album, "Helium Hearts", as a single in July 2010. Months passed and Reeves was dropped from Warner Bros. Records following the aftermath of Tom Whalley leaving, but was allowed to keep his master tapes. He self-released the album The Lovesick in August 2011, a whole year after the initial single was released and nearly four years since his last full-length album.
Reeves also continues to work as a co-writer, writing songs for such artists as Lenka
Lenka
Lenka is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.- Demographics :As of 2001, Lenka had 202 inhabitants of whom 129 were Hungarians and 72 Slovakians.-External links:...
, Angel Taylor
Angel Taylor
Angel Taylor is a pop singer-songwriter based out of the Los Angeles area.Angel Taylor's debut album, entitled Love Travels was released on iTunes on March 31, 2009 through Aware/Columbia Records. An EP titled "Love Travels EP" was released on iTunes in February 2009 prior to the release of...
, Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato
"She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...
, The JaneDear Girls
The JaneDear Girls
The JaneDear Girls is an American country duo, consisting of Susie Brown from Alpine, Utah, and Danelle Leverett from Amarillo, Texas. The duo has signed with Warner Music Group Nashville's Reprise label and released its debut single, "Wildflower." This song has charted on Hot Country Songs...
and the Japanese group Kimaguren. The song "The Show
The Show (Lenka song)
"The Show" is the debut single by Australian singer/songwriter Lenka that was released in December 2008 - June 2009. The song is featured on her eponymous debut album Lenka, released in 2008. The single was successful in Vietnam, where it peaked as #1 in Radio Vietnam...
" that Reeves co-wrote with artist Lenka did well, being used in advertisements for Old Navy
Old Navy
Old Navy is an American clothing brand as well as a chain of stores owned by Gap, Inc., with corporate operations in San Francisco and San Bruno, California. It is one of the first major corporations to house headquarters in the new Mission Bay district of San Francisco.Gap, Inc. was run by...
and Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
. "The Show" was also featured in the films Moneyball
Moneyball (film)
Moneyball is a 2011 biographical sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on Michael Lewis' 2003 book of the same name, an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane's attempts to...
and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers...
Just 3 months after the release of The Lovesick
The Lovesick
The Lovesick is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves, self-released August 16, 2011 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States...
Reeves will release a brandnew EP called Caged Birds Set Free. The seven EP tracks ("Rescue", "How Many Hearts", "Wishing Weed" feat. Colbie Caillat) stand rooted in a raw organic folk separate from The Lovesick
The Lovesick
The Lovesick is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves, self-released August 16, 2011 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States...
s dreamy electronics, proving to be the perfect next step, as well as a return to signature form for the singer-songwriter. With the help of longtime collaborator and producer Mikal Blue, Reeves taps into honest emotion via heartfelt lyrics, hypnotic acoustic guitars and piano. The independently released EP will be digital only and available for purchase through all major digital retailers, including iTunes and Amazon, November 15th.
Personal life
Reeves is mainly interested in the arts and besides music is into writing, photography and illustration. He has done the artwork for his own albums and is passionate about taking photos. After years of living in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Reeves currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
Albums
- Makeshift Aircraft (2003)
- The Nervous Mind of Love (2004)
- Hearts Are MagnetsHearts Are MagnetsHearts Are Magnets is the first EP of singer/songwriter Jason Reeves and his first published work with producer Mikal Blue. It was self-released in the US on February 14, 2006.-History:...
(EP) (2006) - The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (And Other Frightening Tales...)The Magnificent Adventures of HeartacheThe Magnificent Adventures of Heartache is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves. The album was self-released in 2007 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States and later was re-released under Warner Bros. Records on July 31, 2008...
(2007)
- The album was re-released by Warner Bros. Records in 2008 with four remixed tracks - Patience For The Waiting (Special Edition Acoustic EP) (2009)
- The LovesickThe LovesickThe Lovesick is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Jason Reeves, self-released August 16, 2011 on the label abeautifularmyoftrees in the United States...
(August 2011) - Caged Birds Set Free (EP) (November 15, 2011)
Co-writing Credits
| Song | Artist | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| "Oxygen" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "The Little Things The Little Things "The Little Things" is the third single from Colbie Caillat's 2007 debut album, Coco. It is a pop/folk-pop/acoustic song written by Colbie Caillat and Jason Reeves. The single did not chart well in the U.S. and it was her weakest charting single from her album Coco. In 2008 she recorded French... " |
Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "One Fine Wire" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Bubbly Bubbly "Bubbly" is a song by American recording artist Colbie Caillat from her debut album, Coco . Written by Caillat and Jason Reeves and produced by Mikal Blue, the song was released as the album's lead single in May 2007... " |
Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Feelings Show" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Midnight Bottle" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Realize Realize (song) "Realize" is the second single from American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat's debut album, Coco . The song is the follow-up to her worldwide debut hit "Bubbly", and was officially released in January 2008, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming her second Top 20 hit in the... " |
Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Mikal Blue |
| "Tailor Made" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Magic" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Tied Down" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "I Won't" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Makana Rowan |
| "Being Again" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Kara DioGuardi |
| "Rainbow" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Droplets f/ Jason Reeves" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "I Never Told You I Never Told You "I Never Told You" is a song by the American pop singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat from her second album Breakthrough. The song was released on February 16, 2010 in the United States as the second single.... " |
Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Kara DioGuardi |
| "Fearless" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Kara DioGuardi/Mikal Blue |
| "It Stops Today" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "Breakin' At The Cracks" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "What I Wanted To Say" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Kara DioGuardi/Mikal Blue |
| "Out Of My Mind" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Tim Fagan |
| "All Of You" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Justin Young |
| "What If What If (Colbie Caillat song) "What If is a song recorded by American recording artist Colbie Caillat. It was written by Caillat, Rick Nowels and Jason Reeves, and produced by John Shanks... " |
Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Rick Knowles/Jason Reeves |
| "Like Yesterday" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves/Justin Young Justin (singer) Justin Kawika Young is a singer/songwriter popular on the contemporary Hawaiian music scene.Justin is currently touring with singer/songwriter Colbie Caillat, as lead guitarist and backup singer.- Music career :... |
| "All Of You" | Colbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat/Jason Reeves |
| "The Show The Show (Lenka song) "The Show" is the debut single by Australian singer/songwriter Lenka that was released in December 2008 - June 2009. The song is featured on her eponymous debut album Lenka, released in 2008. The single was successful in Vietnam, where it peaked as #1 in Radio Vietnam... " |
Lenka Lenka Lenka is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.- Demographics :As of 2001, Lenka had 202 inhabitants of whom 129 were Hungarians and 72 Slovakians.-External links:... |
Lenka Kripac/Jason Reeves |
| "Terrified Unbroken (Katharine McPhee album) Unbroken is the second album from American Idol season five runner-up Katharine McPhee. The album was released on January 5, 2010 by Verve Forecast Records, her first album on the label. It debuted at #27 on the Billboard 200, selling 15,000 copies in its first week... " |
Katherine McPhee | Kara DioGuardi/Jason Reeves |
| "Like You Do" | Angel Taylor Angel Taylor Angel Taylor is a pop singer-songwriter based out of the Los Angeles area.Angel Taylor's debut album, entitled Love Travels was released on iTunes on March 31, 2009 through Aware/Columbia Records. An EP titled "Love Travels EP" was released on iTunes in February 2009 prior to the release of... |
Angel Taylor/Jason Reeves/Mikal Blue |
| "The Middle Don't Forget Don't Forget is the debut studio album by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. The album was released on September 23, 2008 by Hollywood Records. Lovato co-wrote most of the songs with American boy band Jonas Brothers, who also co-produced several songs with John Fields... " |
Demi Lovato Demi Lovato "She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals... |
Kara DioGuardi/Jason Reeves/John Fields |
| "Give Me One Reason f/ Jason Reeves" | Tyrone Wells Tyrone Wells Tyrone Wells is a singer/songwriter in the folk-pop genre from Spokane, Washington. His songs have been featured in television shows Tyrone Wells is a singer/songwriter in the folk-pop genre from Spokane, Washington. His songs have been featured in television shows Tyrone Wells is a... |
Tyrone Wells/Jason Reeves |
| "Free Ride The JaneDear Girls (album) The JaneDear Girls is the self-titled debut album by American country duo The JaneDear Girls. It was released on February 1, 2011 via Reprise Nashville. The lead-off single, "Wildflower," was a Top 20 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The album's second single "Shotgun Girl"... " |
The JaneDear Girls The JaneDear Girls The JaneDear Girls is an American country duo, consisting of Susie Brown from Alpine, Utah, and Danelle Leverett from Amarillo, Texas. The duo has signed with Warner Music Group Nashville's Reprise label and released its debut single, "Wildflower." This song has charted on Hot Country Songs... |
Danelle Leverett/Jordan Lawhead/Jason Reeves |
| "City Starts To Bloom" | Amber Rubarth Amber Rubarth Amber Rubarth is an American Singer-Songwriter who has independently released 4 albums and 2 EPs. Her newest album "A Common Case of Disappearing," produced by Jacquire King, was released October 4, 2011 and hit #13 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter charts... |
Amber Rubarth/Jason Reeves |
| "Flicker" | Rosi Golan | Rosi Golan/Boots Ottestad/Jason Reeves |