Just ‘Cause: See the Trailer to UPLOADED: The Asian American Movement

In July of last year, we shared with you a documentary that was in the works called Uploaded: The Asian American Movement. Now, all these months later, the film is complete and ready for it’s premiere at the Los Angeles Pan Asian Pacific Film Festival. You can now view the trailer, which gives us a look at all the interviews and the overlying focus of this film – a movement that is near and dear to our hearts at a-Tunes. Check out all the additional information after the break, and if you’re in LA, don’t miss the premiere on May 16th!

Why? Just ‘Cause.

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Mitchell Grey Debuts Album – ‘On the Stellar Way’

New York based Pop-Rock outfit, Mitchell Grey, have released a brand new album called On the Stellar Way. It seems that anyone who is anyone in the indie rock scene aims to have their records produced by Jesse Barrera and that’s exactly what this group has done. If you want to check out the 12 track album, you can stream over Soundcloud and then proceed to pick up digital versions via Amazon & iTunes, or procure a physical copy via their BigCartel store.

Purchase: Amazon, iTunes, Big Cartel (Physical CD)

Jeremy Passion Releases Debut LP – For More Than a Feeling – and the Pixelated EP

Jeremy Passion has (finally) released his debut album, For More Than a Feeling, along with the concept EP, Pixelated. The former is his first full length body of work, totaling 11 tracks including a re-tooled version of his claim to fame, “Lemonade”. The latter is a collection of songs focused on the concept of long distance relationships; something JP has a great deal of experience with. Both releases are now available via Amazon & iTunes. Don’t miss out!

For More Than a Feeling:

Pixelated:

Jesse Barrera’s ‘You’ll Feel Alive’ EP Now Available

September 23rd is here. This date marks the first day of Fall for the year as well as the release of JB‘s latest 5 track EP – You’ll Feel Alive. He’s given previews of all the songs in one form or another, which you can review by clicking on the song names in the tracklist below. The lone guest vocalist is none other than Melissa Polinar. Enjoy!

Purchase: iTunes, Online Store

1. You’ll Feel Alive
2. Anything To Make This Last
3. I’ll Stay Up
4. I Never Said That It Was Easy Ft. Melissa Polinar
5. That’s You

Hear the Album Version of Jesse Barrera’s “Anything to Make This Last”

We are officially only a few days away from the release of Jesse Barrera’s EP – You’ll Feel Alive. JB is keeping interest high by steadily leaking the album versions of the tracks on Youtube with the latest being his song “Anything to Make This Last”. You should know what to expect from Jesse by now; a good balance of Pop and Rock wrapped in a catchy package – this song continues that streak.

Don’t Miss the AMP Music Festival in San Diego – 9/17

So the East Coast, mid-Atlantic folks such as myself have Kollaboration DC to look forward to this weekend but you SoCal folks near the Pacific definitely won’t be in want either. San Diego will be the home to a mega concert festival where the San Diego Asian Music Festival will see it’s official launch including a gigantic line-up of artists. The billing includes Jesse Barrera, Jennifer Chung, Dawen, Feats in Inches, Sam Kang, Abraham Lim, Jane Lui, Nylon Pink, Shin-B, The Slants, Toestah, Lindsey Yung and so much more. So if you’re anywhere near “America’s Finest City”, I suggest you make plans to stop by Market Creek Plaza for an entire day of awesome music entertainment. Check after the break or the AMP Music Festival website for more information.

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Jesse Barrera Previews “That’s You” Off Upcoming EP

Looking for that new new from Jesse Barrera? Well his upcoming EP, You’ll Feel Alive, isn’t due out for another couple weeks (9-23) but you can hear a peek at one of the tracks off the album – “That’s You”. Don’t forget that the EP is available for pre-order already! You can find the lyrics to this acoustic ballad after the break.

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Jesse Barrera Opens Pre-Sale for ‘You’ll Feel Alive’; Shares “I Never Said That It Was Easy” ft Melissa Polinar

The date is set, the distribution arranged, the playlist finalized… now all you have to do is pick up the upcoming EP You’ll Feel Alive by Jesse Barrera when it drops come September 23rd. If you’d like to go ahead and get a jump start on the latter step, you can place a pre-order now for hte 5 song EP at his bigcartel store. Otherwise, feel free to mark your calenders for the end of September where you can pick it up both on BigCartel & iTunes.

We’ve already heard the title song from the EP, but if you want to hear just a little more, JB has posted up “I Never Said That It Was Easy” featuring his frequent collaborator, Melissa Polinar. I think you’ll find they still make a formidable team. Lyrics can be found after the break.

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Witness Nessa Rica “Saving the World”

Here we go, the official single from Nessa Rica is finally available and it’s called “Saving the World”. But it’s not going to stop here because she has a full EP on the way entitled Journey and like this single it will be produced by one of the hardest working men in music, Jesse Barrera. You can listen to the single and purchase it for an easy buck via the widget below or wait till July 31st where it will also be available on iTunes.

Lyrics and youtube stream available after the break!

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Jesse Barrera Reveals a “Magic” AJ Rafael Remix

As the producer for AJ Rafael‘s debut album Red Roses, Jesse Barrera has a lot of vocals and music at his disposal. So for fun he took one of his favorites from the album – “Emma Watson” – and turned it into a pop dance track he’s rechristened “Magic”. It’s a totally different sound from the original but you know what? I kinda dig it. What do you guys think?