Dave Bak (of Saving Thomas) Releases Solo Album – ‘Voices’

Who knew that when we first heard the song “Reaching Out” over a year ago that it would be the beginning of a solo album by Saving Thomas frontman, Dave Bak? Well, that’s the path that he’s taken, dropping Voices today with the help of a number of guest artists including Decipher, Jason Min, Manifest, Lyricks, Andrew Ha, Sam Ock & Sarah So. There are a dozen songs on here by the singer/rapper, and is available via Bandcamp. For a little additional context behind the lead single “Reaching Out” and the album as a whole, check out the video clip after the break.

1.Reaching out feat. Decipher and Jason Min
2.Winter Storm feat. Sarah So
3.Paralyzed
4.Compromise feat. Manifest and Lyricks
5.Voices (Interlude)
6.Voices
7.This Time I’ll Stay
8.Gratitude
9.David’s Cry feat. Sarah So
10.Is Anyone Out There? feat. Andrew Ha
11.Go feat. Sam Ock
12.The Facebook Song

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The Massive Remix MV Youtube Round-Up – 2/16/12

This could be our biggest round-up yet. We’ve got more music videos of covers and remixes for you, so no one-take-sessions or studio sessions here. These are those Youtube videos where the audio and video were done at different times, requiring that much more work to bring you just a few minutes of entertainment a piece. So if you’ve got some time to kill, go through this playlist of 14 (yes, FOURTEEN) MVs across various genres. Which ones are your favorites?

Yongie Phresh x Andrew Ha Remix “Lotus Flower Bomb” by Wale x Miguel

Krystle Cruz x Alex DeGuzman Cover “Marvin’s Room” by Drake

Demo of D-League Remixes “Scared Money” by N.O.R.E.

Paul Kim Covers “Princess of China” by Coldplay x Rihanna

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The In-Studio Covers Round-Up – 2/6/12

I call this the In-Studio Covers Round-Up because I had one criteria as the unifying theme. If I saw a mic in the video, I classified it as in-studio and threw it in this batch. Simple enough right? Nevermind if it was actually used for the recording, or if it’s just a prop, or whatever else. A few new faces sprinkled with some Youtube cover artist veterans. 10 videos in total. Have fun!

Jessica HO Covers “Empire State of Mind” by Alicia Keys

JRA Covers “Doing It Wrong” by Drake

Sam Tsui Covers “Domino” by Jessie J

Emmalyn Estrada Covers “Love on Top” by Beyonce

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The Frank Ocean Covers Round-Up – 2/3/12

Frank Ocean has been a rather popular artist to cover recently, so we threw together a quick round-up of covers by Jeremy Passion, Maribelle Anes, Erin Kim, Verseatile, New Heights, Andy Ha, and Jae Jin. There are two songs here, “Thinking About You” and “We All Try”, and some chose to switch things up while others played it by the book – singing over the official instrumental. Enjoy your Friday!

Jeremy Passion Covers “Thinking About You” & “J.O.B.”

Maribelle Anes Remixes “Thinking About You”

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The Freshmen: Andy Ha – Would It Matter ft Decipher

It’s been a few weeks since our last Freshmen feature, where we feature artists who haven’t quite developed a following yet, and are still working on establishing themselves and making their official debut. Remember it’s important that you the readers vote either thumbs up or thumbs down on these posts because this will help us decide which of these artists can graduate from The Freshmen and be a part of the regular rotation of a-Tunes Music News.

So it was great timing that an artist by the name of Andy Ha decided to drop his first single called “Would It Matter” featuring none other than Decipher (this guy seems to enjoying lending his flow to new talent). This seems to be another case where talent runs in the family as Andy is the brother to body beat boxing extraordinaire, James Ha. This track is a mid-tempo R&B joint completely written, produced, and engineered by Andy. Production values are pretty sharp, and featuring De was a good look as it helped switch up the pace and offer some variety. It’s a farily promising start, let’s see where Andy can take it from here.

But of course, it’s your opinion that matters the most. What do you think? Thumbs up or down? Has Andy earned a spot on the a-Tunes news feed?

PS – we’re looking for some fresh, new female talent to feature too! If you think you got what it takes, or know of someone who does, drop us a line! info [at] a-Tunes.net!