Sean Jones attended York University and then began his singing career in Toronto, Canada with BMG Music in the Hip Hop/RnB group, In Essence that featured Sean Jones ("Smooth") and fellow Toronto singer/songwriter Dru. In 2008, Jones signed to WIDEawake Entertainment Group, in Toronto to work with producer Maurice Jones Jr. on his major label debut release, This Is Love. His first single, "This Is Love," is the title track and features Sean on guitar.
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- Sean Jones attended York University and then began his singing career in Toronto, Canada with BMG Music in the Hip Hop/RnB group, In Essence that featured Sean Jones ("Smooth") and fellow Toronto singer/songwriter Dru. In 2008, Jones signed to WIDEawake Entertainment Group, in Toronto to work with producer Maurice Jones Jr. on his major label debut release, This Is Love. His first single, "This Is Love," is the title track and features Sean on guitar. Jones' friend and producer Maurice Jones Jr. also collaborated on the album, co-writing "Highway Enough", the album's third single, and "One Good Reason". When you sit in a room with Sean Jones, within the first 30 seconds you are struck by his incredibly strong presence. It isn’t just his physical beauty. It is his utter faith in himself that his music matters. Sean and his producer Maurice Jones Jr. (not related as far as they know) have just completed a debut collection of what they call “indie soul over rock” songs in a seven song enhanced EP entitled “This is Love. ” With lush harmonies, memorable melodies, soulful and sometimes heart wrenching lyrics, with a voice so sweet it can make even the angels weep, his music lets you know Sean Jones is definitely in the building. “After my first group In Essence had its day in the sun, I went and bought some guitars and learned how to play. I started writing, writing and writing. I swear I locked myself in my room for a year just writing and recording getting everything in my heart and my head out. I didn’t think, I just wrote, and what came musically was very different from my first group. ” tells Sean. Sean officially signed with WIDEawake Entertainment Group in June 2008 and everyone hit the ground running. This is an international effort with the majority of production in Canada and additional production in the UK and USA. “I met “the Americans” Lara Lavi and producer Maurice Jones at WIDEawake's office in Toronto and they started helping me with artist development on a hand shake for over two years before we inked a deal, “ explains Sean, "we have been through a lifetime of stuff together already. " Sean’s musical pedigree reads like Canadian musical blue blood. His first group BMG male vocal quintet In Essence won a Juno award for best R&B soul recording, and that year also won the MuchMusic Video Award for best R&B video for the hit Friend of Mine. But that was anything but enough for the intensely determined Sean. “I heard this sound all through my development. We’ve coined the sound "soul over rock" because my delivery still has a strong R&B influence yet the music around it is so organic and musical; the tracks really rock with some featuring some pretty heavy guitars. Some songs are softer, many of them are radio friendly but the feel is not urban but rather a fusion of soul and R&B vocals over various shades of rock. ” explains Sean. The first video to support the release is for the title track THIS IS LOVE. The album itself will come out digitally first before going to retail in early 2009. It is currently available for download on iTunes. “Everywhere you go they say the digital world makes an even playing field for independent artists. I want a direct relationship with my fans so we can grow together. I want to send them fresh songs, and remixes and video blogs as often as I can. People who log on to my site will be richly rewarded,” assures Sean. "And of course for me it’s all about playing live as much as possible and we will load the great shows online too. " Sean is busier than ever. He is the official international spokesperson for the newly formed AKW charity which builds schools for disabled children in Kabul. Sean is also working on developing a new program for music education in Canadian schools and plans to reach out to CARAS to help make it happen. Sean continues to write and record daily as he wants to digitally feed his fans new music as often as possible. Sean is also supporting the growing movement for change in the USA by shooting a viral video of his song Wounded edited with Barack Obama’s National Democratic Convention speech, released just before this historic American election. “Watching Obama’s speech as I embark on this solo music career, it really hit me that anything is possible in my life time. I can create music that means something to people and makes them tap into their own ideas about love. I’ve truly been blessed with this opportunity; I’ve always said my purpose in life was to bring a little love to a world that desperately needs it. " In October 2008, Jones opened for Pavlov's Dog Orchestra at Tattoo Rock Parlour in Toronto. On July 26, 2005, he released his first major-label album with pop group In essence, for BMG Records. He also showcased at Opera House as a performer during Toronto Indie Music Week in September 2008. Jones will begin his tour in support of This Is Love at the Venue TBA in 2008/2009. His video for This is Love was shot in various locations around Toronto including Trinity Bellwoods Park on Queen Street West and debuted on MuchMusic in November 2008. Sean currently lives in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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