As the 17-year-old CEO of his own touring, merchandising and record label Double U Records, Jacob – raised modestly by a single mom in the smoky mountains outside of Knoxville, TN – is breaking virtually every music industry rule in taking a road less traveled. Jacob’s unprecedented independent success has been accomplished with literally no marketing money spent, no radio campaigns to date, and simply relies on his genuine dialogue with his millions of devoted social followers around the globe.
In what some are acknowledging as a blueprint for other music industry contrarians, Jacob maintains full control of his career and is proving how musicians can establish a career for themselves by using the available democratic and free media platforms. Wired Magazinerecognizes Jacob as an innovator changing the world and promoting disruptive thinking and radical ideas, and has invited him to speak at their annual flagship event “Wired2015” in London this October. More information here: http://bit.ly/1zDgGfc
Beginning July 7th, Jacob will join R5 for their two-month North American summer Amphitheater tour that will see Jacob play prestigious venues like The Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Tour dates below. Jacob began 2015 by touring with Fifth Harmony and recently finished sold out headline tours of Europe and the US.
An undeniably talented songwriter and performer, Jacob has caught the ears of SiriusXM’s Coffee House who is playing Jacob alongside artists such as Ray LaMontagne, Hozier and Vance Joy. Jacob recently recorded a Coffee House Live! session in Nashville. Stay tuned for the airdate.
Showing their commitment, MTV will spotlight Jacob as one of their 2015 Artists To Watch this August and will roll out exclusive content for the remainder of 2015. In addition, Starbucks is currently playing Jacob’s music in all of their North American stores and Jacob has been spotlighted by Vevo, AdWeek, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Yahoo and Billboard to name a few.
Jacob recently stopped by VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live to perform fan favorite “Not My Type At All.” Check it out here: http://on.vh1.com/
Double U Records recently partnered with BMG who will handle global label operations alongside Jacob’s management Manncom Creative.
A Piece Of Me is available for purchase on iTunes – smarturl.it/APieceOfMe
Connect with Jacob Whitesides:
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www.youtube.com/user/
Tour Dates (more to be announced):
July 7th Thrasher-Horne Center For The Arts Orange Park, FL
July 8th Mizner Park Amphitheater Boca Raton, FL
July 10th Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Alpharetta, GA
July 11th Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Raleigh, NC
July 12th Wolf Trap
July 14th Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino Mashantucket, CT
July 16th Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook Gilford, NH
July 17th House of Blues Boston
July 18th Mercer County Park Festival Grounds West Windsor Township
July 20th Stage AE – Outdoors
July 21st Fraze Pavilion
July 22nd Freedom Hill Amphitheatre Sterling Heights, MI
July 24th Riverside Theater
July 25th The Family Arena
July 26th Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland Kansas City, MO
July 28th U.S. Cellular Coliseum
July 29th Iroquois Amphitheater
July 30th The Woods at Fontanel
August 1st Frontier City Starlight Amphitheatre Oklahoma City, OK
August 2nd Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX
August 4th Bayou Music Center
August 5th Whitewater Amphitheatre New Braunfels, TX
August 7th Pikes Peak Center
August 8th Elitch Gardens Theme Park
August 11th Maverik Center
August 12th Morrison Center for the Performing Arts Boise, ID
August 14th Marymoor Park
August 15th Cuthbert Amphitheatre
August 18th City National Civic
August 20th Henderson Pavilion
August 22nd Mesa Amphitheatre
August 23rd The Greek Theatre
September 3rd The Mann
September 5th The Paramount
