"HOLD ON"... IT'S MORE THAN WORTH IT!
When I first heard Jess Delgado's voice in a YouTube video posted by AJ Rafael, I was blown away by her soothingly smooth, breathy, pop/jazz tone and I fell in love with her voice immediately!
Since we already had a session scheduled with Decca Label artist Nikki Yanofsky in May, I decided to invite Jess and her band to come down from Boston and record the second half of the day with us.
So, Jess, A.J, Julien and Kazumi took the bus from Boston to New York to come and meet us at our studio on the lower East Side of Manhattan. Upon arrival, we all immediately knew that this was going to be a great session. Seeing such young, devoted, talented and fun yet professional musicians come together to perform their own original material that most people have not had the chance to be exposed to, gets me and my team every time.
Although, Jess and her band are still in the beginning stages of their careers, I could instantly feel that this group of musicians had come together with the goal to combine all their individual talents to create something much bigger than each one of them alone. I felt a very strong connection amongst each member of the group so it was to no surprise to hear that all of their songs were written collaboratively.
As you might remember, we released Jess Delgado's cover video of John Mayer's "Why Georgia" earlier this year via RAWsession's YouTube channel and all this time, we couldn't stop thinking how the best is yet to come. We are so proud to release Jess' original song "Hold On" as the level of musicianship and songwriting is impeccable. Listen to the emotionally loaded lyrics of this song and don't feel bad if you might drop a tear...
Thank you Jess, A.J., Julien and Kazumi!
Musical Arrangement: Jess Delgado (lead vocals), A.J (acoustic bass), Julien (percussion & ukulele), Kazumi (guitar & background vox)
Boston, Jess Delgado, John Mayer, Nikki Yanofsky, VEVO, Why Georgia, YouTube