Jason Thomas Mraz

He studied at the University of Longwood for a short time and then a short passage by American Drama Academy (to study Musical Theater) in New York, moving to San Diego. Their first musical project was "A Jason Mraz Demonstration," in 1999, recorded independently and contains 8 tracks of their own making. After this came another 4 EPs. Only in 2002, Mraz signed by Elektra Records, returning to Virginia to work with producer John Alagar on your album launch, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which was certified platinum in July 2004 and reach the # 2 of Billboard's Chart. Their first single, "The Remedy (I Will not Worry)," was co-written by music production team The Matrix (who has written songs from Avril Lavigne to Korn, via Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera). Also in 2004 the singer released a CD / DVD of the concert recorded a year earlier, in Milwaukee in the American state of Wisconsin. The album, titled the "Tonight, not again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom," was among the 50 best albums of the Billboard 200. In June and July 2005, Mraz opened shows all of Alanis Morissette during her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour. In 2005 he released his 2nd of some documents, Mr. AZ, for Atlantic Records, which would be # 55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. In December, the album also received a nomination for a Grammy for Best Engineered Album Non-Classical, while its producer was nominated for Producer of the Year Mraz began his tour for the album "Mr. AZ "on September 12 in San Diego Music Awards. That tour was the collaboration of various artists as Bushwalla and Tristan Prettyman, that Mraz was co-written the duet "Shy That Way" in 2002 and "All I Want For Christmas is Us". Mraz and Prettyman walked, ending the relationship in 2006. In November 2005, Mraz opened some of the Rolling Stones concerts in his world tour. Also in 2005, Mraz was one of several singers (and also included artists such as: Tristan Prettyman, Joss Stone, Keith Urban, Alanis Morissette and Michelle Williams) to appear in Gap's ad entitled "Favorites." In December 2005, Mraz launches the first part of your podcast. In March 2006, Mraz can for the first time a "sold out" (exhausted concert) with Touch (one of his best friends, and for percussion and voices of support in the band), as part of the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore. In May 2006, Mraz makes a tour by the U.S. acting for music festivals mainly in the U.S. and some shows in Ireland and the UK. In December 2006 was launched Selections for Friends, an album of live performances available on the net, recorded during the Songs for Friends Tour. Jason Mraz in 2007 began developing their new single "The Beauty in Ugly," - a remake of his old single "Plain Jane" that he rewrote for the program Feia Betty (Ugly Betty in the original). In 2007, the competitor of American Idol Chris Richardson sings "Geek in the Pink", thus gaining the knowledge and interest the media and increasing the number of downloads on iTunes. In 2008, more precisely A13 May 2008, Jason launches another album "We sing. We dance. We steal things," whose name is a quote from David Shrigley (which caught the attention of Mraz in a trip to Scotland) and with the participation of Colbie Caillat (bubbly; Realize) the song "Lucky" and James Morrisson (You Give Me Something) on track "Details in the Fabric." The curious thing about this book is that it was first released in three parts as EP "We Sing." "We dance." and "We steal things.", each containing four songs. Through singles like "I'm yours," the Grammy winner in the category of Music of the Year, "Make it Mine" and "Lucky," the voice of the singer and overcome barriers Mraz won more fans with the softness, romanticism and joy of their work.