Don't Give up on Love (feat. Jedidiah Breeze)
Jay Roecker was born in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. One of four army siblings, he grew up in Fort Worth Texas where he spent his youth singing in church choirs, competitions and numerous musicals. After graduating from UNT in Denton, Texas, Jay pursued a career as National Manager of Artist Partnerships for the Radio Disney Network, a part of the Walt Disney Company. In this role he coordinated numerous successful concert tours nationwide, developed new talent via Radio Disney’s Incubator (Now Called NBT- Next Big Thing) and acted as artist/label liaison for the network and stations. Some artists Jay promoted included Hilary Duff, The Jonas Brothers, Jesse McCartney and Miley Cyrus. Jay Roecker formed Roecker Records to distribute the new tracks. The first single, “Bucket Full of Crazy” was released in February, 2013, followed by "You and Me" in June and "Thoughts of You" in July. Most songs for the debut album were recorded at Septien Entertainment Group, proving ground for such artists as Jessica Simpson, Ryan Cabrera, Nick Lachey, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. The latest releases including "Afterlife" released in December, 2014 are a collaboration effort with production from Cutdown Trees and Video Direction by Boy Epic. "Afterlife" is the first cover recorded by Roecker and Members Only. Jay lost his mother to breast cancer in March of 2003. After hearing Ingrid's song, he felt inspired to record a version of the track. His perspective on life took a drastic shift upon his mother's loss. The idea that we must live for today and that we are the "Afterlife" spoke volumes to Jay. In fact, his song 'All We Have is Today' speaks of this very lesson and his loss of his mother. The next single "Sunday Funday" released in February, 2015. The video for the single includes cameos by Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October, Lindsey Stirling, Rachel Reilly of CBS' Big Brother/Survivor, Krystal Summers, Courtney Kerr from Bravo's Courtney loves Dallas, DJ Leigh Ann Adam, Luke Wade from NBC's The Voice, Comedian Dixie Longate, Katy Tiz, Hilary Shepard - Divatox from Power Rangers Turbo and Boy Epic. The single/video for "Let's Run Away Forever" released on 3/19/15 featuring Christi Rodriguez. Boy Epic, Director of the videos has gained notoriety in his huge YouTube presence as an Independent Artist with much more to come. The debut album "Labor of Love" released 4/24/2015 with 14 tracks, a true culmination of Jay's life work. Jay and Jedidiah Breeze collaborated on a remake of Jay's song "Let's Runaway Forever" and had so much fun doing they penned "Don't Give Up On Love Together" in Austin, Texas. Jedidiah Breeze is an urban music power producer, artist and writer from Austin, TX. With many years of proven experience in various roles in media, Jedidiah is taking over the global industry by FORCE. He is the founder and CEO of Break Bread Music Group (BBMG), in which he also is the executive producer. Breeze has been a Stage Manager with SXSW since 2008 and is also the lead graphics designer / magazine editor for On The Real Magazine. His education and degree is in Audio Production with a certified expertise in Avid Pro Tools. In 2013, Breeze won Austin Hip-Hop Awards Song of the Year for his song "Mango," which catapulted his career and increased his brand awareness significantly. Every year since then, he has also been nominated in multiple award showcases for other categories such as "Best Male Artist," "Next Big Thing," "Graphics Designer of the Year," "Rap Song of the Year" and "Social Network Award." Late 2014, his single "IDK" peaked at #1 and held that position for several months on 88.7 KAZI FM's The Untapped Show. Jedidiah's next release in 2015, "In N Out," peaked at #3 on the same countdown, #5 on the Texas Artist Top 20 Countdown, and was recognized as an official club banger essential. He continued his success with the release of his next single, "**** My Boss," which spread throughout the country being played on radio stations and in clubs in many states including Washington DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, and many more. Once upon a time known as Yung Cutta, he produced / engineered original tracks and remixes for artists including Mariah Carey, T-Pain, Chamillionaire, Tje Austin and many more. His debut album "C.R.E.A.M" was released in march of 2008 and featured tracks such as "Regulators of the ATX," featuring a sample of Warren G's "Regulate" and also features the songs "Hey You" and "Take Yo Shirt Off." On February 12 2012, he began rebranding himself under the name Jedidiah Breeze and has since exponentially increased revenue in every aspect of his media endeavors. His support for the LGBT community and other human compassionate efforts demonstrate a real-world relatable public figure who is not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. While becoming a unique, hard to pronounce house-hold name, Jedidiah Breeze is definitely seizing the attention of many people around the world! Jedidiah now lives in Los Angeles and will be collaborating more with Jay. Stay tuned for more at jayroecker.com and jedidiahbreeze.com .

