JCPM has announced the signing of CLARA C, Jennifer Chung, and Feats in Inches (FNI) to its management company. They believe that these 3 artists/groups each bring a different aspect of music to the table and that combined they create a powerhouse of music.

JCPM is a management company focused solely on supporting the artists. Backed by a conglomerate of businesses and individuals JCPM is fortunate to have resources at its disposal that many others do not have. JCPM’s goal is to help take over the business aspect of each artist’s career freeing up the artist to focus solely on the artistic side of the music.

Each artist will be managed by Jonathan Chang. “I can promise you that everyone is going to see some exciting stuff from each of our artists. 2011 is going to be the foundation for each of these artists. We have been working closely with Clara for some time now so the natural progression of her signing with us went very smoothly. The Feats in Inches guys we heard once live at the Dakota Lounge and we offered them a management contract the next day. That is how good they are. And for Jennifer, I think everyone knows Jennifer as the youtube singer, but this year everyone is going to see
Jennifer as the singer/songwriter. Both Jennifer and FNI will release their debut studio album/EP in 2011.”

Common, Simple, Beautiful by Jennifer Chung

About Jennifer Chung
Jennifer Chung is one of the pioneers of Youtube music. Being one of the first people to ever to post videos of herself singing, she created a world wide fan base within 2 years of starting. Now with over 30 million views online and over 120,000 subscribers Jennifer has become known as a force to be reckoned with not only in the online music community but within the music industry itself. Jennifer can best be described as a soulful resonating voice that has allowed media such as MTV to recognize her as the next big act. Currently graduated from college, Jennifer has begun songwriting and preparing for her debut album to be released in 2011.

No Use Pretending by Feats in Inches

About Feats in Inches (FNI)
Feats in Inches is a new up and coming indie rock/alternative band. FNI is comprised of 5 friends, Ben (lead singer/electric guitarist), Daniel (bass), Charles (keyboard), Jimmy (electric guitar), and Stephen (drums). Having played at venues such as the Dakota Lounge, Whiskey a Go Go, and Key Club the FNI band carries a great respect for the Los Angeles music scene. FNI has also performed at the prestigious 2010 Sunset Strip Music Festival where artists such as the Smashing Pumpkins, Travis McCoy and other great artists performed at. FNI will be releasing their debut studio EP in 2011.

Offbeat by Clara C

About CLARA C
Having been a closet musician most of her life, Clara has only recently revealed her talent to the world. In a short period of time, she has won prestigious competitions such as Kollaboration 10, ISA 09: Los Angeles and the KAC Media Creative Juice Night. Clara has just begun to capture the hearts and minds of the music community worldwide. Her quirky charm, creative ideas, unlimited instrumental and vocal talent has allowed people to see Clara as the next big singer/songwriter. Clara’s music can best be described as a synergy of folk/pop/rock sound that when blended together creates a unique experience. She has performed at renowned venues such as The White House Dept. of Education, Hollywood Bowl, Shrine Auditorium and more where she performed for crowds of up to 18,000 people. Clara’s debut album was releaseed on September 24th to a sold out crowd at the Hotel Cafe venue. Look for Clara as she tours throughout the year promoting her debut album, The Art in My Heart.

In a follow-up album to last year’s The World’s Gone Mad, Los Angeles born and Bay area based Sikh hip hop artist Mandeep Sethi comes out strong with a gypsy influenced concept album “Poor Peoples Planet”. Produced by X9 of Xitanos Matematikos, Poor Peoples Planet samples heavily on quotes and concepts of the spiritual speaker Jiddu Krishnamurthi whose words can be heard weaved throughout the album. The Poor Peoples Planet official album release party is THIS THURSDAY, January 20, 2011 at the Rockit Room in San Francisco. The party, officially named “A Night of Conscious Hiphop,” is co-hosted by Ras Ceylon and will have live performances by Mandeep Sethi, Ras Ceylon, Unity and Sinista-Z.

At only 22 years old, Sethi has already developed a strong base of followers having appeared on stage with artists such as Ziggy Marley, Murs, Dead Prez and RZA of the WuTang Clan. A member of Afrika Bambataa’s Zulu Nation as well as a member of the hip hop crew Xitanos Matematikos (Mathematical Gyspies), for Sethi the microphone represents a catalyst of change rhyming with lyrics of social consciousness and cultural awareness. Sethi has taken hip hop to his Indian roots, collaborating with local artists like Delhi Sultanate of BASSFoundation (Delhi) and Reggae Rajahs (Delhi) as well as co-founding alongside BBoy Heera the India based B-boy/creative collective Slumgods. Poor Peoples Planet was inspired by the gypsy hip hop teachings of Xitanos Matematikos (Mathematical Gypsies) and the idea of worldwide wandering gypsies originating from Punjab in the 11th dynasty. Imagined as a concept album, Poor Peoples Planet musically links the relationship between gypsy music, Punjabi music, and hip hop culture. These influences can be heard in every song on the album, from the haunting “I’m free” mantra laced song Cagebird to the head nodding Krishnamurthi sampled tribute to Punjab on Ragamvirtuoso.

“We are a people that have been forced out of our land, forced away from our culture, and forced away from our language,” says Sethi. “By nature we are gypsies wandering these plains trying to reconnect with our culture and reclaim what was once ours.” The single “Moving Swiftly:: Guerilla Tactics” off of Poor Peoples Planet can be heard below:

“If by the end of the album you are inspired to join the movement to take the resources, cultures, and people back from appropriation,” says Sethi, “Then our mission is complete.”

Poor Peoples Planet trailer for Mandeep Sethi

In last episode, the online webseries “30 Days With Charice” wraps with a recap of the touring adventures of Charice Pempengco. Not only does she have a bright future ahead in music, but she’s also breaking in to acting. Look for her in some future episodes of Glee lined up in 2011. Her role as Sunshine Corazon is slated to be in 5 to 7 Glee episodes with the first episode scheduled after the Superbowl on February 6, 2011. Big things for Charice in 2011..

Previous episodes:
30 Days With Charice : Episode 1
30 Days With Charice : Episode 2
30 Days With Charice : Episode 3
30 Days With Charice : Episode 4
30 Days With Charice : Episode 5
30 Days With Charice : Episode 6
30 Days With Charice : Episode 7
30 Days With Charice : Episode 8
30 Days With Charice : Episode 9
30 Days With Charice : Episode 10
30 Days With Charice : Episode 11

30 Days With Charice : Episode 12

Up and coming musician Maribelle Anes recently dropped a new original song “I Promise”. She produced, wrote and recorded the Michael Buble inspired song. It’s not the typical music she creates, but it’s great to see her trying different genres of music. Check out some of her other original tracks: Stay Strong, Sky Ain’t Even The Limit, and I Wanna Be a Star.

I Promise by Maribelle Anes

Lyrics to I Promise by Maribelle Anes

Verse:
everything i’ve learned
to things that i’ve tried
everything that you have taught me
i’m like a bird
in process of flying
you are wings who support me
so if you’d let me
i’d like to give you my heart
and give you my soul
and if you get me
i’d like to give you my all

the money i earn
the things that i buy
half of my wage will go to you
it is now my turn
to satisfy
to make you happier then they do
so when you let me
i’d love to give my heart
and give you my soul
and when you get me
you won’t be searching anymore

Chorus:
I promise that
I’ll never be untrue
I promise that
I’m done playing those games I used to
so put this ring around your finger
and just say you do
because I’ll never ever ever
stop loving you

IZ of 454 Life Entertainment has recently been incarcerated in Los Angeles, CA. The 454 crew came out to support him through this unfortunate situation. His mixtape “IT IZ WHAT IT IZ VOLUME 1” is still dropping on February 1, 2010 as planned. Support the movement! FREE IZ!

You can write to him at this address:

Chin Woo Paek #2606384
P.O. Box 86164
Terminal Annex
Los Angeles, CA 90086

Here’s some of the music he release before he went back to prison: Girlfriend, Lay It Down, Paper Chaser, Roll Wit a Gangsta, and Never Fall 2010

IZ of 454 Life Entertainment gets arrested

IZ interview with channelAPA.com