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Jarreau Williams' feature on "Call me" was initially driven by a sync licensing project.
Williams said his producer and collaborator, A-LEO, is a member of TAXI, an independent A&R company.
Taxi enables artists to cater music to Record Labels, Film and TV Music Supervisors, Music Libraries, Music Publishers, Music Licensing Companies, Ad Agencies, and Video Game Companies, according to its website.
The two wrote the song for a specific posting on the website and are awaiting the next steps for its approval.
Williams said each posting provides certain guidelines in terms of the message and instrumentation of the song. However, they don't reveal the Film or TV for which the song is being written until a song is selected.
"It pushes you to write more music and put more stuff out there. It also allows you to get out of your own head and kind of write something creatively that you probably wouldn't have done naturally," he said.
One call away
The 32-year-old Washington artist said "Call me" was inspired by Bruno Mars musically and its message focuses on Generation Z's struggle to connect with crushes or significant others.
"When we're in quarantine, we have so many ways that we connect with each other, whether it be through social media or texting. I think the phone call is such a lost art," he said. "With this separation that we've all had, it still feels good to hear somebody's voice. Hopefully this bop will bring back some of the excitement of such a simplistic yet special form of communication."
Gigs
In February 2020, Williams said he and A-LEO released another sync-licensing project called "Memories of Our Past", an EDM/modern R&B tune which describes how a couple handles the consequences of a breakup.
Prior to those releases, Williams performed with his band, JWX: The Jarreau Williams Experience, at music venues in Washington including 9:30 Club, Blues Alley, Farm Brew LIVE, and Jammin Java.
He also played at music festivals like DC Music Rocks, PIKEtoberfest, The Wharf and Capitol Riverfront Summer Series, and sang the national anthem in one of Washington DC’s most prominent professional sports arenas, according to his website.
Back vocals for Michael Bublé
In 2007, Wiliams said he had the opportunity of singing back vocals for 4-time Grammy Award winner Michael Bublé through connections he made working at a summer camp.
"That was actually my first professional music gig, back when I was 19. The day of the show, he actually hung out with us and he was just one of the most down to earth people that you could ever meet," he said. "He's one of the reasons why I'm still doing what I'm doing today because when I asked him for advice, he said, 'just don't stop.' And I just kind of took that and ran with it."
Performing for the First Family
Five years later, Williams said he had the opportunity of performing for President Barack Obama and the First Family.
"Every Martin Luther King Day, he and his family would go to a different church around the area and it just so happened that he came to our church. I just happened to be on the praise team that year," he said. "Being able to sing in front of the President and the First Family; That's one of those things you never forget."
Upcoming releases
Williams said he is looking forward to releasing remixes of his previously released music in the upcoming year.
"I'm also continuing to write music. I've been doing a lot of collaborations recently with people in my network," he said.
Apart from performing at weddings and corporate functions, Williams is also part of a small music group called Capitol Groove Collective, whom he describes as a group of diverse musicians, producers, photographers and videographers across the Washington area.
"We're actually coming out with a collective song about fighting racism, which is called Dig Deep and we're releasing that song on August 7.
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