JONAS star Chelsea Staub is using her fame to to help raise money to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Chelsea gathered all her famous musician friends and is hosting a concert called "Harmonies For Haiti." The show will feature performances by: Eye Alaska, Tyler Hilton, Benton Paul, Drake Bell, The Summer Set, Frank and Derol. The Record Life, Debate Team, Tommy and The High Pilots, Yellow Red Sparks, Kristy Frank, The Scholars, Julia Lucafo, and Jessarae. Her costar, Nicole Anderson, 10 Things I Hate About You's Meaghan Martin, Twilight Saga star Justin Chon, Matt Prokop, and other celebs will also be making an appearance.
The concert will be taking place on Thursday, February 11th at 7:30 pm at the House of Blues Sunset Strip in Hollywood. You can buy tickets at hob.com, livenation.com, or at the House of Blues box office.
If you live in the L.A. area, are you gonna go to the show?
14-year-old singer/songwriter Jessarae stopped by the J-14 offices to tell us all about his music, what his parents think of his tunes, and his secret celeb crush!
J-14: How would you describe your sound?
Jessrae: It's singer-songwriter with an edge. It has a little bit of pop in it but it's a little funkier.
J-14: Who are you influenced by?
Jessarae: When I started playing guitar and writing songs, I mainly listened to Damien Rice. His music is kind of down, but he's still my favorite. My parents went to dinner one time and they came back and I was like, 'Guys, I have a new song for you. You have to hear it!' So I sat them down and started playing this song -- and it had to be like ten minutes long -- and I was just sitting there singing 'Why did you have to die, die, die?' My dad's cracking up with tears, and I thought he was crying like he felt it, because I was feeling it so much, but he was laughing because I was a ten-year-old singing this song about a lost love that you've been with for your whole life!
J-14: A lot of your songs are about love - is that what influences you the most when you write?
Jessarae: It's more of a spur-of-the-moment thing. Whatever mood I'm feeling at the time, whether it's happy or funky or kind of sad. I add stuff that hasn't happened and stuff that has and kind of mix them in to what I feel. It's hard for me to write a lot of these songs because it's so heavy on me. Every time I sing it, like my soul pours out into it, but I love it.
J-14: How were you discovered?
Jessarae: It happened when I was singing in the dentist office. I wasn't actually even going to go to the dentist that morning because it was really early, but my mom made me. I was just singing and playing guitar for a few songs, and this guy came over and wanted to hear me sing. So I sang three songs for him and as he's sitting there listening to me with his dentist mask on!
J-14: How do you balance school with your music?
Jessarae: I'm in 9th grade at a very musical school, so we sort of work as partners with them. They give me work ahead of time. They're happy for me [at the school] because they see how hard I work. It's always been my thing to be a musician. It's in my family - my mom's a musician, and so are my grandpa and my great-grandpa.
J-14: Who's your celeb crush?
Jessrae: I don't know if I really have a crush right now. Jessarae's Mom: When you were young it was Miley Cyrus!
Jessarae's debut EP,Damaged Heart, is currently on iTunes -- be on the lookout for his full album this winter! Plus check out the songs he performed just for J-14 after the jump.
