Aesja
The Woodlands, Texas, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2009
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Lil J Sean & Aesja are brother and sister, best friends, and amazingly talented artists. We sat down with them and asked about their music, inspirations, and work ethic. The pair have opened up for big acts like Waka Flocka and Riff Raff.
To hear more of Aesja’s music, visit her website and follow her on Twitter.
You can keep up with Lil J Sean on Twitter also, and be sure to check out his website. - Billboard
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Lil J Sean & Aesja are brother and sister, best friends, and amazingly talented artists. We sat down with them and asked about their music, inspirations, and work ethic. The pair have opened up for big acts like Waka Flocka and Riff Raff.
To hear more of Aesja’s music, visit her website and follow her on Twitter.
You can keep up with Lil J Sean on Twitter also, and be sure to check out his website. - CW33 / Eye Opener TV
Often, brothers and sisters will get into nasty heated arguments. Lil' J Sean and Aesja are siblings who have put the fighting aside and come together through the power of music. (See video at above link) - KHOU 11
Rising music stars and siblings from The Woodlands College Park High School Lil JSean and Aesja Essix are one step closer to achieving their dream of performing onstage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival near Nashville in June.
Vote now through Facebook for Round One, Matchup 15 at http://goo.gl/Z2Sd9K
J. Sean, a rapper and 2012 College Park alumnus, and his sister Aesja, a singer dabbling in a soulful mix of genres and a senior at College Park, were selected to compete in Bonnaroo’s Battle of the Bracket, a March Madness style competition that pits 64 artists against one another in a series of rounds judged based on public voting.
The winner gets to perform on the same stage as such notable acts as Billy Joel, Mumford & Sons, Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine and dozens of other artists.
The siblings took social media by storm, reaching out to friends, family and the community through social media and demanding attention from the staff at Bonnaroo by bombarding their twitter handle with nearly 1,000 tweets including their plug, #getAESJAandLILJSEANtoBONNAROO.
While J. Sean and Aesja have garnered enough support to make it into the running, they will still need the public votes in order to make it through the five, three-day rounds spanning from March 19-April 2, in order to make it to the finals.
To learn more about these hometown hopefuls, visit their websites, liljsean.com and aesja.net, and if they win your support, vote for them at http://statictab.com/k88486y.
Round one voting closes March 21 at 11:59 p.m. EST. - The Woodlands Villager
Most young musical artists dream of performing in front of thousands of people, but few get that opportunity.
This summer, however, a brother and sister from The Woodlands may just get the chance to make that dream a reality — with a little help from their friends and social media.
J. Sean — also known as Lil JSean — and Aesja Essix have the opportunity to take their musical careers to the next level, since they were selected to compete for a spot as an opening act at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, in June.
“When I got the email I freaked out,” Aesja said. “I was in class.”
J. Sean, who graduated from College Park High School in 2012, is a rapper. Aesja, currently a senior at College Park, is a singer. They’ve both written and produced their own EPs that are available on iTunes and opened for such notable hip-hop artists as Wocka Flocka, Riff Raff and T-Mills.
J. Sean even used his rapping and video production skills to rep the College Park boys basketball team during its run to the regional semifinals in 2012. The video, #CPNation, weaves J. Sean’s music and rap against the backdrop of basketball fanfare and fervor — including clips from the court. The video is on YouTube at http://bit.ly/1NmHzyj.
Now, the siblings are reaching out to their friends, followers and community to help them get the Bonnaroo gig.
Both J. Sean and Aesja need to garner the attention of judges to make it into a bracket of 64 performers. Fans will vote for their favorites in five rounds of head-to-head competition from March 19 to April 2. The last two artists standing will snag the spots at Bonnaroo.
Since they are entering as separate acts, the brother and sister are each other’s competition, but they could potentially end up if they don’t have to face off. They say they will support each other and perform collaboratively no matter what happens.
Right now, J. and Aesja are trying to get Bonnaroo’s attention by having people tweet #getAESJAandLILJSEANtoBONNAROO.
Aesja has been spreading the word during morning announcements at College Park, asking for her classmates’ support, and J. is planning to visit different schools in the area.
“We’re just trying to show we have a solid fan base,” J. said.
As of Thursday evening, the hashtag had been tweeted more than 850 times, which accounted for nearly 37 percent of all of Bonnaroo’s mentions on Twitter in the preceding week.
The siblings are hoping this will propel them into bigger things in the music industry.
“We saw it as a golden opportunity,” J. said. - The Courier of Montgomery County
Most young musical artists dream of performing on stage in front of thousands of people, but few get that opportunity.
This summer, however, a brother and sister from The Woodlands may just get the chance to make that dream a reality — with a little help from their friends and social media.
J. — also known as Lil JSean — and Aesja Essix have the opportunity to take their musical careers to the next level, since they were selected to compete for a spot as an opening act at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee this June.
“When I got the email I freaked out,” Aesja said. “I was in class.”
J. Sean, who graduated from The Woodlands College Park High School in 2012, is a rap artist and Aesja, who is currently a senior at College Park, is a singer. They’ve both written and produced their own EPs that are available on itunes and opened for such notable hip hop names as Wocka Flocka, Riff Raff and T-Mills.
J. Sean even used his rapping and video production skills to rep the College Park boys’ basketball team during their undefeated season in 2012. The video, entitled CP Nation, weaves J. Sean’s music and rap against the backdrop of basketball fanfare and fervor — including clips from the game-play court. The video can be seen on YouTube at http://goo.gl/munXdH.
Now, the siblings are reaching out to their followers, friends and the entire community to help them get the Bonnaroo gig.
While both J. Sean and Aesja were selected to be in the running, they still need to get the attention of the judges to make it to the top 64 performers. Of those 64 selected, the 32 that get the most votes from the public between March 19 and 21 will proceed to round two. From there, the chosen few will compete head to head for three more rounds, relying on public voting along the way, before making it to the final round, which will decide who gets the spot.
Since they are entering separately, technically, the brother and sister are each other’s competition, but they say they will support each other and perform collaboratively no matter what happens.
Right now, J. and Aesja are trying to get Bonnaroo’s attention by getting people to tweet #getAESJAandLILJSEANtoBONNAROO.
To rally support, Aesja has been spreading the word during morning announcements at College Park, asking for her classmates’ support, and J. is planning to visit different schools in the area.
“We’re just trying to show we have a solid fanbase,” J. said.
The hashtag has already been tweeted over 700 times in a week, as of press time Tuesday, and makes about 30 percent of all of Bonnaroo’s mentions on Twitter in that week.
The siblings are hoping this will propel them into bigger things in the music industry.
“We saw it as a golden opportunity,” J. said. - The Woodlands Villager
(@aesja) Aesja 17 year old artist out of Houston, TX. Last month she released her first EP Balance which showcased her pleasantly unique vocals on all 5 songs.
Read more: http://www.hqsoul.com/news/aesja-balance-ep/#ixzz3E4EJ1x00 - HqSoul.com
She has opened for Waka Flocka, Riff Raff and Nipsey Hussle, is featured on a song by J$ean that recently won HotNewHipHop's "Heatseekers" competition, has a promotional commercial with Sprite and she's only 17. Coming out of Houston, singer Aesja is obviously working hard to make sure that what her voice has to offer is heard.
Last month she released her first EP Balance which showcased her pleasantly unique vocals on all 5 songs. She makes juggling school and being her own kind of artist sound easy.
Check out Aesja's Balance EP below ... - soSHel Eyes
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Aesja is only 17 and has already been featured on Billboard (link: http://www.billboard.com/video/meet-lil-j-sean-and-aesja-two-inspiring-young-artists-6576032 ), has appeared and perfomed on CW's Eye Opener TV and KHOU 11's Great Day Houston, the only live daytime show in the south, and has opened for artists including Waka Flocka, Riff Raff, Nipsey Hussle, T-Mills, and more! She released her first EP, "Balance", August 2014, which includes features from Lil JSean and beats produced by Trauma Tone (producer of Rich Homie Quan's "I Know"). "Balance" is available on Tidal, iTunes, GooglePlay, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Rdio and many other outlets. Keep updated on this shooting star's success on her website, aesja.net.
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