JACOB WHITESIDES featuring Dylan Holland w/ Special Guest Zach Matari

Humble, Gracious, and Genuine are just a few of the words you will hear fans use to describe You Tube Sensation Jacob Whitesides.


Whitesides is a singer songwriter from Knoxville, Tennessee. Jacob was first inspired at a Bluegrass festival in 2008, and ever since then he knew he wanted to do music for a living! Following the festival, Jacob set out to learn how to play guitar and sing. After playing around his hometown area of East Tennessee for awhile, two years ago, Jacob started uploading cover songs to You Tube as a hobby. Six million views plus later, here we are. He is now 16 and is having a blast traveling and meeting his fans known as "Whitesiders" all over the country.


Jacob is an experienced guitar player and singer who puts favorable twists on covers and is currently writing his own songs for an album in nearby Nashville with the likes of Ernie Halter and other Music Row elites. Jacob also loves to play other instruments such as drums, ukulele, and electric lead.


Jacob was voted Knoxville Tennessee's "Best Young Voice" of the year for 2011 in the junior voice competition for a good reason. In 2012, Jacob auditioned and made the first cut in the Fox Television music competition series X-Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato and music industry icon L.A Reid. Since then, Jacob has been out on the road perfecting his craft playing a variety of shows, events, and festivals all over the US.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Dylan Holland was born in Cincinnati, Ohio . Dylan grew up in a small, Cincinnati suburb, approximately 20 miles outside of the Queen City.

Although he has played guitar his entire life, he began honing his craft by posting self-made, home videos on Youtube and performing for his dedicated fans, who coined themselves "The Deezy Army", on Blog-TV in early 2010. During his rise in popularity (currently over 120,000 Twitter Followers and 55,000 YouTube subscribers), Dylan auditioned and won the first ever "Teen Hoot" contest in Nashville, Tennessee where he met David Malloy, a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer with over 40 #1 hits. Malloy produced and recorded Dylan's first single, "Tonight", released in January 2013.

Dylan writes all of his music and plans on releasing his first EP in the Summer of 2013. Shortly thereafter, Dylan will begin touring.

Over the past two years, Dylan traveled the country with his family performing at major events, including Nashville Hootenanny's "Teen Hoot", private parties, and in other major music venues. In November 2011, Dylan was recognized by Pop Star Magazine as being the "next teen mega crush."

Although his genre is categorized as "pop", his songs are inspired by many genres including rock, rap, country, and R&B. Many artists fuel his inspiration, such as: Aerosmith, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, Jason Mraz, Cody Simpson, Garth Brooks, Chris Brown, JAY-Z and Adele.

Dylan has also performed locally in Cincinnati in support of the homeless and Pencil's for Promise. He is also an advocate for the humane treatment of animals, as well as the National Anti-Bullying Campaign. Dylan continues to perform weekly on the Blog-TV platform to keep in touch with his fans and elicit their feedback, keeping ever true to his motto, "Fans First."

Zach Matari is a pop-R&B singer/songwriter/musician born and raised in New Jersey. Zach spent his high school years as the lead singer of an alternative pop band and has performed at such famous venues like "The Stone Pony" & "The Bitter End." He also performed at "Bamboozle 2010, 2011 & 2012" where he opened up for Paramore, Weezer, MGMT, Motley Crue, Bruno Mars & Bon Jovi. In the summer of 2012 Zach opened up for legendary New Edition at the Nokia Theater in LA and at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA.

Zach took the stage this summer touring on the Pop Explosion Tour with America's Newest Boy Band Midnight Red and also opened up for the group during their tour this past November. Zach also performed this summer and fall with R5featuring Disney's Ross Lynch from "Austin & Ally" and X-Factor's Fifth Harmony, Simon Cowell's break out girl group, opening up to sold out crowds in the New York and New Jersey area to thousands of fans.

In November, Zach took the stage again at Reality Dance's Anti Bullying Fall Jam concert at the Gramercy Theater in New York City. Reality Dance's Fall Jam was an all-day anti bullying event to bring awareness to the ongoing problems with today's teens, where he opened up for Coco Jones, Radio Disney's Next Big Thing, (N.B.T.), and is best known for starring in the Disney Channel Movie Let It Shine.

In addition to touring, Zach recently collaborated on a song in Spanish and English with Ruina Nueva, the hot Salsa group from the Dominican Republic. Their song is called"Si Tu No Estas" or "If You're Not Here." It's a remake of one of Menudo's biggest hits in the 80's done in Bachata style. Zach toured the Dominican Republic this past October, performing on over 25 TV and radio shows throughout the country.