"TRANSITION is an album about growing up and moving on," Jessica says "it is me painting lyrical pictures of some of what I've gone through and an attempt  at universalizing my own experiences and trying to find meaning in them and  let others find meaning in them. It is about overcoming certain things in  life and moving on."

Weiser's journey to find herself through music began early, and at just 9  years old, after inheriting her beloved grandmother's baby grand piano and  taking a few lessons, she would sit down and write musical compositions on the spot, sometimes playing improv for an hour or more. Although she began singing and performing at a young age, Weiser didn't begin serious vocal training until her junior year of high school, and at 20 she bought a guitar impulsively and taught herself to play by learning other artists' songs and  began writing lyrics shortly after as a means of healing and a form of  expression.

In 1998 Weiser headed to Vancouver, BC where she recorded her first songs with friend Adam Drake, and released WHAT HAS HAPPENED, a 5-song EP, in September. The quiet, intense songs on WHAT HAS HAPPENED explore loss, confusion, and emptiness. The album has sold more than 500 copies, and received praise from music industry professionals, musicians, and fansacross the country.

Almost a year later Weiser's growth both vocally and lyrically are showcased on her new release TRANSITION. Incorporating the help of Jeff White, graduate of the University of North Carolina (Asheville) in music production and recording, TRANSITION was recorded entirely in Weiser's studio apartment.

An album featuring raw, stripped-down version of some of Weiser's new songs, TRANSITION offers moving piano ballads as well as acoustic pop songs on guitar.

With strength and hope, the songs on TRANSITION are powerful and positive, like the title track, a song about discovering who we are, being content with that person, and deciding not to change for anyone. Her desire to communicate better and more clearly is examined in "Speechless," a song about  the power/powerlessness of language, and "Survivor" explores early sexual violence, and is just one of the songs that Weiser's message is ultimately one of hope: "14 awkward and broken/Normalcy out of my range/I will survive the days okay/But still feel I'm the one to blame. . . Inside I am healing/And I will get my life back."

"I'm a much different person now that when my first album was released," she says, "I'm more positive now, and interested in universalizing my experiences and helping other people connect to what I'm saying and healing with my words and music. I want to be an inspirational person and I want to use the things I've gone through in a positive way. Music for me has become the way that I understand and articulate things, and if other people can take my words and music and use them in some way, then I'll feel like I've accomplished what I set out to do."

Weiser's immediate goals are to record a fully-produced album, full of strings, drum loops, bass, guitars, and more, and plans to include new songs like: Scarred, The Deconstruction of David's Wall, Esther, What Never Was, The Drive, Transition, Starstruck, and several others. Still maturing and exploring through music, Weiser's new songs look beyond her own experiences
and examine issues like fame, prejudices, relationships, and beauty and the processes some women go through to be perfect.

Over the past year she has shared the stage with independent artists like Jenny Bruce (New York), Tricia Concepcion (Detroit), Canadian's Rayanne, Rebecca Timmons, Cicero, and Michelle Turingan, and has opened for Dead Daisy Recording artist Emm Gryner, and Nettwerk/Capitol recording artist Tara MacLean.

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