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Jason was born and
raised in St. Louis, MO. Like most, Jason was around music a great deal at
an early age. His father, Dennis, founded the local band, Armor. Armor was
a classic rock band in the vein of Led Zeppelin, Boston, Foreigner, Van
Halen, etc. So very young, Jason was a rocker.
At age 3 Jason began playing drums ...
constantly. His early aspirations were to become a rock drummer.
Unfortunately, Jason was born about 10 years too late. At 13 he began
piddling on the keyboards, no lessons, just noodling around a few chords,
a few songs, no theory. Being able to play piano instead of just drums
gave Jason a way to start writing songs (drummers generally make poor
songwriters). By his mid teens Jason started focusing on writing. Most of
the tunes were piano oriented soft rock, similar to Richard Marx, Bryan
Adams, Diane Warren, and so on.
In his late teens Jason moved towards bass
and acoustic guitar. The guitar gave him a new instrument with a whole new
arena of dynamics. This moved him to write other styles of songs, overall
a bit more upbeat, musically at least. He made dozens of home demos and,
like many aspiring songwriters, sent them to numerous publishers, agents,
record companies, and Taxi.
In 2000, the week of his 25th birthday,
Jason moved to Orlando Florida to begin working as a piano
player/entertainer at Jellyrolls Dueling Piano Bar on Walt Disney World's
Boardwalk. At Jellyrolls, Jason learned a great deal about music theory,
structure, arrangement, and harmony from the senior piano players. For the
next eight years Jason concentrated on his job as an entertainer at
Jellyrolls.
Stolen Season is a classic rock/pop album. Jason wrote all songs and had
immeasurable help in the production and guitar department from his father,
Dennis, and brother, Trevor.
Jason is now performing at the "Jive and Wail" in St Louis and is
now focused on promoting his CD as much as possible.
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