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Jason was born and raised in Fredericksburg Virginia.
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He began his music career as the frontman of rock band Jubeus. They released a full-length album, Two Tone Circles, in 2004 and a second album, Natural Mood, in 2007. The band remained active until 2010, during a transitional moment for Jason"s solo career.
He excelled at soccer and played for Longwood University for two years before quitting to start a band.
He is most known for his work with Richmond based band Jubeus and his solo endeavors. Jubeus played over 125 shows a year since forming in 2004 and recorded two albums.
Their album Natural Mood, was played on over 200 college and triple A radio stations nationwide. lieutenant was also licensed for use on The Hills-Music Television, Newport News-Music Television. and other broadcasting stations and was named a top DIY Release by Performing Songwriter Magazine (Issue 107 - January/February 2008).
Although Jason is currently focused on his solo career, the band occasionally plays together.
Jason has performed at a number of popular music festivals including Camp Barefoot and Red Gorilla. He released three solo albums. In 2010, his first album, Balance & Pull, was included on George Graham"s Top Albums of 2010 list.
lieutenant also charted the Top 200 releases for college radio.
His second full-length album, Life Is Wonderful that was released in 2012, had several notable placements. The song "That Summer," track northern
5, was included in the 2013 release Adobe Premiere Classroom textbook. The song "Dust & Bone" is featured on the popular learning site lynda.com in tutorials for DSLR tips.
The programming company, Learning Gems, who designs learning Apps for kids, featured his song "The Situation" in the Learning Gems Puzzle App "Landscapes and Animals."
He appeared multiples times on Columbia Broadcasting System local talk and entertainment show "Virginia This Morning" as well as the Public Broadcasting Service "Virginia Currents" and "The Music Seen" broadcast shows.
His latest album, Power Of A Woman, was recently released in 2014. Jason has written over 100 songs since his beginnings. His song-writing style cultivates a variety of musical styles that include Caribbean, blues, soul, reggae, folk, popular, country, and jam.
His influences range from Bob Marley, to The Beatles, to Marvin Gaye to Red Hot Chili Peppers.
His music sound and style have been compared to Gordon Lightfoot, Amos Lee, Incubus, Dispatch, Edwin McCain, Guster, and Van Morrison.
