In grad school, Jason missed the a cappella work he had done over the previous 4 years, so he founded another a cappella group, The Arrhythmias. Patterned after the Dutch Pipers, this was a co-ed a cappella group. Jason was again adept at vocal arrangements, and the group went on to perform locally in the …
Besides Jason’s piano and keyboard skills, Jason is an accomplished singer and vocal arranger. Having sung large-scale performances in choirs, including Handel’s Messiah and Jason’s personal favorite, Mozart’s Requiem at the West Point Chapel with a professional orchestra, Jason wanted to get into smaller singing groups that featured contemporary music- especially a cappella renditions of songs currently being played on …
In college, Jason took a departure from the pop/rock sound of TDM. Jason, as a music major, co-founded the reggae/ska/funk group, “The Groovy Buddhas” in the Schenectady/Albany area. Their James Brown-inspired song “Shake Your Butt” earned them significant local college airplay, and before long the group was playing extensively in Albany, Saratoga Springs, and NYC. Taking …
Briefly leaving the NYC area, Jason went on to co-found the Buffalo-based rock/pop band “TDM”. Insisting on original music, the female-fronted quintet quickly garnered local attention, appearing on local radio and television’s Eyewitness News. After their studio debut, TDM went on to perform extensively in the western NY area, and opened for Helen Reddy, The …
