Jason Lawrence Email & Phone Number

Louisville, KY, US

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Teacher: Teach drum set, percussion, guitar, piano, and bass lessons to as many as thirty students a week, ages ranging from 5-50.
• Touring Artist: Drummer, guitarist, bassist, and pianist participating in national and international tours and projects with such bands and musicians as Dean & Britta, Moby, Adrian Grenier, Sonny Fortune, Jesse.
• Performer and Recording Artist: Steady studio work and performance work in theaters, clubs, and other venues. Published, released, and distributed a singer/songwriter album of my own music in 2018.
• Multitasker: Experience as a songwriter, bandleader, sideman, producer, composer, arranger, studio musician, educator, booker, and promoter (including written and verbal correspondence, website maintenance, and social.
• Collaborator: Extensive collaborative and group work composing, performing, booking, marketing, and networking with club-owners, producers, etc
• Social Media: Manage multiple social media accounts across many platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc)

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Work remotely from home studio in New York, NY.
• Performer: Dramatically and informatively reading stories for historical podcast geared towards children and adults
• Engineer: Recording performances for the podcast using ProTools and professional audio equipment
• Editor: Quickly, efficiently and seamlessly editing performances in ProTools and preparing them for release
• Producer: Critically listening to performances and reading stories in order to give notes and enhance performances and content

New York City

• Celebrated and promoted twice from Office Assistant 2 to Senior Office Associate
• Office Management: Established efficient procedures and protocols to meet the needs of students, faculty and staff. Adapted to University-wide changes such as moving offices and construction, going paperless.
• Production: Coordinated special projects and events including ceremonies, concerts, and master classes for multiple University departments and guest artists and faculty.
• Payroll: Maintained payroll for office employees, forecasted yearly budgets, allocated resources based on department needs.
• Technical services: Maintained, problem-solved, and improved all classroom computers and technology, repaired or outsourced major maintenance work on musical equipment, curated and maintained a listening library, ran.
• Recruitment: represented the university to prospective students, families and guests as a presenter, performer and greeter. Networked, and assisted with the hiring process.

Greater New York City Area

• Promoted after 2 years.
• Scheduling: Responsible for all classroom assignments for the jazz program and all practice and lesson times for nearly 300 students and over 50 faculty members each semester.
• Office management, organization, administration: supervised 10 student workers, set and oversaw schedules, work and attendance of staff, payroll, etc. Maintained the office calendar, researched, budgeted and purchased.
• Maintenance: Repaired, serviced, and kept up musical instruments and facilities equipment.
• Production and coordination: researching and coordinating special projects and events. Assisting with hundreds of concerts and events each semester.

Greater New York City Area

• Taught weekly lessons on drums, keyboard, ukulele and guitar to 5-10 students whose ages ranged from 4 to 14 years old.
• Emphasis on songwriting, technique, and performance.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics, 3.83 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, College Honors. Dean’s List all semesters. President of Golden Key International Honor.

Bachelor'S Degree, Jazz Performance, 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Coursework in music performance, music business, web design, Pro Tools, recording engineering.