Jerkagram has announced the release of their latest full-length album, All Eyes On Me, which features Jason Adams playing cello on several tracks. The first single, "Classically Handsome", is now available to stream (along with a truly awesome…

Watch Jason Adams perform a soon-to-be-released piece from his upcoming solo EP above. Thanks to Otto's Space Grotto for capturing.

Jason Adams recently sat down with Otto's Space Grotto to talk about his new experimental cello project, his work with techno duo Chollas, and his concert series Late Breakfast. 

Miya Folick's newest EP, Give It To Me, is out today via Terrible Records. Jason Adams contributed cello on "Give It To Me", "Aging", and "Let's Pretend"…

Lost & Found: The Road To Our Fathers has been selected as part of the official schedule for Festival Internacional de Dine de Morelia 2017. The festival will run from October 20-29, with Lost & Found playing October 23rd. 

I’m happy to share this interview with Jason Adams, an artist who is involved in a lot of great stuff in Los Angeles and shows no signs of slowing down. Currently, he keeps himself busy as a sound engineer, composer, one-half of uneasy techno duo, Chollas, and finally, the brains behind beloved monthly DTLA experimental music series, Late Breakfast. It would seem incredibly daunting were it not for Jason’s clearheaded approach to all of it. 

When you have your hands in as many projects as Jason does, you really have to be intrepid and curious - intrepid with regard to making mistakes, and curious in order to look at how those mistakes might shift or create relationships between your efforts. As Jason notes, it can be hard to draw a linear trajectory through different creative experiences, but each of them is crucial to where you end up. 

I asked Jason the same questions I ask everyone - I need to know what people are afraid of and how they deal with their hangovers! - but also touched on his experiences within both electronic and classical music realms. I’m grateful to be able to share my discussion with this creative powerhouse with you. Enjoy it, and visit the embedded links - the cello sketches are especially gorgeous. 

KP: What can you share about your creative trajectory? How did you get to your current creative life and who/what are your biggest influences? 

JA: I work as a sound engineer and composer, so I'm lucky that my job informs and is part of my creative life. Over the years I've worked in recording studios, television & film, radio, live venues, and a label & artist management company. Tracing a trajectory between all of those is a little daunting, but whether they felt like it at the time or not, each of those gigs and jobs was crucial to getting to where I am now. 

Some positions helped me hone the skills that I use for my career and my creative pursuits, others taught me how to do ancillary work such as social media or promotion. Most importantly, every single one has connected me to incredible and talented people who I look to as influences (and close friends). But my biggest influence right now is minimalism - the more I pare things down, the better the end result. (...maybe I should try that with interviews, too?) 

KP: Can you talk about time you were afraid to fail (with regard to creative efforts) and/or a time that you did? How did you bounce back? 

JA: On one of my early gigs as a composer for a short film, the director gave me some artists as reference points that I considered to be...uninspired. So I ignored her guidelines and set off to do something completely different. I obsessed over it, worked all night for a few days in a row until I came up with something I thought was unique and great, and finished the whole score in that vein without checking in. And the director hated it. I had to redo every single cue in a third of the time I would have had otherwise. The upshot is I learned four huge lessons from a single project: don't get attached to your first ideas, give multiple options at once, check in frequently and early to see if you're going in the direction they want, and pay attention to what they're asking for. I applied these to my next score and finished it with a lot less stress, a lot more sleep, and a much happier director. 

The newest Jerkgram EP, Room For Dessert, is out now on all platforms. It features Jason Adams on cello, and was recorded and mixed by Toshi Kasai and mastered by Eric…

Chollas debut EP is available now on all streaming platforms. Jason Adams performs as part of the experimental techno duo. He was also mixing engineer for EP.

Lost & Found: The Road To Our Fathers has been selected as part of the official schedule for Kansas City Film Fest 2017. The festival will run from April 4th-9th.

Jason Adams contributed audio scrubbing, sound design, and…

"Pop The Question" has won the Silver Telly Award in the Public Awareness Commercial category. This is the highest award in this category.

Jason Adams contributed original music, sound design & mixing to this project.

Lost & Found: Road to Our Fathers was the proud winner of Best Documentary Feature at the Studio City International Film Festival this weekend. This was the soft premiere of the documentary and we could not be more pleased…

"The Coat" was the proud winner of the Fall 2016 Audience Award: Best of Fest at the LA New Wave International Film Festival this weekend. Congratulations to director Ora Yashar and the rest of the team behind the film.