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Jason Staczek

Like so many others, Jason started his musical training on the piano. Father brought home an old upright and insisted that the 3rd-grader learn how to play—or else. Piano lessons eventually gave way to serious study of the ’cello and a casual acquaintance with the guitar. Never quite good enough on the six-string, he started playing a cheap electric piano in the junior high rock ensemble. By high school, he added percussion to the list, joining every school band and orchestra that would have him. An obsession with analog synthesizers of the day led him to fill boxes worth of cassettes with early attempts at electronic composition and sound design.

Formal music study ended at college, but Jason continued to play rock-and-roll. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in physics and electro-acoustics, he took his band on the road. One band after another led him to discover the Hammond B3 organ, his main instrument today. Private study continued on jazz piano with Joanie Metcalf, jazz organ with Norm Bellas and conjunto accordion with Yva Ebarra. In the last twelve years, Jason has performed with and written for many different groups, in styles including R&B, soul-jazz, singer-songwriter acoustic, 70’s rock and country blues. He has performed as a session keyboardist on many records and is a voting member of the Recording Academy. In the last year, Jason began to develop a longtime interest in composition for film. He completed the summer film scoring class of the Pacific Northwest Film Program and has been steadily building relationships in the film community.

Today Jason is co-owner of Chroma Sound, a music production house and recording studio. Chroma Sound is dedicated to becoming a resource for the independent film community in the Pacific Northwest. Chroma hopes to give small-budget filmmakers access to the sound of live musicians playing original music. Chroma has also been active in composition and sound design for video games and is working with ArtSpots Media on non-profit video shorts for television.