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JASON DEAN:
A LIVE PERFORMER
Vocalist Pianist Songwriter

All good things come to those who wait….

Here’s a man who’s allowed himself, to develop a monstrous talent. Having made a fine living, unashamedly performing covers on the fastidious Melbourne live scene for the last fifteen years, it’s not surprising that this undiscovered singer/songwriter/pianist can own a stage and an audience the way he does.

Maintaining a large and loyal following, as a respected and electrifying live performer, faithfully tied to his roots in his home-town of Frankston (Mornington Peninsula, Victoria), Jason is now primed to extradite said loyal following, to the glorious city of Melbourne and certainly beyond, via infection of others, on a much more regular basis. However, from here on, the ever-loyal following will be enjoying Jason Dean performing songs written especially for him.

Steadily focused on his original song-writing and recording project for a number of years now, out of the cosy “hotted up” recording facility (Evolupe Productions) he has built with his business partners, Jason Dean is about to embark on a long-awaited and carefully considered journey that every cover-artist dreams of. So long “cover-band land”! Thanks for the experience!

Melbourne radio listeners at large are unaware of their subconscious association with this recognizable voice, from numerous radio station jingles, and call signs (“One oh- one point one double tee eff em”…). We’ve all unknowingly heard him on the airwaves, but tit-bits just ain’t enough!

Whilst Jason’s early years were spent with the Australian Boys Choir, his teens were spent musically directing school productions and performing covers in live music venues all over -piano bars, pubs and nightclubs, casinos, sports clubs - even the Collingwood Football Club specifically requested Jason’s almighty lungs at Victoria Park to entertain the masses, the day after their historic early-90’s AFL Grand Final win.

In years gone by, as a heat winner and series finalist on New Faces, Jason has also experienced performing to camera with additional appearances on the other free-to-air networks.

More recently, within the walls of Evolupe, Jason has worked with Dan Hall (ex-Taxiride) in pre-production for his debut solo release. On the stylistically varied works and recordings of many local artists at Evolupe, Jason utilizes his second-nature skills for sequencing and programming, arranging and producing.

And as a session player in others’ studios, for example, with Rob Mills (Aus Idol) who requested Jason’s assistance in rehearsing his recently released debut album and desperately wanted to include Jason in his touring band, however our boy’s commitment to his own project and his studio won out. Thankfully.

Jason Dean’s vocal presentation is clearly what sets him apart from the hundreds of musicians he’s performed with. Watch closely, there’s something you’ll fall in love with here. Expression and feel are always on the menu and tasty, fertile instrumentation is served up like red wine and cheese. With flavour and care, and not too much pretension, the way we all like to enjoy it.

And so, those years of playing others’ music have ultimately translated to the best live performance experience that a singer / songwriter under self-imposed development could ever possess.

Jason will still play some covers, new and obscure, favourites and standards (just try and stop him) as he’s always expertly delivered with his own tweaking. But when your own songs are just as worthy as the covers you’ve been playing forever, well, there’s no question about the next step!

THE SONGS OF JASON DEAN

At Evolupe HQ, Jason engineers melodic creation. With his devoted partners and co-writers, (Simon Moran and Jessica Brown – who together own and operate pro live audio supplier Optim Audio out of the same premises), Jase has formed an effective, inspired song-writing and production team. With new original material constantly spewing forth, in the coming year Evolupe Productions will independently release its first recording of Jason Dean.

Other contributors to the writing process at this stage have included Karl Lewis (drummer/percussionist – Savage Garden, Bachelor Girl, the Hampdens), whose consummate drum-set playing, sequencing & programming has fuelled the process with a signature pop feel and impeccable timing.

The songs themselves, like “Only You”, a heartfelt appeal to a much younger lover, are commercially pleasing to the teenybopper, yet, technically appealing to the advanced musician. Listen to the simplicity of the showstopper, “Can You Hear Me Now” – a disarming ode to those who declare their support and belief, yet never tangibly deliver on promises – Jason’s vocal and piano is unadorned and a riveting, rawly emotional delivery is the result. “Plain To See” cries of disappointment and then realisation. The superbly penned