Jason Kramer

Jason Kramer was the the concept music supervisor for Elias Arts, a prestigious music production company based in Santa Monica and New York. Elias Arts specializes in original music composition, sound design, music supervision, and audio branding for commercials. Jason recently won the award Best Music Supervision in Advertising by the Guild of Music Supervisors for 2013. Jason also curates an interview/recording session with artists that have visited the Elias Arts Santa Monica studio. Outside of Elias, Jason is the host of his popular radio show every Tuesday nights on 89.9 fm KCRW in Santa Monica. He has been part of the KCRW team for 17 years. This semester, Jason teaches a class at UCLA on music supervision. He has also given lectures at other colleges including one for Radio Beijing on creating a radio show. He also moderates various panels on music supervision. Jason has worked with different organization in the past regarding music. He volunteered at the David Lynch Foundation and also was on the Fox Music/ Hamilton High School Grammy foundation program where he mentored high school kids for many years. Jason started working in music in 94 with Skunk Records, the label known for the band Sublime. In the past Jason has also worked working in various music houses and TV stations including Fox Sports for 6 years. He has also had experience in managing bands. He worked with rock band LA Guns for a short time before his employment at Elias Arts. He also wanted to get familiar in radio so he answered phones at KLOS radio in 1992, which lead him years later to producing syndicated radio shows for Fox Sports radio. In 2000, Jason was one of the original VJ for Soundbreak.com (the first internet radio station). At Elias Arts, he has created a live interview showcase called "Unreleased" where he has featured artists like Liam Bailey, Robert Delong, Rudimental, Clean Bandit, and so many more.