THE MUSIC OF JASON MERCER

STUDIO, MUSIC, & COMMUNITY.

 
 

Located on Wolfe Island, Ontario.

About Jason Mercer.

Meet Jason, a Canadian born, multi-talented musician, mix engineer and producer who has spent over 30 years playing music live, recording in the studio and touring the world over with artists such as Ani Difranco, Ron Sexsmith, Rick Moranis, BareNaked Ladies, The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, The Hot Sardines, Jesse Harris, Oh Pep, Abrams Brothers, Ana Egge, Annie Keating, Steven Page, Matt Keating, Luther Wright and the Wrongs, among others.

Jason is versatile in styles ranging from R&B and Rock to Country and Bluegrass, Jazz and Folk. As a multi-instrumentalist, he can switch from electric bass to double bass to banjo with ease.

Jason studied Bass privately with John Gowan (Toronto Symphony), George Koller, Tony Scherr (Bill Frizell), Orin O’brien (NY Philharmonic), jazz greats: Michael Moore, Gerrald Cannon (Cecil Taylor) and Banjo with Bill Keith, Tony Trischka, Ryan Cavanaugh, and Chris Quinn.

Jason’s playing can be found on well over 70 recordings and the list continues to grow.

Having moved out of NYC, his residence of over 18 years, Jason currently lives and works on Wolfe Island, Ontario, playing, recording and producing in house and on location.

 
 
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Current Projects:

  • In the midst of producing a new record with Gary Rasberry, a Juno nominated songwriter.

  • working on an upcoming album with The Gertrudes

  • working on a duo EP of banjo influenced instrumentals with Teilhard Frost (Sheesham and Lotus)

  • Covid collaborations with Tom Savage

  • Played on and Mixed a recently released album: The Ropes (w/ Chris Brown, Pete Bowers)

  • played bass on Lara Taubman’s recently released album: Revelation

  • collaborative work with Jamii Esplanade, a Toronto based creative arts group

Past Projects:

Appearances On:

  • Late Night with David Letterman

  • Jimmy Kimmel

  • The Conan o’Brien Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Lenno

  • The Regis and Kelly Show

  • A&E

  • CMT

  • CBC

  • Bravo

  • And many others.

Heard on:

  • BBC2 with Bob Harris

  • BBC with Hardip Sinhg

  • KROQ

  • WNYC

  • WFUV

  • John Platt

  • Maintain Stage

  • CBC

  • CMT

Toured/shared stages with:

  • Ani Difranco 

  • Ron Sexsmith

  • Hot Sardines

  • Oh Pep

  • Bob Dylan

  • Aimee Mann

  • John Hiatt

  • Coldplay

  • Vince Gill

  • Rick Moranis

  • BareNaked Ladies

  • Steven Page

  • Jesse Harris

  • And many others.

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Recent Work

 

Official video for "Radio" by Ron Sexsmith. From the new album "The Last Rider" featuring Mercer on bass. Listen now!

Mixed by Jason Mercer

The Other Side, by The Gertrudes, September 2020 Mixed by Jason Mercer, Produced by The Gertrudes and Jason Mercer Engineered by Dylan Lodge, Jason Mercer, M...
 
 
 
Live performance from "Long Player Late Bloomer" the tenth cd of his solo career.
 
 
 
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Studio

As a Producer/Engineer, Jason has worked on dozens of albums and continues to work with artists in his studio, Neptune's Machine, located on Wolfe Island Ontario.

Contact

Contact Jason.

Get in touch to collaborate at the Studio on Wolfe Island, or connect about future projects.