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Mason Jar Music is a production company and creative collective with studios in New York City and Nashville, TN. Founded as an umbrella for a community of music-makers in Brooklyn in 2010, the company has grown to represent a diverse group of award-winning composers, record producers, and video directors.
People often ask us why we chose the symbol of the Mason jar to represent our company, and what we mean by "Preserving analog principles in a digital age." To us, the tool of the cottage-industry canner is an apt metaphor for what we hope to capture through our ongoing collaborative work.
"Analog principles" is our short-hand term for the qualities that we value most in the art that has influenced us: hard work, collaboration, a reverence for the creative process, and above all, a deep desire to capture and convey the richness of the human condition.
We're thrilled by the potential that has been unlocked by the advent of the digital age, but we hope to use the tools and technology at our disposal to celebrate and amplify the raw qualities that make humans so great -- not sanitize, mask, or mechanize them.
Since our inception, we've had the privilege of serving as the creative directors on projects that featured many of our heroes. Our films and music projects have taken us around the world. In 2012, after our collaborations with Grammy-winning artist Feist, Mason Jar Music was named the world's 6th most innovative music company by Fast Company Magazine.
We're thankful for these accolades and opportunities, and we're proud of the work we have done together. But ultimately, as our logo reminds us, we're still just striving to perfect and deliver our own homemade blend of creative inspiration.

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| Record production | Engineering /
Mixing / Mastering |
Orchestration /
MUSICIAN CONTRACTING |
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| Production, arranging, recording, mixing, and mastering for LP's, EP's or singles. Clients are matched with a producer on our roster whose style best fits the artist's material. | Tracking & overdubbing at MJM Studios in one of our studios or on site at a remote location. Mixing and mastering also available in Nashville or New York. Please inquire for a complete equipment list. | Original orchestrations for strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and voices. Can include recording at MJM or a remote location and access to our database of session musicians. |
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| MUSIC For Picture | MUSIC Videos | Live event Recording / Filming |
| Composition and recording of original music for film and television including orchestral scores, themes, and background cues spanning a wide range of styles. | Ideation and production of full-scale conceptual narrative-based music videos and staged performances. Clients are matched with a director on our roster who best fits the material. | Audio and video recordings of concerts and other live performances, interviews, and B-roll for EPKs and promotional documentaries. |
We are available for collaboration. Please get in touch with us for any project consultations, general inquiries, or just to say hello. We look forward to working with you.
Dan Knobler
Co-Founder, Producer, Engineer / Mixer, Guitarist, Multi-Instrumentalist
Jon Seale
Co-Founder, Producer, Director, Composer,
Engineer / Mixer
Andrew Ellis
Director, Cinematographer, Director of Photography
Sasha Arutyunova
Photographer and Camera Operator
Jason Burger
Producer, Drummer, Percussionist
Gabriel Gall
Arranger, Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist
Jacob Blumberg
Producer, Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer, Multi-Instrumentalist
Jeremy McDonald
Producer, Engineer / Mixer, Bassist, Multi-Instrumenalist
Jas Walton
Arranger, Composer, Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Flutist
Jake Sherman
Organist, Pianist, Keyboardist
Breanna Duffy
Director of Operations
Russell Durham
Violinist, Mandolinist, Arranger, Composer