Jason Halbert (born June 3, 1974) is an American producer, music director, musician, engineer and songwriter. He has been

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's music director since 2003, shortly after her ''

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'' win. He has also served as music director for

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, Clay Aiken, Justin Guarini in addition to touring as keyboardist for Paulina Rubio and Reba McEntire. Halbert began his music career as keyboardist for DC Talk in 1994. He was also a founding member of the band SonicFlood. As a record producer Halbert has won a Grammy for his contributions to Kelly Clarkson's '' Stronger'' album which won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal album in 2013. As a songwriter, Halbert has co-written several songs with Kelly Clarkson, including '' Catch My Breath'' and "

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Season Three episode " Choke", performed by Lea Michele. In 2016 Halbert produced " Piece by Piece" (Idol Version) and also accompanied Clarkson, on piano for the recording. The song was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Solo Performance category. Along with Todd Mark Evans, Jason is also part of the Nashville-based duo the Brezhnev Society. Halbert has been noted as an early adopter of Ableton Live in his live performances with artists.

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Brezhnev Society Website

Kollektiv Sound Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halbert, Jason 1974 births Living people American pop keyboardists Record producers from Texas American audio engineers Songwriters from Texas 21st-century American engineers