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Jason Torbert has been nominated for three San Diego Music Awards, licensed music for television and film, released two full-length albums on London’s, 99X/10 Records and been featured in... more
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About Jason Torbert
Since 2004, Jason Torbert has been nominated for three San Diego Music Awards, licensed music for television and film, released two full-length albums on London’s, 99X/10 Records (founded by keyboardist Roger O’Donnell (The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and Berlin)) and been featured in San Diego CityBEAT, Music Matters Magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune. But Torbert isn’t new to the musical arena.
Torbert’s suburban childhood was spent playing trombone in high school and college jazz ensembles. It was at University of Oregon that Torbert began his seven-year stint as the bassist for a popular punk outfit called Cigar. The band signed to a label run by Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge; toured internationally, sharing the stage with artists like AFI, Bad Religion, NOFX, Rancid, Fishbone, Rise Against, and Blink 182; had music placed on many surf/skate videos and action sports broadcasts on ESPN before calling it quits. Jason tried his luck at a few other projects, including Sing The Body Electric (featuring members of MCA Records’, Fenix TX) that signed to Jim Ward’s (At The Drive-In/Sparta) label, Restart Records, but Torbert figured out that the band life wasn’t for him.
It was the sounds Torbert made on his own - from bass, guitar, rhodes, sitar, mbira, vocals, percussion and synthesizers - that turned into Goddamn Electric Bill. And it is those sounds that Slug Magazine called “jaw-dropping cinematic tracks” and Rip It Up Magazine called “uplifting in both mood and subtlety.” And it is those sounds that continue to cause a stir.
Music Licensed to:
with Goddamn Electric Bill
Douchebag - Film
Etnies Shoes (Training Facility) - Web Commercial
Etnies Shoes (RVL Shoe Promo) - Web Commercial
Etnies Shoes (Jose Rojo) - Web Commercial
Etnies Shoes (Sean Malto) - TV Commercial
Havoc - Surfing Film
Lesque Skateboards - “Endless Question” DVD
Lesque Skateboards - “One Year” DVD
Lifetime Television’s America’s Psychic Challenge - TV
Like Crazy - Film
MTV/MTV2 Dew Action Sports Tour - TV
MTV’s The Real World Cancun - TV
MTV’s The Real World Brooklyn - TV
MTV’s The Real World Hollywood - TV
MTV’s Real World Road Rules: The Island - TV
MTV’s Real World Road Rules: Extreme Challenge - TV
MTV’s The Stylist - TV
Oxygen Network’s The Bad Girls Club - TV
Resemblance - Film
SPOONER - Movie Trailer
Tri-Cities Regional Airport - TV Commercial
VH1’s Old Skool with Terry and Gita - TV
Vimby - Reef Redemption - Web Spot
with Sing The Body Electric
Thrasher Mag: Skate Rock, Vol. 12: Eat the Flag - CD
Pig “Slaughterhouse” - DVD
with Cigar
Toy Machine “Jump off a Building” - DVD
ESPN Tony Hawk’s Gigantic Skatepark Tour - TV
Josh Pomer’s TK5 - DVD/CD
Josh Pomer’s TK6 - DVD/CD
The Bomb Surf - DVD
Professional Affiliations:
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)