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 Nick Carter,

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, Justin Guarini in addition to touring as keyboardist for

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and

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. 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 " Cry". "Cry" was also featured in the

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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

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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.

Discography

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External links

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Brezhnev Society Website

Kollektiv Sound Website
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