Recorded Music
Courses
The Record Producer as Creative Artist
Conversations with Today's Hitmakers
Music Moguls
Old School Hip-Hop
History & Culture of Recorded Sound
Hip-Hop History, Music, Culture
Branding
Capstone Project: Senior Colloquium
Education
B.F.A., The New School
M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Biography
Jason King is a cultural critic & journalist, musician (performer, vocal arranger, producer, musical supervisor), strategist & consultant to record labels and artists, and live event producer. Founding full-time faculty member of the department; served as interim chair in 2002; and associate chair from 2003-2006. Teaches classes on: record producing, music moguls, hip-hop, r&b and soul, jazz, Asian American and African American culture. Many essays on pop music in books, anthologies and journals; longtime contributing writer for magazines and newspapers like
Vibe, Blender and
The Village Voice. Work in theatre includes "The Story of My Father" (book, music and lyrics) at The Crossroads Theater Company; "The Day Eazy-E Died" (director, sound designer) starring Anthony Mackie at the New Perspectives Theater Company, and marketing consultant on the Tony Award winning Broadway production of
Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. Pioneering approach to teaching hip-hop in the classroom has been profiled on MTV, BET, and AOL and has given lectures at universities like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and MIT. Instrumental in producing multi-day conference events at NYU such as:
Sylvester:
The Life and Work of a Musical Icon,
Roc-a-Fella Records' 10th Anniversary, The Making of Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back',
Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound. Forthcoming book projects:
Blue Magic: Spirit and Energy in Popular Music (Duke UniversityPress) and an alternative history of hip-hop. Working on solo dance music album; musical supervisor for jazz and funk legend Asha Puthli;† performances include Central Park Summerstage, Joe's Pub, etc.† Serves on the advisory board of The R&B Foundation and member of the editorial collective of
Social Text. Artistic Director and Assistant Professor of Recorded Music A.A., B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., New York
