Jason Michael Hartless (born November 5, 1994) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for fellow Detroit native Ted Nugent. He has also toured and/or recorded with Eric Martin, Pop Evil, Sponge, Mitch Ryder, C. Thomas Howell, Tantric, Insane Clown Posse, Warrior Soul and Joe Lynn Turner.

In early 2020, Hartless earned his bachelor's degree in Music Business from the Berklee College of Music^.

 

Some Things That Came Up:

-1:00 The magic of music from Detroit 

-3:00 The Who and Toto are Jason’s fave bands 

-4:15 Big Band ensemble mentality 

-8:30 Pearl drum artist since the age of 9

-9:15 Berklee music business graduate 

-10:45 Jason’s company Sound City Music Group that he runs with his Dad. 

-13:00 Vinyl is profitable! A tangible piece of ART! 

-18:00 Working with Ted Nugent 

-21:45 Tommy Clufetos 

-23:00 Nugent records with everyone on the studio floor at the same time 

-25:00 The Motley Crue tour at age 14.  

-26:00 Producers Jason  has worked with…

-27:30 Jason taught at the School of Rock when he was 18

-30:00 Corky Laing, Eric Singer, Anton Fig as mentors 

-32:00 What’s the next step for the music business?  (Drum roll)… LIVE MUSIC!

-35:30 Linn Drum Machine 

-41:20 Mashups

-42:00 Is Alex Van Halen retiring? 

-45:00 That DILLA vibe. Very difficult to achieve 

-47:30 Greyson Nekrutman’s success

-49:00 Sabian and Remo…the AAX Extreme China 

-52:00 The perks of in ear monitors 

-56:30 “Grounding”? 

-58:00 The love of Disney

-67:00 Los Lobotomys live record 

-68:00 Joe Porcaro

-71:20 Alex Van Halen auction and drum values 

-80:20 “The Fave 5”

 

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