I am currently working with the Naxos record label which is very exciting. However my recording career began with an album with CBS records (now Sony Music) in 1994, recorded in Bombay with some amazing Indian musicians. I then released a number of albums with ARC Music, ASV Records, EMI (USA), plus a handful of independent releases. I have recorded 18 albums in total. Saying all that, for me, recording is an offshoot of what is really important. You. The people who come to concerts.
My career as a performing artist has been a varied and colourful journey, having performed in over 100 countries, first and foremost as a solo artist. Sitting alone on stage, with silence and the audience as my collaborator(s), I love that unique space. Music is equally as important, whether played to a small audience in a club or to a large audience in a concert hall. I have collaborated with artists such as Dominic Miller (Sting’s guitarist), the Prague and Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bingham String Quartet and had my tracks appear on compilations with artists such as Steve Vai and Ozzy Osbourne.
I have also worked alongside the British Council, UNESCO and Diplomatic Missions in places such as Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Mozambique and Estonia, bridging cultural, social and political divides through the music and film.
Film has been a passion of mine for many years and I have been developing these skills alongside music for the past twenty years. Starting with music videos then moving into narratives, I made my first feature length documentary entitled ‘Grain of Sand’ in 2017. I now have a film studio in East Sussex, UK, where I make music videos, which is a fantastic platform for creativity.
I teach guitar from time to time and often take my 23 string Harp Guitar into hospitals, working alongside charities, playing for the sick and the vulnerable. UK hospitals are challenging environments and bringing colour and creativity to these spaces makes a huge difference.
Please let me know if you would like a more detailed account of my experience in either music or film. I would be happy to send you my CV or a detailed bio.
“Jason Carter builds extraordinary bridges between cultures; we are proud to have Jason with us.” – Sir Sherard Cowper Coles, former British Ambassador to Afghanistan, Israel and Saudi Arabia
“.Jason helps to build much needed relationships across borders that the technological forces driving globalization could never achieve.” – Neville McBain, former British Council Director Iran, Uzbekistan, and Saudi Arabia
Please get in touch if you would like to see my full CV or Bio. jason (@) inspirecreativeinternational.com
