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JAS

About Me


Son of long time Bay Area Blues artist Monica Dupont, JAS (pronounced Jayce - aka J. Turner) played clarinet in school until 11th grade, then switched to the electric bass. He started his own band in high school, writing the material, playing bass and singing lead vocals. JAS spent a considerable amount of time over the years perfecting his own multi-track recordings at home, in tandem with playing in various venues with different bands. In the mid-90's, JAS realized God was real and had plans for him. He began playing bass in church every Sunday in Los Angeles. Jas however, backslid into worldly ways again and stopped practicing his faith until the latter part of 2002. He then re-dedicated his life to Christ and began fellowship at the Word of God Family International Church in Duarte, CA, where he was a Minister of Music. JAS began using his musical gift to glorify the Lord, self-producing his first independent release entitled "Inspired by the Word of God", which sold locally in Los Angeles, CA. JAS has also written songs for the church youth. JAS has since performed at many churches, including a concert of his own at the Family International Church of Pasadena, California in March 2003. He has delighted many people of different ages over the years with his creative lyrics and musical style (all glory to God). At the end of 2003, JAS completed his second CD "Preformed" and moved with his wife and son to Las Vegas, NV. Once in Vegas, JAS and his family began attending the River of Life Word Ministries, where he has been a sound technician, youth director, bass player and drummer. JAS is happily married.. going on 16 years now to a wonderful, strong, intelligent, funny woman. He has a 17 year old son who is very much loved, and......... can be very challenging at times...For more information on JAS, including how to order CD's, please send an E-mail to: [email protected]

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Member Since: 02/09/2006
Band Website: http://www.audiostreet.net/jas
Band Members: JAS (Jason Turner)
Influences: OK.... here goes.... every band or musical artist Iever got influenced or inspired by, whether one song or awhole collection, or personality/attitude, orproduction value, in no particular order:My Mom and Dad, John Coltrane, Timbaland, Darryl Jones, Dave Brubeck, The Looters, Michigan & Smiley, Def Leppard, Deitrich Haddon, Bobby McFerrin, Keith Jarrett, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Donnie McClurkin, Stephanie Mills, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Dr. Teeth And The Electric Mayhem, Rufus & ChakaKhan, Fat Albert and the Junkyard Band, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Cab Calloway, Little River Band, Howard Shore, Kansas, Journey, Queen Latifah, Beastie Boys/Mix Master Mike, Hall & Oates, Burt Bacharach, The Kinks, Eric B &Rakim, Public Enemy/Bomb Squad, Art of Noise, Red Hot Chili Peppers/Flea, Bootsy Collins, Grace Jones, My Jr. High School Drum Corps, Mavis Staples/Staple Singers, Kraftwerk, Weather Report, Rush, The ThompsonTwins, Soundgarden, Coolio, Lipps, inc., Rupert Hines, Charles Mingus, LL COOL J/ Marley Marl, Taj Mahal, M, A Flock of Seagulls, Gang Starr, Gary Numan, DEVO/Mark Mothersbaugh, PattiLabelle, Prince, The Time, Brad Fiedel, BrianEno, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Nine InchNails, A Tribe Called Quest, Group Home, Digable Planets,Earth Wind & Fire, Yngwie Malmstein, RayCharles, Marvin Gaye, McCoy Tyner, Black Uhuru, The Who,Elton John, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The RollingStones, Stabbing Westward, Psychadelic Furs, Pat Benatar, Level 42, Parliament/Funkadelic/George Clinton, Ice T, 3rd Base, George Benson, The Cars, Henry Mancini, Vince Guaraldi, Thomas Dolby, Ministry, Kool Moe Dee, Al Demiola, HerbieHancock, Chemical Brothers, The Dust Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Dee, Fleetwood Mac, Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin,Saga, Ambrosia, Gary Wright, KISS, The Police/Sting/StewartCopeland/Andy Summers, Pink Floyd, Jazzy Jay, JohnWilliams, Alice Cooper, Steel Pulse, MacyGray, Miles Davis, J.B. Hutto, Iron Maiden, Kermit the Frog, Ray Charles, Henry Rollins, The Tenants, Gregory Isaacs, The Fixx, Simple Minds, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Erykah Badhu, Missy Elliott, Jimmy Cliff, BDP/KRS-1/Scott La Roc, Redman, Cypress Hill, Pharcyde, David Essex, Tom Morello, Tony Levin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Vickie Winans, Dean Martin, Chico Marx,Harpo Marx, Fat Boys, Mozart, Beethoven, Tones On Tail,Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Van Halen (original line up especially), TheThe, Billie Holiday, Metallica, Billy Idol, Carole King, Muddy Waters, James Horner, Louis Armstrong, PeterGabriel, Spinal Tap, Weird Al Yankovich,Genesis, The Beatles/Paul McCartney, Yolanda Adams, Loverboy, KirkFranklin, LMNO, T-Bone, Pete Rock & CLSmooth, EPMD, Average White Band, OhioPlayers, The B-52s, BB King, Bobbie Blue Bland, UB40, Milli Vanilli (not the puppets, but the ones pulling the strings),The Pretenders, The Monkees, Rammstein, Zapp/Roger, Don Henley, My Junior High and High School Music Teachers, Erik Jensen, Mike Durkin, Erik Thomas, Loring Jones, Billy Johnson, Greg Kenyon, Kenneth Johnson, Tom Gardner, Scott Dorntge, Gary Novak, Nick Wolfe, Luther Tucker, Frank Zappa, The Blues Brothers, Steely Dan, John Carpenter, Goblin, The Pointer Sisters, GladysKnight, Steve Miller, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, MusicalYouth, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Chic, Teddy Riley, Shaggy, Black Sheep, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Beenie Man,Eddie Grant, Burning Spear, King Tubby, Lee"Scratch" Perry, Liza Minelli, Mikey Dread, Al Green, The Black Seeds, The Specials, Madness, DannyElfman/Oingo Boingo, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode,English Beat, Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole,Tangerine Dream, Boards Of Canada, Enigma,Bjork, Avangelis, Judas Priest, OzzyOsbourne, Randy Rhoads, Looniz, Andrews Sisters, En Vogue, Boyz 2 Men, Bel BivDevoe, New Edition, Bobby Brown, WhitneyHouston (talk about 6 degrees of separation),The Spinners, Gabriel Colbert, Charlie Miller, The Whispers, Brothers Johnson,George Gershwin, Frank Sinatra , Queen, LedZeppelin, Alice Bowie, John Fogarty, Allan Sherman, Danny Kaye, Etta James, The Smothers Brothers, Primus, U2, Aerosmith, The BeeGees, Boston, Billy Squire, The Bangles,Madonna, Brand Nubian, Jazzy Jeff and theFresh Prince, Whodini, The Sugar Hill Gang,Blondie, NWA, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem,Chante Moore, Curtis Mayfield, Dave MatthewsBand, ELO, Supertramp, The Eagles, Foreigner,Terence Trent D'arby, John P. Kee, JamesBrown, Dire Straits, Bela Bartok, Haydn,Enya, Heart, Herb Alpert, INXS, Ice Cube,Eazy-E, Human League, Tennesee Tuxedo & Chumley, Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, JoeWalsh, Kool & The Gang, Bow Wow,Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker, Mystical, Sly & Robbie, O'Jays, REO speedwagon, ZZtop,Rob Zombie, Seals & Crofts, Sergio Mendez,Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, 2pac, DigitalUnderground, Nirvana, The Cure, Usher, DougE Fresh, Slick rick, Grand Funk Railroad,TLC, Charles Watts and the 103rd Street Band,Robert Palmer, Heart, Christopher Cross,After 7, Black Sheep, Bob Seger, The Dells,The Dramatics, The Delfonics, Gap Band, HotChocolate, Dr. Hook, KC and The SunshineBand, Teena Marie, Limp Bizkit, DJ Chuck Chillout, System Of ADown, Rick James, The Manhattans, Nina Hagen, Joe Satriani, Peter Frampton, Portrait, Smashing Pumpkins,Prodigy, Roberta Flack, Yes, Seals & Crofts, Avery Sharpe, The Monuments, Sly & The Family Stone, WAR, Simply Red, Greg Kihn Band, John Cougar, RUN/DMC/Jam Master Jay, Smokey Robinson, Sparks, Snoop Dogg,Stylistics, Todd Rungren, Trick Daddy, Peter Schickele, Chicago, Craig Mack, Fu-Schnickens, Das EFX, Kid'N' Play, Salt N' Pepa,Bone Thugs N' Harmony, Stan Getz,Mahalia Jackson, The Romantics, Midnight Oil, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Omar Hakim, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, UB40, Shirley Caesar, Pablo Cruise, Styx,Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Tears ForFears, Men at Work, Garbage, Ludacris, Neil Sedaka, StoneTemple Pilots, The Diabolical Biz Markie,Tower Of Power, Brahms, Chopin, Tchiakovsky,Vivaldi, Michelle Kuan, Soul Coughing, 10CC,Angie Stone, Heavy D, Jeffery Osbourne, LouRawls, The Manhattans, Roberta Flack, CatStevens, Artie Shaw, Cole Porter, GlennMiller, Guy Lombardo, Peggy Lee, Toots &The Maytals, Grand Master Flash and TheFurious Five, Melle Mel, Commodores/Lionel Richie, KeithSweat, Ray Parker Jr., A Taste of Honey,Kurtis Blow, MC Lyte, Berlin, Siouxie and theBanshees, Luther Vandross, Eddie Money, Isaac Hayes, DollyParton, Jerry Goldsmith, Minnie Ripperton, Lakeside, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Eric Dolphy, Sun-Rah, JillScott, Missing Persons, Jeff Beck, HarryBelafonte, Mary Mary, WU-Tang/Method Man, Diana Ross, Al B. Sure,Wild Cherry, Doobie Brothers, TheTemptations, The Knack, Pebbles & Bamm Bamm....
Sounds Like: Um.... Well someone once told me I sounded kind of like a guy that was a guest on a Kirk Franklin CD - but I don't know who it is.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Proud of my Mom and her man

My Mom just finished her CD and I'll let the review speak for itself: LIFE GOES ON Too Much Alcohol, Sittin' Around, A Bigger Place, Shakin' the Sheets, Running Bear, The Man From New Orleans, Some Ot...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 15:21:00 GMT

Truly insane.... please pray for the kids....

The following 2 stories cover a recent, completely heinous crime in Vegas.... the woman was a choir member in the church we went to (and one of the sweetest people... always had a smile on her face). ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:14:00 GMT

Birth Control.... sort of

OK, I’ve had mixed reactions about this, and I am not one to be overly opiniated.... Also, being a Christian, I should be about the Word: "be fruitful and multiply".... Ok, ok, yes, yes..... I d...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:23:00 GMT