J. Lee

J. Lee

Jason A. Lee is a New England born musician, composer, producer, painter and sculptor. He writes and performs guitar and vocals for the rock band Starry Skemes, Farfisa organ and synth in the improv psych band Warm Spell, produces and performs music lights and theatrics with the 3rd Hand Collective and is an avid modular synthesist. J. also paints landscapes en plein aire ala prima and designs mobiles, fountains and candelabras. He is married to Marina Lazzara and is the dad of Maizie Jade Lazzara Lee. He is also good pals with dog Bella Rose and an acquaintance of birds Aspen and Luna. He has lived in San Francisco, CA since 1993.
  • Joined: November 22, 2024
  • Articles: 27

Static Faction Analog Girl (1997) Released

Analog Girl by Static Faction Ironically coming to your phone almost 30 years after it was recorded, Analog Girl by Static Faction was released on all the streaming services May 30th. What can I say, I guess a lot of…

Aerosol Species CD (2002)

CD by Aerosol Species Now available for streaming, downloading and erm…cough cough…purchase on the brand new j.lee arts & music bandcamp archive, Aerosol Species CD was recorded in San Francisco by a collective of musicians back in 2000-2002. It is a…

San Pablo Bay Wildlife Refuge

I try to not spend too much time driving to a painting spot so I can spend more QT painting, but the magic GPS said I was only 38 minutes out so I went for it. For the first time…

Rodeo Lagoon

Rodeo Lagoon 16 x 20 Acrylic Had a great day of painting over in the Marin Headlands with my friend and fellow Plein Airista Scott Byrd. First we hit up the Hawk Hill overlook. We went around the barricaded area…

Albany Bulb

Albany Bulb 16 x 20 Acrylic Plein Aire Ala Prima It’s been a terribly foggy and windy summer in SF, so as much as I hate getting caught in traffic, I decided to cross the Bay Bridge and paint on…

Seal Rock, OB SF

Seal Rock 16 x 20 Acrylic Ala Prima Had an intense day of wind at this spot on the north end of Ocean Beach, SF. I have been pummeled by coastal winds on a few occasions over the course of…

3rd Hand Collective

A Brief History of 3HC The 3rd Hand Collective is a project started at Community Thrift Store in San Franisco by myself and Nick Fowler. I had been making thrift sound mix tapes for a few years after discovering such…

Open Mic Nite

J Lee singer songwriter acoustic series

I’ve been writing songs for over three decades now exploring many different musical spells and vibes. Writing on acoustic guitar has been a pretty consistent method, of course, though it is a challenge after you’ve been up and down the…

Starry Skemes

Starry Skemes is Dave Mairs (drums), Bill Fischer(bass) and J.Lee (guitar, voc). Their music is influenced by baroque 60’s psychedelic garage rock and built on an 80’s/90’s indie rock foundation. Their musical pallet is wide ranging from sonic intensity to…