Biography
JASON MADE is a soul-bearing singer-songwriter whose story reads like a Southern epic: small-town beginnings, lost years, hard-won clarity, and a voice forged in solitude. Born and raised in Fairhope, Alabama, he was brought up in a tight-knit family enclave where cousins, church, and beach days filled the frame of his childhood. Summer nights were spent jumping on beds at his great-grandmother's house, learning to swim, crabbing at the bay, and sneaking to the skating rink with whatever change he could scrape together. Fairhope wasn’t just home—it was freedom, family, and the seedbed of his creative spirit.
But life had its turns. At 11, he was struck by a car while crossing the street after buying ice cream. The accident left him homebound for the rest of the school year, but in that time, something remarkable happened: he turned fully toward music. Already captivated by the piano at his church, he began spending hours playing alone, writing songs and recording them on cassette tapes. When the pastor gave him a key to the building, it felt like someone was unlocking more than just a door.
Years later, after achieving some success writing for others and chasing various entrepreneurial paths, Jason lost focus and made a string of decisions that landed him in federal prison. It was there, back in a chapel with another piano, that he found his way home to himself. During 16 months at a federal prison camp, he wrote over 30 original songs—confessionals, anthems, ballads. Songs about love, loss, about grace, about what it means to begin again.
Now free and fully committed to his artistry, Jason is stepping into the spotlight as a voice of this moment: soulful, timeless, and unafraid. With echoes of Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Donny Hathaway, and gospel roots that run deep, his sound is made to shake stadium rafters and stir the quietest parts of us. His music doesn’t just entertain—it testifies.
Jason's debut project marks not just a return to music, but a mission to claim his legacy.