01 / 03 · 2011–12 · Executive Producer
Occupy This Album
99 artists, four discs, every song donated to the movement.
Producer. Organizer. Advocate. Teacher.
A life builtaround
bringingpeopletogether.
Executive producer of the 99-artist Occupy This Album. Director of the 2019 Clearwater Festival. Founder of Buddha Jams Yoga.
Real people.
Real connection.
That’s the point.
Different
communities.
Same heartbeat.
- 99Artists
- Occupy This Album
- Clearwater Festival
- Festival Director
- 500-Hour Yoga
- Certified Instructor
- National Media
- CNN · Forbes · Rolling Stone
● Different communities. Same heartbeat.
Music.People.A kinder world.
Festival crowds, a yoga room, a city. One man getting all of them into the same room.
Explore the work ↓The Why
Stronger People.Brighter Communities.
Two benefit albums, a festival on the Hudson, years as a healthcare voice in the New York press and a yoga studio in Glen Cove — different work with one through-line: getting people into the same room.
Featured in
major media
- Rolling StoneBuy This Fracking Album
- ForbesOccupy This Album
- CNNOccupy This Album
- Fox NewsOccupy This Album
- CBS NewsOccupy This Album
- BillboardBuy This Fracking Album
Production
Producingexperiencesthat move people.
Executive producer of Occupy This Album — 99 artists, from Jackson Browne to Willie Nelson — producer of Buy This Fracking Album, and director of the 2019 Clearwater Festival.
02 / 03 · 2015 · Producer
Buy This Fracking Album
Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls, Michael Franti and Pete Seeger's last recording.
03 / 03 · 2019 · Festival Director
Clearwater Festival
The Great Hudson River Revival, in the year of Pete Seeger's 100th birthday.
Media & Healthcare
A trusted voiceon healthcare access.
Radio, television and newspapers — FOX News Radio, PIX11, News 12, CBS, Newsday — have called on Jason to explain healthcare access and the Affordable Care Act in plain English.
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Wellness
People do betterwhen they feel better.
A 500-Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master, Jason founded Buddha Jams Yoga in Glen Cove in 2022 and launched the first Long Island Yoga Festival there in 2024.
Activism
Some things areworth makingnoise about.
A benefit album for Occupy Wall Street, a record against fracking, a relief concert after Hurricane Sandy, and a 2020 North Shore march for racial justice he helped organize.
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Art. People.
Progress.
A more just,
compassionate future
is possible.
Jason Samel
The setting changes.The purpose doesn’t.
Albums, festivals, newsrooms, a yoga studio. One through-line: people.