jason yamaoka

My name is Jason Yamaoka. By day, I’m the Assistant Director of a Medical Education Unit at UC San Diego. On my off time, I enjoy writing, recording and performing downtempo acoustic covers and original music similar to the sounds of The Civil Wars, Bon Iver, Gregory Alan Isakov, Iron & Wine, City and Colour, Ray LaMontagne, The Paper Kites, The Sweeplings, James Vincent McMorrow, Lord Huron, and The Weepies.

During 1998-2018, I was very active in the San Diego, LA and Bay Area acoustic songwriter music scene. I’ve been honored to share the stage with artists like Jason Mraz, Gregory Page, Lisa Sanders, Tom Brousseau, Ari Hest, Isaac Cheong, Nathan Welden, and many others. I have a catalogue of 100+ original folk/pop/rock songs and 100 additional cover songs.

From 2012-2022, I was the Director of Contemporary Worship at First United Methodist Church Chula Vista. And in 2020, I wrote a christian song called “At the House and Mercy” that won top prizes in 3 different songwriting contests, including the prestigious John Lennon International Songwriting Competition. Feel free to take a listen and watch the lyric video below. Also below are also some samples of single take recordings.

I look forward to working with you sometime in the future. - Jason

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