My signature is that I serve the artist. If you don't notice me, I've done my job.
Producer, vocal producer and songwriter on a Grammy-winning catalog — Stronger, Piece by Piece, When Christmas Comes Around…, “Catch My Breath,” and the animated feature David.
Discography 02Music director for Kelly Clarkson since 2003. Arena tours, the Billboard Music Awards openers, a presidential inauguration, three Las Vegas residencies, and the viral “Kellyoke” segment across all seven seasons of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Live & television 03As R.J. Halbert, co-author with Rhonda Halbert of The Goodpasture Chronicles — three award-winning supernatural novels and a full-cast audiobook featuring Erick Avari, Michael Shanks, Hayley Orrantia, Brandon Engman, Charles Esten and Kelly Clarkson, narrated by Henry Ian Cusick.
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From assembling a band for two brand-new American Idol artists in 2003 to building “Kellyoke” — the cover segment that became the signature of The Kelly Clarkson Show for seven seasons and racked up millions of views per song.
The Kelly Clarkson Show aired its series finale on August 31, 2026, closing a seven-season run of more than 1,200 episodes. Jason Halbert, the show's music director since its 2019 launch, led the band through a career-spanning Kellyoke set and a final performance of "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters, the most-requested Kellyoke song in the segment's history.
BillboardA feature on Architect, the final installment of The Goodpasture Chronicles by Jason and Rhonda Halbert (writing as R.J. Halbert). The piece frames the trilogy as a story that began as a personal journey through grief and became an award-winning exploration of faith, healing and generational consequence.
Patheos (Reel Faith / DeWayne Hamby)Kelly Clarkson's 2026 single "I'd Be Lyin'" (released July 17, 2026) was co-written by Clarkson with Jason Halbert and Jaco Caraco, who also produced the track. The release coincided with the 2026 run of her Studio Sessions residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace and her return to The Voice.
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A supernatural trilogy set in a haunted New Hampshire manor — Caretaker, Servant and Architect — Amazon best-sellers with two dozen literary awards between them, and a full-cast audiobook featuring Erick Avari, Michael Shanks, Hayley Orrantia, Brandon Engman, Charles Esten and Kelly Clarkson, narrated by Henry Ian Cusick.