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Jason Paddock
Jason Paddock (born April 25, 1980) is an American talent agent and author.

Biography
Born in Norwich, Connecticut where he lived until the age of 5; Paddock was later raised in Canandaigua, New York, attending and graduating from Canandaigua Academy in 1998.

Career
Paddock began his career with the Rochester Broadway Theater League in Rochester, New York. From 1996-2002 he worked at the Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center and the Auditorium Center as the Assistant to the Operations Manager for both facilities. He also spent a great deal of time working as a production assistant for many other concert promoters across Upstate New York during this period. Also, after a new video broadcast system was installed at FLPAC, Paddock took on the position of Director of Video Production during the 1999-2000 seasons, directing broadcasts of dozens of concerts and events.

While attending Ithaca College where he majored in Theater Arts Management, Paddock also worked as the Programming Coordinator and General Manager of the State Theater which was in the final stages of a construction project to reopen the venue which had been closed since 1995. The Theater reopened in December 2001. At this time, Paddock also served as the Executive Director of the Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts, producing a variety of events including the first sold out performance in the Ben Light Gymnasium in many years.

In 2003, Paddock served as the Executive Producer - Concerts for Bristol Valley Theater in Naples, New York. He was the Artistic Director of the Eclectic Electric Series and produced the other events surrounding the annual summer-stock season at the theater.

Paddock then spent the next two years working as an Operations Manager for Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey where he spent time managing the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center initially, and later the Kirkpatrick Chapel.

Currently he is an Artist Representative with Baylin Artists Management in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Paddock serves as a booking agent and manager for artists such as LA Theatre Works, Aquila Theatre Company, Chicago City Limits, The Turtle Island Quartet, PHILADANCO, The Hot Club of San Francisco and many others.

In 2006 Paddock created Primitive-Streak, a arts consulting company. Since 2003, he has been the President and CEO of Beehive Arts Management, a production company that he founded.

Paddock is the author of a monthly column on the arts, and his first book Organizing the Artistic Mind: Survival and Success in the Business of Art is scheduled for publication in the Fall of 2007.

Paddock currently lives in Central New Jersey.