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Jack Stratton is an American musician, producer, and comedian, best known for creating the band Vulfpeck and its label Vulf Records. He manages the Vulfpeck YouTube channel where every song produced by the band is uploaded as a video. He garnered publicity for Vulfpeck with the silent album Sleepify which raised funds through Spotify royalties for the band's first and admission-free tour. He is recognized as having been at the forefront of a new style of self-produced bands and artists based on the internet. Vulfpeck had no live performances for the first few years of their career, despite enjoying celebrity status online.

Career
Stratton grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, Bert Stratton, plays clarinet in the Klezmer band Yiddishe Cup and Stratton filled the role of drum player. In high school he formed Calvin Coolidge (band) with collaborator Rob Stenson. He attended The University of Michigan for drums where he formed Groovespoon in 2009. Since 2008 he had been posting to the Vulf YouTube channel and later developed Vulfpeck as the house band for Vulf Records. For several years it was popularly believed that Vulfpeck was a German band based out of Munich. He did not mix the first Vulfpeck EP Mit Peck but was forced into the role after their mixer, Jake Birch, found work on a cruise ship and Stratton tried mixing. After mixing the later records he found encouragement from him and has has mixed all the Vulfpeck records since.

Thanks to Stratton's management, Vulfpeck sold out Madison Square Garden without a professional manager or label.

In 2020 he performed a publicity stunt for Vulfpeck by auctioning the "real estate" of track 10 on their Album The Joy of Music, The Job of Real Estate on eBay. It sold for $70,100. A portion of the proceeds were given to DonorsChoose campaigns.

Influences
Stratton has named Bernard Purdie, The Jackson 5, and Mickey Katz as musical influences, among others. Doug Lussenhop is an inspiration for Stratton's video editing, along with Mel Brooks and Woody Allen.

Personal Life
Stratton is Jewish. He currently lives in Los Angeles. Most of his clothes are bought by his sister.

Discography
With Vulfpeck
 * Mit Peck (2011)
 * Vollmilch (2012)
 * My First Car (2013)
 * Fugue State (2014)
 * Thrill of the Arts (2015)
 * The Beautiful Game (2016)
 * Hill Climber (2017)
 * Mr. Finish Line (2018)
 * Live at Madison Square Garden (2019)
 * The Joy of Music, The Job of Real Estate (2020)

With Groovespoon
 * Live From the Dude (11.8.09) (2010)

With Calvin Coolidge
 * Calvinism Version 3.0 (2006)

As Mushy Krongold
 * Shabbos: My Way! (2013)

Singles
 * Wait For It (2012) (as Vulfmon)
 * The Island Saints (2018) (as DJ Bean Ornish)
 * The Heal Toe Bounce (2019) (as Sleep Sounds)

Stratton has produced numerous other informal singles on YouTube.

Category:21st-century American musicians Category:Musicians from Los Angeles Category:Musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan Category:University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Category:Living people Category:Songwriters from Michigan