About Mask Media
Mask Media produces musical projects and supports musical artists with an emphasis on live performance. Live music performance is our passion because we believe there's nothing else quite like it.
Mask Media LLC is based in Portland, Oregon.
2016: The First Movement
The beginnings of Mask Media trace back to the passing of David Bowie in 2016. Inspired by his swan song, the album ★ (Blackstar), a tribute called Blackstar Rising was formed to perform the album live. On March 25th, only 11 weeks after its release, ★ was performed live in its entirety for the first time worldwide at the Alberta Rose Theater in Portland, OR.
The original plan for the tribute was a single event, but the performance was so well received it was made into a recurring event. The creative director, Jason Mauer, started thinking about broadening scope to produce a variety of live musical projects, and from this Mask Media was born.
2020: music in a pandemic
With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, live music has been drastically impacted with music venues shut down and gigs cancelled across the board. Mask Media has focused its energy on providing online avenues for live performance to support artists during this challenging time and to keep the music going.