Jason Krupek is the co-founder, alongside his wife, Misti Dian, of IAOMAI Global, and a compassionate retreat leader and facilitator. As a life-long supporter of charitable causes and purpose-driven work, Jason is a huge supporter of everyone who has a positive message and purposeful mission to share. He finds joy in making meaningful connections and organizing events and retreats for IAOMAI Global. Jason is the head of their conscious music efforts and the creator of The Whole Notes Concert Series. With a degree in Recording Industry Management from Middle Tennessee State University, he dedicated 19 years to the music business, helping dreams come true for aspiring artists and songwriters. Going on to work at several record labels and then running and becoming a partner and general manager of an independent publishing company, Jason formally left the music industry in 2012 but shares that he “realized you never really get out of the music business if it’s in your heart and it’s your passion.”
Jason now cultivates these connections through their nonprofit, Spiritual Sustainability, to provide artists and writers a platform to share their healing journey and to give back to causes they love. When he and Misti first met, they bonded on their mutual passion for spirituality, healing, and music. In 2020, the pair bought a piece of property in Tracy City – a town about two hours outside of Nashville - to use solely for retreats. Since then, they have hosted songwriting retreats, healing retreats, yoga retreats, men’s retreats, and ultimately started Whole Notes there in 2021.
“Whole Notes started as a livestream from the house,” Jason shares. “Our guests would come, they would have a nice meal prepared by our caretaker… [our songwriters] would perform for an hour on our livestream, they would get to stay the night and just enjoy the nice atmosphere of the mountains.”
After doing this for about a year, Jason shares how emotional and inspiring each livestream left all who watched. It didn’t take long before he and Misti decided they needed a larger space to host a larger audience. Since June of 2024, Whole Notes has found its home in the Mockingbird Theater in Franklin.
Using music to make a difference, Whole Notes was designed to bring strangers together through the magic of song. Once a month, they hold their concert series where they partner with a different charitable organization or foundation, making each show its own fundraiser. Working with charities like Musicians on Call, Hope on the Row, The Jason Foundation, and Treehouse Recovery – to name a few, Jason explains the connections made at each show help introduce them to other foundations to connect with and help support.
Jason and Misti love building their shows around their songwriters’ personal connections towards a charity close to their hearts. Not only does this introduce them to new organizations, but it also gives the songwriter a chance to give back through their talent and share something they’re truly passionate about.
“There are a lot of songwriting rounds and shows in Nashville, but Whole Notes is different because of how it serves the songwriter and the charitable cause,” Misti shares. “In the green room before the show, we let them know we want them to flow and be authentic, and if they’ve got a setlist, we encourage them to put it aside and not use it. If they feel a nudge or whisper and don’t know why they’re thinking about playing this song, [we tell them to] please play it because someone in the audience is needing to hear it,” Misti says.
Whole Notes is a sober stage, which they share offers a greater level of authenticity that isn’t always available at other songwriter showcases. With Better Than Booze mocktails as a locally owned, corporate sponsor and offered at every show, this allows the performers and audience to fully take in all the magic each performance has to offer.
“[Jason] works so hard at curating these shows, and you just can’t plan that spirit-led, heart-led moment that happens between people – that connection – that’s how you know it’s bigger than you,” Misti explains. “I can only hope that whoever we partner with [each] month walks away feeling fulfilled by the show,” Jason adds.
Jason and Misti are truly partners in everything they do. From raising five children together to building a conscious living brand designed to help people, it is not lost on them how special the community they have created is.
“These artists and writers are sharing their stories, and these charitable organizations are sharing their hearts and souls. The more people we can reach through the songs, the performances, the shows, the charities, the more it helps,” Jason says. When asked about the future of the show, Jason is clear on his vision. “I see Whole Notes becoming a sober side stage at established music festivals globally, eventually becoming its own festival that highlights and supports hundreds of charitable causes at once.”
Whole Notes Healing is looking forward to growing both private and corporate sponsorships, new songwriters, and new stories in 2025. To purchase tickets to a Whole Notes concert – where a proceed of all ticket sales help benefit the show’s charity – visit their socials.
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“Music has always been such an important part of my life as a whole”