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jon

Interstellar Monkhood of Music

About Me

Im a recording engineer / producer at my funky little recording studio, ”Interstellar Monkhood of Music” , and a drummer of 29 years. I have photos of the studio in my pics. I enjoy doing quite a bit of session drumming for clients and friends and play with a band called "Goldenboy" . I have plenty of pics and videos here from last summers tour opening for "Copeland" and ”The Rentals” in 53 U.S. cities. I'm also currrently working on an album with my girlfriend "Katy Stone" Our project is called "Stargazer Motel". The album should be complete in a couple of months. It will contain roughly half of her tunes and half of mine. However, we both worked on all the songs together so it's turning out to be quite and eclectic body of work. You may be listening to one of my songs right now, but if not, you can check some of them out at ”Interstellar Monkhood of Music” , and some of Katy's tunes at "Katy Stone" . I love my golden retriever named Bailey Dogg. She tells me that dark matter makes up the majority of the universe, yet we can't even see it. I find this intriguing.

My Interests

My Girl, My Girl, My Girl...... The drum room with my DW Collectors Series kit (house drums) Vocal / Isolation room view of control room window

I'd like to meet:

Jon and Katy

Shon and Jon's Afterparty in Edinburgh ScotlandGoldenboy UK Tour Episode 1 Goldenboy UK Tour Episode 2 Goldenboy UK Tour Episode 3 Goldenboy - House of Blues New Orleans (above) -------------------------

Music:

Death Cab For Cutie, Snow Patrol, eels, Radiohead, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Doves, Interpol, Coldplay, Echo and the Bunnymen, Wilco, killers, Pixies, The Cure, The Church, John Doe, Beck, Muse, The Shins, Secret Machines, Arcade Fire, Eisley, Arctic Monkeys, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Doors, Beatles, (duh), Velvet Underground, Portishead, Pinhead Jones, The New West, Golden Boy, Darlene Luna, The Mammas, Nik Westman, Silas, Mercury Rev, The Autumns, Bodie, music that moves me!

Movies:



Television:

Battlestar Gallactica!, I'm science channel dork, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Weeds, NASA Channel

Books:

MY FAVORITE

Heroes:

Put up your dukes Banou!! (photo by Jessica)

My Blog

Recordings / Album

Katy and I are making good progress in the studio toward completing our album by Labor Day. She tracked some really great guitar tracks for me last night on "Stars" and I've done some mixing with it. ...
Posted by jon on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:33:00 PST

Another New Tune

I created a rather unique little diddy called Change. I've posted it on my page and its also on the Interstellar Monkhood of Music page with some of my other tunes in the rough.
Posted by jon on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:50:00 PST

New Tune / Album coming soon

I posted a demo of a new tune Im finishing up. It's called Stars. It's almost done, but still needs strings and guitar. Katy did a great job of tracking bass guitar and backing vocals and Charina...
Posted by jon on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:39:00 PST

catching up on blogs... Ashville North Carolina

This is the first blog I've written in a long time, so I'll try to catch up, but it's going to be nearly impossible to list everything I'd like to for all the previous cities because I simply can...
Posted by jon on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:24:00 PST

New Orleans and good gumbo!

Last night we played the house of blues in new orleans. It was the best show of the entire tour. I don't know if I've ever been so happy in my life. Lauren played on two songs and it made the music re...
Posted by jon on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:56:00 PST

lizards and dragonflys in Florida

Im in Jacksonville Florida now and we're playing at a place called "Freebird" tonight... ha ha .. Last night we were in Atlanta and our show sucked. Boo Hoo. We didn't do so hot and there was a big cr...
Posted by jon on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST

salt lake city, denver, omaha, minneapolis

Sheesh, this trip is really turning into a blur of shows and cities. I didn't know what to expect from Salt Lake City, but those kids absolutely loved us and went crazy! It was a very lively crowd and...
Posted by jon on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:38:00 PST

Boise, Salt Lake City

Its Wednesday and we're in Salt Lake City now. We have had really fun shows, some better than others, but all definitely fun. What else would I rather be doing?! Poor Shon rolled out of his bunk while...
Posted by jon on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:06:00 PST

Portland Oregon, Seattle Washington, Spokane

We had a blast playing at the Hawthorne Theatre in Portland! I got to hang out with Elana and her friends. Last night we played in Seattle and I got to hang out with Sarah, Julie, and friends. It was ...
Posted by jon on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:27:00 PST

Rogue River, OR day off

We had yesterday off and spent the whole day and night at Rogue River, Oregon. It was beautiful! We spent the day at the river side enjoying the ducks, water, and a few cold ones. Ahhh... The days hig...
Posted by jon on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:00:00 PST