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Thomas Jonak

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About Me


“I feel like all I’ve done over the past year is bounce east to west, north to south; traveling to do this work, but I know it’s all worth it. I’m very lucky to be working with these amazing musicians; writing, producing and performing.”
“Before You Came Around”; the upcoming freshmen debut by Thomas Jonak has definitely been a group effort. The east coast native spent the last year building piece by piece his first album with the help of some old and some new friends. After a brief introduction to producer Warren Huart at Swing House Studios LA in November of 2006 the album was off the ground. Thomas was put in contact with writer/performer/musician Jay Clifford, from Jump Little Children, to begin laying a foundation for “Before You Came Around”.
After nearly nine months of writing and re-writing studio time was set aside for the album to be recorded. Tracking began at Swing House Studios august 15th 2007. Assembled for the album were several amazing musicians, including pianist and guitarist Jay Clifford (Jump Little Children) guitarist Dave Levita (Howie Day, Alanis Morissette) drummer Victor Indrizzio (Avril Lavigne, Macy Gray, Aimee Mann) and bassist Dan Rothchild (Beck, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow). The albums producers, Warren Huart and Dan Rothchild, veterans of the music industry have produced and worked with some of the most influential artist around including Howie Day, The Fray, and Augustana. Now with the album in post production, including mixing by Mark Needham (Killers, Michelle Branch) a tentative release is set for early 2008.
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Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Website: thomasjonak.com
Band Members:
Thomas Jonak// Before You Came Around Live @ The Tin Angel from wallabee on Vimeo .

Thomas Jonak// Reverse Live @ Tin Angel 5.2.08 from wallabee on Vimeo

Thomas Jonak// Don't Dream It's Over Live @ The Tin Angel from wallabee on Vimeo .

Thomas Jonak// Feed The Moment Live @ The Tin Angel from wallabee on Vimeo .
Influences:
Sounds Like: Introducing Thomas Jonak

Introducing Thomas Jonak from wallabee on Vimeo .

Thomas Jonak///// Losing Ground

Thomas Jonak "Losing Ground" from wallabee on Vimeo .

Thomas Jonak///// Wheel Of Your Car

Thomas Jonak "Wheel of Your Car" from wallabee on Vimeo .

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My Blog

Have Any Gum?

Its an amazing thing. Every time a member of the the opposite sex gets into my car, vast array of situations, at some point during the ride they ask me if i have gum, "do you have any gum?". I'm not...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:17:00 PST

Classic

So, hey. I've been sitting here doing some writing, writing to nowhere. I just finished reading a blog posted by a friend of mine and i realized i haven't written one in some time so I thought i'd c...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:35:00 PST

The End of the Troubadour

Its easy to see nowadays that the expense of travel will change how we live. To some degree there will be benefits, possible ones being that because shipping costs are increasing more industry will t...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:26:00 PST

June = 4

tomorrow, thursday and friday i have three shows all in a row, much driving, much gas consumption, thanks for the tips Catie. Anyhow, if you guys make it out to these shows you'll be privy to four ne...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:32:00 PST

Vimeo Video II

here we go. Soccer time. blooper :P from connorburnyboy on Vimeo. Untitled from Thomasson on Vimeo. my ultimate blooper from Bo on Vimeo. B...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Mon, 12 May 2008 11:59:00 PST

Vimeo Video I

Hey, as some of you may know by know I put my own videos up on a site called Vimeo. Not to say that youtube isn't good or anything but vimeo seems to have a different feel and a different sort popula...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Mon, 05 May 2008 02:46:00 PST

I’ll see you at Jay and Steven’s Show

Hey everyone, a couple great musicians (Jay Clifford & Steven Fiore) are going to be coming to The World Cafe in Philadelphia on May 6th. I'm going to be at the show with some friends so I hope to be...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:36:00 PST

Autism Awareness

Hey everyone, some of you may know that this month(April) is autism awareness month. Its seems nowadays that there are "months" for everything and one can lose the importance and message these events...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:00 PST

Tom’s ipod

I used to post what was playing on my ipod every couple months or so but haven't done so for a long while. So, here is my update, bit overdue. If there are artists that you think are must hears send...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:14:00 PST

Street Team?

So, what is a street team?In simple language it is a group of people "taking to the streets". What this street team was formed to do is help spread the word about Thomas' music. The ways that this is ...
Posted by Thomas Jonak on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:51:00 PST