Jonny Sonic

THE IDEA
"Jonny" is anonymous (i.e. "John Doe"). "Sonic" is sound. Jonny Sonic, the idea, is that voice inside all of us that propels us to say what we need to say, to do what we need to do.

THE ARTIST
Jonny Sonic has found varied outlets for his musical energies. As a writer, he’s scored tracks for national TV commercials, and his tunes have appeared on MTV’s Real World, Discovery Channel, and VH1. As a performer, he’s played music festivals and piles of venues up and down the West Coast and across the Midwest. As an arranger, he’s charted parts for 25-piece horn bands and led performances at EDM festivals. As a remixer/producer, he’s re-imagined tracks, spun supporting sets at festivals, and mashed-up tracks for runway shows during Fashion Week in NYC.

THE BAND
The live band’s backbone is drums, bass, keys, and vocals swelling with up to 8 horns or rocking just two saxophones pushed through pedals like guitars. The high-energy stage show mixes in live electronics and tweaks, spoken-word interludes, killer solos, and features a band as tight as nylons.

THE ALBUM
For his fourth full-length release, “Octagon Sessions,” Jonny Sonic wrote eleven new tunes, packed up his friends, stripped down the gear, and headed off the grid to a hideaway in the Olympic National Forest. The result is a solar-powered recording of earnest songs with varied vocal styles, arrangement techniques, and production methods.