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Jon Manness is a trumpet player, arranger, film composer, music producer, and band leader in Los Angeles. He has toured North and South America with Latin pop artists Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzmán, written and licensed music for Sundance-selected THE MORTIFIED GUIDE and numerous cable TV shows, produced horn arrangements for Splice and Magic Mike Live, and leads a Radiohead-meets-Jazz group called the RHJ Project.

In addition to performing and recording, Jon has taught film scoring and composition courses at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA). He also visits music programs around the country as a conductor and clinician, including Cal Poly, Caltech, and the Primavera Fund in Philadelphia, PA. Visit Jon’s YouTube channel to find helpful music production guides and music-related content.

Currently, Jon is recording and producing music out of his brand-new RED LINE RECORDING STUDIO in Monrovia, CA. Visit his Instagram @jonmanness to find out more about his latest projects and performances, or go on Spotify to hear music that Jon has recorded on.

Recording Artist Credits

• Avril Lavigne
• BUNT.
• DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill)
• GASHI
• Grizfolk
• Maddi Jane

Performing Artist Credits

• Anderson .Paak
• Gloria Trevi
• Alejandra Guzmán
• George Clinton (P-Funk)
• Save Ferris
• Georgel

Film & Media Composer Credits

• AVATAR (Blu-ray animated feature: “The Night Before AVATAR”)
• The Mortified Guide (2017 Sundance Film Festival, additional music)
• The Making of Annie using Microsoft (Commercial)
• Draken International (Documentary)
• The Life of Riley (TV Mini Series)

Recording Gear (available for remote sessions):

• Universal Audio Apollo x6 Audio Interface with a Chandler Limited TG2 preamp, FATSO tape sim. and compressor, recording into LUNA or Logic Pro
• Microphones: Monheim Créme Tube Condenser, Townsend Sphere L22, Mojave Audio MA-201FetVG, EV RE20, Shure SM7b, AKG C414 XLS, Singular Audio f-48
• Stomvi VRII Trumpet & Elite Copper Flugelhorn (Jon is a Stomvi-USA artist), vintage Conn trumpet and cornet, as well as tenor sax and valve trombone for horn section recordings
• Jon records at Red Line Recording Studio, a 250 square feet, acoustically treated studio with an ISO booth, designed by Andrew Monheim of Monheim Microphones

Jon’s Synths:

• Moog: Matriarch, Subharmonicon, Mavis
• Make Noise: Strega
• Behringer: Poly D, K-2, TD-3
• Roland: TR-8S
• Korg: Nautilus Workstation

Please contact Jennifer Walton ([email protected]) to book Jon in music videos, commercials, print work, and other media as a background or sideline musician.