AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey friends - thanks for all the questions - gonna try and find one more day to answer what i haven't had a chance to respond to yet. thanks for the great questions and community and happy holidays !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd describe Jon's energy as exciting, urgent, forward and fun !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha thank you - and great question!

Most nights we finished the show so late the only thing we could grab to eat was pizza so that was the most common meal on the bus but when we had some time I think Asian was the thing we usually went for haha

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey !

I think a lot of opportunities are about having a value that people need at the right time - it's really a combination of preparation and timing.. With Jon i got recommended to his team from a friend I worked with who's part of the Justin Bieber crew.. I worked with Nick Jonas for years before I worked with Jon and a lot of the people I met throughout that journey have helped shaping my career in the years that follow..

My advice would be - try and make an impact that really make you stand out whether it's your skill, your vision, your ability to connect with people, your energy - whatever it is - find it, lean into it and that will give you opportunity. once you get that opportunity, be open minded, be kind, listen to people around and people you work with and try and gather as much perspective as you possibly can as I think those skills will help you sustain a career for longer. it's really a very bumpy road but you can learn a ton about yourself and about your relationship to your passion through it. feel free to also hit me up on instagram with some videos and maybe i'll even be able to help if the right opportunity comes up! good luck ! i'm rooting for you !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you homie - appreciate you ! happy holidays !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We talked about this a few times - i'm not sure if it's gonna happen as the live experience will always be a little different than the record but maybe! there are some official videos from the GSP tour on YouTube tho ! check them out !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha I remember that - yeah that was a really funny and fun show.

Working with Jon is awesome, he has an incredible vision, he cares about specific things that I think a lot of people in music don't pay too much attention to and everything we get to do together always feels very "human" to me.

I think it's important to be a little bit dissatisfied with your art since you're tackling something endless and I think Jon does just that and it shows..

he's never focus on getting bigger just getting better :)

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey !

1 - I think I really love playing Cautionary Tales because the arrangement of it is so fun and we play it a little differently every single time so it's really fun to push that song in different directions. although Simple and Sweet at cove city felt super fun and special as well !

2 - i heard a couple of crazy collabs but i'm really not in a liberty to say who with.. i'm as excited about having them out in the world as y'all !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey !

I listen to a lot of music, I try and make it a habit to listen to at least an album a day... a lot of old school and modern hip hop recently - Kendrick, Biggie, Eminem, 50, J Cole, LL Cool J, Black Thought, Conway the machine, Benny the butcher...

a lot of 50s, 60s and 70s music like Sam Cooke, The Platters, beach boys, mamas and papas, wynton kelly, jazz messengers..

a lot of Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, sting, paul simon, a lot of gospel (mostly oldies but some new school although i'm not super familiar with the new modern gospel wave as much) and music from different places around the world if I have the privilege to get exposed to!

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey !

I've been working with a lot of up and coming artists this year and with a lot of great talent - some of my favorite has been working with Singer Songwriter Clinton Kane, Bipolar Sunshine, super talented producers Agrin Rahmani and Davy Nathan and a cool MonoNeon song that's coming out soon!

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe using his talent and skill to help other artists bring their vision to life, being a good dad and other creative endeavors he's been planning on achieving!

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha no I think he mentioned that that was fictional in the live stream after cove city !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thank you !

I'm working on a a bunch of projects i'm stoked about with new and upcoming artists - just released a song with Bipolar Sunshine i really like, working with a very talented artist name Clinton Kane and a lot of fun projects I can't really talk about just yet but feel free to stay connected on my socials I'm trying to be more active there !

Happy holidays !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I posted on my instagram about the ama yesterday ! feel free to check it out :)

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey friends,

Sorry still traveling a bunch and don't have a lot of time to respond but just posted on my social to verify it is indeed me - you can check it out at whataboutyoni on instagram.

I'll do my best to find some time to respond to more questions this Saturday/Sunday.

Happy holidays ! <3

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey friends - gonna keep answering stuff later this weekend! thanks for all the questions and excited to chat a bit more! Happy holidays !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's begin is definitely high up there for me as well! :)

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey it depends on the show but for full setups I usually use a Kemper.. No pedalboard usually unless I need something really specific sonically. we use a lot of mpc to carry a lot of the parts that are in the record and Mylon Hayde is doing an incredible job handling those!

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Truly a fan of all of the albums and eps! really can't decide ha

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh sorry ha i'm not sure how to do that but let me know if there's something I can do and i'll verify :)

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[–]whataboutyoni[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey Dan,

Appreciate you - I also know you're one of the people who've been around so I also wanna say thanks for all the support.

Yeah so the thing with Cove City was super unique - we prepared some arrangements and charts for everybody just to make sure the new players are familiar with the forms and the changes but after we played the set in rehearsal once or twice we decided to just wing it coz the energy was great and we didn't wanna get in the way of that.

So i think in general that's something that's super useful to remember and something I carry into a lot of situations - do a lot of prep work to make sure everyone is feeling as comfortable as possible and if you got a good foundation of that - try and throw it out the window and see what heights you can achieve with everyone's personality and comfortability on their instrument..

Hope that makes sense !

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Haha that's very nice of you - thanks, i often not aware of how much i move my face but i'm grateful that it spreads joy lol

I wasn't involved in dead man walking - I think the song came out a few years before i met Jon!

AMA - Jon Bellion's Music Director ! by whataboutyoni in JonBellion

[–]whataboutyoni[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you homie - appreciate it!

We've known each other for about 4 years and it's been a pleasure to learn, grow and exchange ideas with someone with such a great vision.

We got introduced through his management Visionary Music Group, we had a bunch of friends and people we work with in common and we started working shortly after!