Jon Brion

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Producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion grew up in a musical family: his father was director of the Yale concert and marching bands, his mother sang in jazz bands, and his siblings, Randy (a conductor/arranger in L.A.) and Laurie (a violinist), were both avid music students. Young Jon didn’t deal with instruction or practice well, but his natural affinity for improvisation and melody more than made up for his impatience. Unwilling to conform to the conventional school system, Brion attended special education class at Hamden High School in New Haven, CT, and the day he turned 17, he left school for good. Moving to Boston in 1987, the young musician formed many bonds that he would keep long into his professional career, including producer Mike Denneen (owner of Q Division, Boston’s premier studio and record label) and ‘Til Tuesday vocalist Aimee Mann. Also while there, Brion tuned his improvisational musical abilities: “I used to watch TV with an unplugged electric guitar, on the couch, and commercials would come on and I’d try to play along. It was one of the prime things I concerned myself with for several years, getting to the point where if I heard it, I could play it. Then I started working on getting my brain to do multiple things at once. And having my hands translate them.” This proficiency led to increasingly frequent studio work on the West Coast, eventually resulting in his move to L.A. While in California, he and Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner formed the Grays, an underground superstar group which released the 1994 album Ro Sham Bo, before quickly fading as the other members (Falkner, Dan McCarroll, and Buddy Judge) went on to individual musical success.

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3	Peer Pressure	458
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manyworlds wrote:
Sunday afternoon

BLESYTH!

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urbanrockergirl wrote:
Thursday evening

I love you Jon!

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YattaDutyballs wrote:
Wednesday morning

when are you going to release back and forth everyone has been diying to get a hold of it, and do you have anything on cassette, my car dosent have a cd player, and sorry i downloaded meaningless if you want i can send you money in the mail i just couldnt find it anywhere in stores, i hope u read this bye!

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tidawilson wrote:
last month

back and forth is just wonderful,i fell in love with the song,the moment i heard it on "step brothers".oh,i can't get the song anywhere,anyone care to help?

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ToolEnGrey wrote:
last month

Phone Call, Row [2]

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LaMadaTatiana wrote:
last month

i heart huckabees ((cubes :D))

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EraserKid wrote:
last month

I love ESOTSM and the soundtrack so much, they go hand in hand together practically.

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superfly299 wrote:
December 2009

Not the best singer but a terrific musician and composer.

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SscIrmM wrote:
December 2009

Phone Call, Row

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a13xTM wrote:
December 2009

I'm in love with his music.

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rafaelhelenojor wrote:
November 2009

foda

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RafosMB wrote:
November 2009

Magnífico

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Standingonair66 wrote:
November 2009

I wish "Row" was like 5 minutes long

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Nigmak wrote:
October 2009

I love this guy's work, he is so talented and his songs are so moving, emotional. I especially like his Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack - a perfect soundtrack to a perfect film!

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TonyVillella wrote:
October 2009

That's super rad. Thanks for sharing that story.

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wires_and_waves wrote:
October 2009

All of the power went out last night during the second song, but he kept going. Best line of the night: "It's okay. Ray Charles played like this his whole career." Definitely one of my favorite JB shows.

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merysurf wrote:
October 2009

GuitaristSB: I always wish that my life had a soundtrack like this. hell yeah!!!

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BeenInsane wrote:
September 2009

I hate everyone in Los Angeles and will continue to do so until I can see Jon Brion live.

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besodeplata wrote:
September 2009

I fuckin' love this man.

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irka_rump wrote:
September 2009

"Danny (lonely blue boy)" - любимая

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