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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rafaelhelenojor wrote:
Tuesday morning

foda

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RafosMB wrote:
last week

Magnífico

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Standingonair66 wrote:
16 days ago

I wish "Row" was like 5 minutes long

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Nigmak wrote:
last month

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:
last month

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

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wires_and_waves wrote:
last month

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:
last month

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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GuitaristSB wrote:
September 2009

I always wish that my life had a soundtrack like this.

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Nicolas_R wrote:
August 2009

Thats just too bad we cant hear more. I still cant understand why theres so few material considering all his works were successfull. Brion is pure magic to me, simply the best score composer ever. Listen to punch-drunk love soundtrack people ! Its perhaps not as divine as ESOTSM, but it sure is a masterpiece too.

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optimistic_tour wrote:
August 2009

i wish pretty much all the Eternal Sunshine tracks were longer. at least there's Jay Electronica - give his Act I: Eternal Sunshine (the pledge) a listen and loooove the way he uses this soundtrack to incredible effect.

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Standingonair66 wrote:
August 2009

I wish row was like 5 minutes longer :(

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Burdeo wrote:
July 2009

Theme x_X

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Super-Funk wrote:
July 2009

Row!

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dtrzcin wrote:
July 2009

Phone Call <3

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CpsStyle wrote:
July 2009

nice soundtrack in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!

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Standingonair66 wrote:
June 2009

Row <3

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PeleMerengue wrote:
June 2009

No kidding. The day Jon Brion releases another solo album will be a great day.

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