Total career highlight for the three of us (Clyde, Jordan, Jonny… aka @thedinermusic ) to be able to jointly act as music director, band leader, bandmembers, and creative consultants etc for @jonbellion two sold out shows at Forest Hills last weekend. We put together a truly insane all-star band of talented and awesome people and worked with Jon to build a setlist and arrangements that brought his incredible album “Father Figure” to life. But most of all, getting a front row seat to seeing Jon, someone who has become like a friend and brother to us, get to do something he thought he might never do again, at a higher level than he’d ever done it before, was so special, and after everything he’s done for us, getting to play a role in helping him make it happen was an honor.
Shout-out to this absurd band, thanks for taking our call:
🥁 @sputacular
🪇 @negahpercussah
🎸 @bobbywooten3
🎸 @whataboutyoni
🎸 @jonny_koh
🎹 @clydelawrence21
🎹 @agorglife
🎷 @saxmachine819
🎺 @michaelgolubmusic
🦴 @chrisottmusic
🎻 @tomoakaboshi
🎻 @saracaswellvln
🎻 @hwei.music
🎻 @martabagratuni
and last but not least… 🎤 @user12261990
s/o @louis_coppola_@cabellmoskal
📸 @jesslicata
This is a massive win. I’ve been fighting this fight for years alongside @clydelawrence21 . Explaining to friends, fans, family members and most recently the literal Senate the ways in which the live music industry often feels stacked against artists. We’ve been talking with @livenation for the last few months and are excited to see them package some of our main proposals into this new program. We are so proud to have played a role in helping to put MILLIONS of dollars back in developing artists pockets. All of the late night battles over BS towel fees, being told to not ruffle feathers, and generally just being harassed for trying to make sure artists are treated fairly are even more worth it with this major win under our belt. Kudos to @livenation for this. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Go buy some merch!!!
It’s not everyday you get to testify in front of the senate alongside your best friend, fighting for a cause you have devoted your life to. In a room where the concern was mainly the consumer facing issues of livenations power, it was an honor to be able to represent artists everywhere and shed light on the issues that we face. Massive shoutouts to @clydelawrence21 for being an amazing witness, handling every question with poise, confidence, and clarity @zevesanderson for helping teach us about how this all works @amyklobuchar for the invite @lawrencetheband for being pillars of progress in the industry @ground_up_mgmt for helping pull this off. And literally all of the extended fam for reaching out to give us that extra support and confidence to make this happen. Looking forward to continuing the fight. #livemusic
Hotel TV is out!! Couldn’t possibly be more proud of this album. Spent the last two years working on it with such an all star team. These are the last songs to ever come out of my first studio (my parents basement 😂) the first songs released under @jonbellion label @beautifulmind ..the only songs to hopefully ever be produced remotely during a pandemic.. and some of my absolute favorite things I’ve ever worked on. Check it out and let me know what you think!! Shoutout to @clydelawrence21 and @gracie for continuing to write such amazing songs. @jonny_koh for being my partner in crime in all things production. @jonbellion for absolutely breaking the rule of it being a bad idea to meet your idols. And the whole @lawrencetheband family and extended family for all of the support and critiques on this! TLDR. HOTEL TV IS OUT!!!
