Author: Jon Pontrello
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Match Instrument to the Person & new Ribbon2Reel Session
A few weeks ago I participated in a Cut lineup where they asked a group of musicians to bring their instruments to come to the studio and lineup. The guesser would then try to choose who played what. It was a lot of fun, and a great opportunity to share some music with a new…
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Tractor Tavern show 4/11 opening for Jake Xerxes Fussell
I’m so excited to play this show. The last show I played was during the pandemic at Hotel Albatross (you can still watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/0ODKz1foo6w?feature=share) and before that I can’t remember the last show I played live solo. This is gonna be grand! I hear there are only 50 tickets left so you better…
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The Ballad of Peter Bevis
Tune in to 91.3 FM KBCS at 1pm PST to hear the song premiere of “the Ballad of Peter Bevis” across the FM waves of the Seattle area, or stream on the World Wide Web http://www.kbcs.fm Listen/download to “The Ballad of Peter Bevis”on bandcamp: https://jonpontrello.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-peter-bevis Buy tickets to see me perform at the Tractor Taver…
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New Album Streaming on Monday 2/20/23
Thanks to all the new subscribers on my blog experiment! My new album “Selected Tracks: Mixtape 1-4” will be streaming everywhere on Monday 2/20/23! I will be going live on instagram on Monday at 2:20:23 PM PST to talk about the behind the scenes on the creative process of this release, so tune in if…
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Changing Times
This recording started out as a test for a microphone I just got back from the repair shop. It works! The song is a short loop where I add and subtract the same idea with different instruments. I then had some video editing ideas I wanted to try out, but when I found this video…
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New blog, new album 2/20/23
Welcome to my first post on my new blog. This will be home base for sharing the creative stuff I do. Over the last few years I have been releasing instrumental mixtapes on bandcamp – the music is made with a variety of instruments and recording mediums. Most of the time when I sit down…
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