Jonathan Gallivan

Jonathan Gallivan
Born	(1972-01-29) January 29, 1972 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, multimedia developer
Associated acts	The Crystal Method David Usher Roger Mooking The Clear NLX Moist
Website	www.jonathangallivan.com

Jonathan Gallivan (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a Toronto-based producer, musician, and multi-media developer for Gallivan Media.

He co-founded the band My Brilliant Beast with Byron Kent Wong and Julia Galios in 1993. For 1995, My Brilliant Beast's song Fall Away, from their self-titled EP, was a Top 30 hit on Canadian radio.

He joined Random Media Core Inc. in 1993, a Canadian company dedicated to music, design, marketing, and new media. At the company, Jonathan developed the original "welcome" page for the launching of the Sympatico ISP, as well as the original website for TV Guide in Canada.

Artists Jonathan has worked with include My Brilliant Beast, The Crystal Method, David Usher, Roger Mooking, The Clear, NLX and many others.

In 2005, Jonathan composed the songs Blunt Like Solid (recorded by Dubtractive) and I Want You To Love Me (But You Just Let Me Go) (recorded by Jonny Gee Rogers) for Clement Virgo's film Lie With Me. He also co-wrote the song The Figure It Ate (recorded by Pong Console) with Byron Kent Wong, the film's composer, who was nominated for a Genie Award for the score.

Jonathan produced, recorded and engineered an acoustic album for David Usher called "The Mile End Sessions", which was released September 14, 2010. Previously, he recorded, engineered and co-produced Wake Up And Say Goodbye. He also produced, recorded, engineered and mixed David Usher's latest solo album, Songs from the Last Day on Earth, which was released on October 2, 2012.

Recently, Jonathan has joined the band Moist as guitarist and background vocalist for their latest record Glory Under Dangerous Skies, which will be released in September 2014. The new single, "Mechanical", went to radio on May 23, 2014, and the album is being released by Universal Music Canada.

Awards and recognition

2008: Juno Award Nominee – Pop Album of the Year, co-producer/performer on the David Usher album Wake Up And Say Goodbye
2008: SOCAN Pop Music Award for the song The Music by David Usher
2007: SOCAN Number 1 award in recognition of The Music, by David Usher, reaching Number 1 on MuchMoreMusic's Countdown Chart

References

External links

Moist

David Usher Mark Makoway Kevin Young Jonathan Gallivan Louis Lalancette Francis Fillion Jeff Pearce Paul Wilcox

Studio albums	Silver (1994) Creature (1996) Mercedes 5 and Dime (1999) Glory Under Dangerous Skies (2014)

Compilation albums	Machine Punch Through (2001)

Songs	"Push" "Breathe"

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