BIO
Jonathan Montgomery Pollock (born 1982, also credited as Jon Pollock, Jonathan Pollock, and Monty Pollock) is an American record producer, recording engineer, photographer, guitarist, and museum exhibits specialist based in Chicago, Illinois.
Jonathan has engineered albums for The Bad Examples, Dean III & The Wagers, Depravos De La Mour, Dan Gannon, Fiona Grey, Joey Locascio & Joey DeFrancesco, Ryan Lofty, Michael McDermott, Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies, Sean O’Keefe, Outronaut, Ralph’s World, Tomorrow The Moon, Two Carolines, and Utah Carol.
His corporate clients include BMW, The Chicago Children’s Theater, Disney English Worldwide, The Huggies Corporation, Marin Group Productions, NBC Universal, The Shure Corporation, and The Wendy’s Company.
Jonathan has participated in large-scale exhibit installations at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Adler Planetarium. He has provided construction and acoustic treatment work for RiverBend Studio, Rosebud Studios, SHIRK Studios, and Waterdog Studios.
Jonathan began his career at age 17 as an intern at Rax Trax Recording in Chicago. Under the guidance of Rick Barnes, Jonathan's first studio experiences included assisting on sessions for The Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, Nicholas Barron, and Fareed Haque. That same year, he was a member of the South Shore Cultural Center Youth Jazz Ensemble and the Ravinia Jazz Scholar program, studying under Ronald Carter, James Kaczmarek, Willie Pickens, and the great Bobby Broom. He received the Jamey Aebersold Scholarship and his ensemble opened for Oscar Peterson at Ravinia.
Jonathan attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Production & Engineering in 2003. Jonathan's final project earned him the Brian Eno Creative Production Award for his version of the Talking Heads song Psycho Killer. While in Boston, he continued his studies in jazz guitar with John D. Thomas and John Wilkins. After graduating Berklee, Jonathan moved to south Florida and worked under the guidance of James Kalamasz at Spectrum Recording in Pompano Beach, assisting on orchestral sessions for famed arranger Charles Calello.
Soon after returning to his home town of Chicago in 2005, Jonathan began a three-year stint as founding member and lead guitarist of quirky indie rock band Unicycle Loves You. Their self-titled debut album was produced by Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) and it earned favorable reviews from The Chicago Tribune, Crawdaddy Magazine, Filter Magazine, Flavorpill Chicago, Newcity Magazine, The NY Press, The Onion, Pitchfork, URB Magazine, USA Today, and Venus Magazine.
Since 2008, Jonathan has been in creative partnership with Grammy Award-nominated songwriter and producer Ralph Covert (Ralph’s World), and has engineered some of the most exciting and musically adventurous material in the Kindie Rock genre. From 2010 to 2014, Jonathan served as assistant engineer to Grammy-Award-nominated and Multi-Platinum-selling producer Sean O'Keefe (Fall Out Boy, Plain White T's, Hawthorne Heights). Jonathan assisted in editing the album Maybe This Place Is The Same And We're Just Changing by the pop punk band Real Friends, which peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Jonathan is currently co-producing a unique blend of Crime Jazz, Prog Surf, and Spaghetti Western music with idiosyncratic instrumental rock outfit Outronaut. He is also a regular collaborator with his wife, author and award-winning poet Amelia Cotter, contributing his fine art photography to her latest collection of poetry, apparitions. Together, Jonathan and Amelia own and operate Amelia's DragonGoddess Boutique, an online retail shop that serves as the storefront for Amelia's books and Jonathan's handmade incense and botanical perfumery.
Jonathan has engineered albums for The Bad Examples, Dean III & The Wagers, Depravos De La Mour, Dan Gannon, Fiona Grey, Joey Locascio & Joey DeFrancesco, Ryan Lofty, Michael McDermott, Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies, Sean O’Keefe, Outronaut, Ralph’s World, Tomorrow The Moon, Two Carolines, and Utah Carol.
His corporate clients include BMW, The Chicago Children’s Theater, Disney English Worldwide, The Huggies Corporation, Marin Group Productions, NBC Universal, The Shure Corporation, and The Wendy’s Company.
Jonathan has participated in large-scale exhibit installations at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Adler Planetarium. He has provided construction and acoustic treatment work for RiverBend Studio, Rosebud Studios, SHIRK Studios, and Waterdog Studios.
Jonathan began his career at age 17 as an intern at Rax Trax Recording in Chicago. Under the guidance of Rick Barnes, Jonathan's first studio experiences included assisting on sessions for The Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, Nicholas Barron, and Fareed Haque. That same year, he was a member of the South Shore Cultural Center Youth Jazz Ensemble and the Ravinia Jazz Scholar program, studying under Ronald Carter, James Kaczmarek, Willie Pickens, and the great Bobby Broom. He received the Jamey Aebersold Scholarship and his ensemble opened for Oscar Peterson at Ravinia.
Jonathan attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Production & Engineering in 2003. Jonathan's final project earned him the Brian Eno Creative Production Award for his version of the Talking Heads song Psycho Killer. While in Boston, he continued his studies in jazz guitar with John D. Thomas and John Wilkins. After graduating Berklee, Jonathan moved to south Florida and worked under the guidance of James Kalamasz at Spectrum Recording in Pompano Beach, assisting on orchestral sessions for famed arranger Charles Calello.
Soon after returning to his home town of Chicago in 2005, Jonathan began a three-year stint as founding member and lead guitarist of quirky indie rock band Unicycle Loves You. Their self-titled debut album was produced by Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) and it earned favorable reviews from The Chicago Tribune, Crawdaddy Magazine, Filter Magazine, Flavorpill Chicago, Newcity Magazine, The NY Press, The Onion, Pitchfork, URB Magazine, USA Today, and Venus Magazine.
Since 2008, Jonathan has been in creative partnership with Grammy Award-nominated songwriter and producer Ralph Covert (Ralph’s World), and has engineered some of the most exciting and musically adventurous material in the Kindie Rock genre. From 2010 to 2014, Jonathan served as assistant engineer to Grammy-Award-nominated and Multi-Platinum-selling producer Sean O'Keefe (Fall Out Boy, Plain White T's, Hawthorne Heights). Jonathan assisted in editing the album Maybe This Place Is The Same And We're Just Changing by the pop punk band Real Friends, which peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Jonathan is currently co-producing a unique blend of Crime Jazz, Prog Surf, and Spaghetti Western music with idiosyncratic instrumental rock outfit Outronaut. He is also a regular collaborator with his wife, author and award-winning poet Amelia Cotter, contributing his fine art photography to her latest collection of poetry, apparitions. Together, Jonathan and Amelia own and operate Amelia's DragonGoddess Boutique, an online retail shop that serves as the storefront for Amelia's books and Jonathan's handmade incense and botanical perfumery.
CLIENTS, COLLABORATORS, & PATRONS
ENGINEERING
Albano The Madman • The Arcanauts • The Bad Examples • BMW • Suzy Brack & The New Jack Lords • CELLRS • Charming People • The Chicago Children's Theater • Joey Costello • Cougar Island • Ralph Covert • Culebras De Agua • Dave McBride • Dean III & The Wagers• Depravos De La Mour • Disney English Worldwide • Equinix, Inc. • Anna Fermin • Dan Gannon • Steve Gerlach • Evan Goodrow • Fiona Grey • The Huggies Corporation • The James Dean Joint • Joey Locascio & Joey DeFrancesco • Ryan Lofty • Michael McDermott • Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies • Alif Muhammad • No Harm, No Foul • Outronaut • Matt Pingel • Ralph's World • The Shure Corporation • Corky Siegel • Tomorrow The Moon • Two Carolines • Unicycle Loves You • Utah Carol • Visual Feeder • VitalLight • The Wendy's Company • WINGS Program, Inc.
Albano The Madman • The Arcanauts • The Bad Examples • BMW • Suzy Brack & The New Jack Lords • CELLRS • Charming People • The Chicago Children's Theater • Joey Costello • Cougar Island • Ralph Covert • Culebras De Agua • Dave McBride • Dean III & The Wagers• Depravos De La Mour • Disney English Worldwide • Equinix, Inc. • Anna Fermin • Dan Gannon • Steve Gerlach • Evan Goodrow • Fiona Grey • The Huggies Corporation • The James Dean Joint • Joey Locascio & Joey DeFrancesco • Ryan Lofty • Michael McDermott • Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies • Alif Muhammad • No Harm, No Foul • Outronaut • Matt Pingel • Ralph's World • The Shure Corporation • Corky Siegel • Tomorrow The Moon • Two Carolines • Unicycle Loves You • Utah Carol • Visual Feeder • VitalLight • The Wendy's Company • WINGS Program, Inc.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERING
Nicholas Barron • Bitch • Catch 22 • Charles Calello • Cobalt & The Hired Guns • Joshua "Cartier" Cutsinger • Matt Fedderman • Five Years Further • Gold Motel • Vincent Ippolito • Josh Lava • Lying Delilah • MER • Aidas Narbutaitis
• The Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra • Sean O'Keefe • Greg Panciera • Real Friends • Rocket Boat • Mark Rose • Mike Roth
• Tom Schraeder & His Ego • Danny Shaffer • Skybox • This Is Me Smiling • Matt Walker
Nicholas Barron • Bitch • Catch 22 • Charles Calello • Cobalt & The Hired Guns • Joshua "Cartier" Cutsinger • Matt Fedderman • Five Years Further • Gold Motel • Vincent Ippolito • Josh Lava • Lying Delilah • MER • Aidas Narbutaitis
• The Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra • Sean O'Keefe • Greg Panciera • Real Friends • Rocket Boat • Mark Rose • Mike Roth
• Tom Schraeder & His Ego • Danny Shaffer • Skybox • This Is Me Smiling • Matt Walker
PHOTOGRAPHY
Amelia's DragonGoddess Boutique • Balthazar Audio Systems • The Chicago Herpetological Society • Crêpe & Penn Literary Magazine • East On Central (Art and Literary Journal of Highland Park) • Equinix, Inc. • Haunted Road Media • House Potato Records • The James Dean Joint • Joey Costello Music • Marin Group Productions • NBC Universal • NHK World Japan (Haiku Masters) • Records Underneath Records • Sandpiper Imports • Sons Of The Silent Age • Spacewank Records • Waterdog Records • WINGS Program, Inc.
Amelia's DragonGoddess Boutique • Balthazar Audio Systems • The Chicago Herpetological Society • Crêpe & Penn Literary Magazine • East On Central (Art and Literary Journal of Highland Park) • Equinix, Inc. • Haunted Road Media • House Potato Records • The James Dean Joint • Joey Costello Music • Marin Group Productions • NBC Universal • NHK World Japan (Haiku Masters) • Records Underneath Records • Sandpiper Imports • Sons Of The Silent Age • Spacewank Records • Waterdog Records • WINGS Program, Inc.
MUSEUM EXHIBIT INSTALLATION
The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum • Alisa Singer Fine Art • Andrew Young Fine Art • The Bell Museum (University of Minnesota) • Bobbie Moline-Kramer Fine Art • Build 4 Impact • Carol Freeman Fine Art • The Chicago Academy of Sciences (Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum) • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis • David J. Wagner, LLC. • David Thoreson Photography • Ezra Tucker • Gerry Tuten Fine Art • Imagine Exhibitions • The International Crane Foundation • James Krause Fine Art • Jeri Love Fine Art • John N. Agnew Photography • Katherine Lampert Fine Art • Kathleen Elliot Fine Art • Mike MacDonald Photography • Minotaur Mazes • The Museum of Innovation & Science • The National Geographic Society • Nickelodeon • Nina Weiss Fine Art • Rene Robbins Fine Art • Sandra Gottlieb Photography • Sharon Bladholm Fine Art • Stephen Estrada Fine Art • Team Green Environmental Network • Thomas D. Mangelsen Photography • Visual Feeder • The Woodson Art Museum • Zbigniew Bzdak Photography • 4th Point Studios
The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum • Alisa Singer Fine Art • Andrew Young Fine Art • The Bell Museum (University of Minnesota) • Bobbie Moline-Kramer Fine Art • Build 4 Impact • Carol Freeman Fine Art • The Chicago Academy of Sciences (Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum) • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis • David J. Wagner, LLC. • David Thoreson Photography • Ezra Tucker • Gerry Tuten Fine Art • Imagine Exhibitions • The International Crane Foundation • James Krause Fine Art • Jeri Love Fine Art • John N. Agnew Photography • Katherine Lampert Fine Art • Kathleen Elliot Fine Art • Mike MacDonald Photography • Minotaur Mazes • The Museum of Innovation & Science • The National Geographic Society • Nickelodeon • Nina Weiss Fine Art • Rene Robbins Fine Art • Sandra Gottlieb Photography • Sharon Bladholm Fine Art • Stephen Estrada Fine Art • Team Green Environmental Network • Thomas D. Mangelsen Photography • Visual Feeder • The Woodson Art Museum • Zbigniew Bzdak Photography • 4th Point Studios
STUDIO CONSTRUCTION & ACOUSTIC TREATMENT
RiverBend Studio • Rosebud Studios • SHIRK Studios • Waterdog Studios
RiverBend Studio • Rosebud Studios • SHIRK Studios • Waterdog Studios
CONTACT
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