{"id":25689,"date":"2017-09-11T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.audiotheme.com\/?p=25689"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:15:29","slug":"artist-spotlight-jon-manness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.audiotheme.com\/blog\/artist-spotlight-jon-manness\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight: Jon Manness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Manness<\/strong> is a trumpet player and composer in Los Angeles. He has performed and recorded with such international artists as CeeLo Green, Alex Sparrow, Dezmond Meeks, and Zahir Ashe.<\/p>\n

As a composer, Jon has written music for the AVATAR Blu-ray, MICROSOFT, THE US ARMY, and schools around the country.<\/p>\n

Recent projects include recording trumpet for Magic Mike Live and a new single by CeeLo Green and Dezmond Meeks.<\/p>\n

We recently caught up with Jon to learn more about his horn section The Red Line Horns, his musical influences, and what he likes best about his Twotone theme<\/a> and the AudioTheme plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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When and how did you start playing music? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I initially chose the sax as my first instrument when I was in fourth grade. A couple years later, I started playing the bugle in a local drum & bugle corps and eventually switched to trumpet.<\/p>\n

How you would describe the type of music you play?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though I’m classically trained, I mostly play rock and pop music in Los Angeles, most notably at the Sayers Club in Hollywood. About a year ago, I formed a three-piece horn section called The Red Line Horns<\/a> with Alexander Mathias (sax) and Richard Velzen (trombone). We got our start playing at jams around town and quickly got a reputation as a tight horn section. We recently recorded horns for Magic Mike Live in Las Vegas, and are about to go on our first world tour with two Mexican pop-stars, Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzman for their “Versus” world tour.<\/p>\n