Jonathan Mann started writing songs at the age of 12. He wrote his first song on the back of a pizza box. It wasn’t a very good song. Over the years, he has recorded music and self-released albums under the names Forty (or 40) Second Songs, The Nympho Leprechauns, Novox the Robot, GameJew, The Mario Opera, as well as simply Jonathan Mann.
In college, he co-wrote and starred in an rock opera called “The Last Nympho Leprechaun” with his very dear friend Thomas Hughes (of the Spinto Band). In grad school, he wrote and starred in a rock opera based on the Super Mario Bros.
In 2006, Mann started uploading videos to YouTube under the alias “GameJew”. Before he was through, he would create over 200 videos, sing a song he had written for his idol to his idol (Shigeru Miyamoto), be the first person on the West Coast to get a Wii, write over 100 songs for his Mushroom Singdom series (singing video game reviews), travel to Vienna as an artist in residence at the Subotron Shop in the Museumsquartier, and generally wreck no small amount of havoc throughout the video game industry.
As of January 1st, 2009, Mann has been writing and recording a song a day and has been posting the songs, along with a corresponding video, to his website.
He lives in Berkeley and has been performing regularly with his band, Jonathan Mann and the Rock Cookie Bottoms.
www.rockcookiebottom.com
www.mannmade.tv
Twitter Updates
@joshwoodward ooooo who was it? I'd be interested to know the results!
07:45 PM January 02
Mentally preparing for a trip to Tobago, where I'll be on the boat for ten days. #fb
07:04 PM January 02
Just found out about Florian @oneup Hufsky. Rest in pixels, friend. You were tireless and enthusiastic in your pursuit of gaming perfection.
07:25 PM January 01
www.globalsummit.org/contest : only a few hours left to vote : if you have a moment : go here for directions www.bit.ly/jonathanwin
02:27 PM January 01
Hello NYC...for 4 hours. #fb
09:03 AM December 31 2009
So it seems im the first one.... so i gotta make this good. I saw your Palin vid on you tube, i checked it out and LOVED it, and posted feedback stating such...milltown420....i am not gonna repeat what i said here, for it would be in bad taste!!! but, again, i want to marry you. I love your song a day thing, and i look forward to checking you out when i get home from work, walk my dog, have some wine, and listen to your song!!! carry on my son.... carry on......i posted your video on facebook... More...So it seems im the first one.... so i gotta make this good. I saw your Palin vid on you tube, i checked it out and LOVED it, and posted feedback stating such...milltown420....i am not gonna repeat what i said here, for it would be in bad taste!!! but, again, i want to marry you. I love your song a day thing, and i look forward to checking you out when i get home from work, walk my dog, have some wine, and listen to your song!!! carry on my son.... carry on......i posted your video on facebook. Take Care and dont stop!!!