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
Video: Song A Day #308. “The Large Hadron Collider Still Doesn’t Work.” The large hadron collider is broken... http://tumblr.com/xtk3wj343 about 16 hours ago
Final day of recording the EP! So excited to share it. Can't wait!
03:05 PM November 06
Video: Song A Day #307. “It May Feel Like Everything’s the Same.” on the banks of the river watching... http://tumblr.com/xtk3vyx1p 09:07 AM November 06
@roivoire I'll be your puddin'.
04:25 PM November 05
Video: Song A Day #306. “Spell or Prayer.” I twisted through the darkened streets cause i had lost my way... http://tumblr.com/xtk3v8ure 05:07 AM November 05
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!!!