Jonathan Gallivan (born in

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) is a

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-based producer, musician, and

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developer for Gallivan Media. He co-founded the band My Brilliant Beast with

Byron Kent Wong Byron Kent Wong (born in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Toronto and Los Angeles-based producer, musician, director and entrepreneur. He founded Random Media Core Inc, in 1993, a Canadian company dedicated to music, design, marketing, and new ...

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

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ISP, as well as the original website for TV Guide in

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. 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 Clement Virgo (born June 1, 1966) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director who runs the production company, Conquering Lion Pictures, with producer Damon D'Oliveira. Virgo is best known for co-writing and directing an adapt ...

's film '' Lie With Me''. He also co-wrote the song ''The Figure It Ate'' (recorded by Pong Console) with

, the film's composer, who was nominated for a

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for the score. Jonathan produced, recorded and engineered an acoustic album for

David Usher David Usher (born April 24, 1966) is a British-born Canadian musician, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo albums. He is the founder of Reimagin ...

called "

The Mile End Sessions ''The Mile End Sessions'' is the seventh album by solo artist David Usher. It was released on September 14, 2010 and is composed mostly of previously released songs re-recorded in acoustic arrangements. There were two singles released off the reco ...

", 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

's solo album, ''

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'', which was released on October 2, 2012. Jonathan joined the band Moist as guitarist and background vocalist for their record

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, which was released in September 2014.

Awards and recognition

* 2008 —

Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall o ...

Nominee – Pop Album of the Year, co-producer/performer on the

album '' Wake Up And Say Goodbye'' * 2008 —

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collect ...

''Pop Music Award'' for the song ''The Music'' by

* 2007 —

''Number 1'' award in recognition of ''The Music'', by

, reaching Number 1 on MuchMoreMusic's Countdown Chart

References

External links

Official WebsiteJonathan Gallivan ReverbNationJonathan Gallivan Facebook musician profileWebsite of the Mighty Pirates rec league hockey team, maintained by Gallivan
Living people Canadian record producers Musicians from Toronto 1972 births {{music-producer-stub