Reward Music

A Mini-Concert featuring songs from the "You Are What You Is" record. The performances are from different shows, different cities, different bands and different years. 1. Doreen (Minneapolis 2017)
2. You Are What...

During the Roxy & Elsewhere tour in 2014, we played the entire album live onstage. The Be-Bop Tango is one of the hardest songs in my dad's collection of compositions and it also includes a live dance contest. This...

Just a spare-of-the-moment live jam. I put a basic Em/D progression into the Boss RC-5 Loop Station and just went for it. The guitar is a Fender American Professional II Strat. The amp is a Soldano SLO30. I also used the...

A collection of songs that I wrote/performed for commercials and videos over the years. Enjoy......

Here is my latest single called Over Mountains. This song is from my record called Somebody and can be purchased in both digital download or CD format. If you order the CD you get both formats. Visit my music section for...

Soon after my first two dogs died of old age, my father died.  A thoughtful theologian, I doubt if he believed in a heaven, but somehow the title seemed ok....   I remastered this piece I wrote way back in 1994.  This used a...

This little piece is made totally from clicking two rocks together and then a little toy cymbal.  For more on the wonderful goat Egon and how I wrote this, click here....

All of the sounds you here are from a bird call I recorded one evening from my window.  I never heard it after that one time.  For program notes and then technical details, please click here....

A snipe is a bird which has the wonderful ability to soar down through the sky, making the air “winnow” through his tail feathers, producing a wonderful hu-hu-hu-hu-hu.  He will make huge loops over and over, supposedly to...

Here's my latest single called The Unexpected Visitor from my album called Somebody. This song directly resulted from my trying to be a bass player. A great friend of mine sent me a bass to use for this recording and this...

These five little fat pigs were written between 1988 and 1990 when I just had a used Ensoniq EPS sampling keyboard with an onboard sequencer.  I recorded a few pizz sounds from an old violin I had, and a few other things--a...

These three little pieces were written back in 1990 on my Ensoniq sampling keyboard with it's tiny 3 x 6 cm screen for the onboard recording sequencer.  (In other words--this was before my computer, Cubase, sound effect...

Solo album featuring the electric bass in an unaccompanied format. credits released June 1, 2016 Recorded 3/17/16 at Overneath Creative Collective, Kalamazoo MI
Recorded/Mixed by Gordon Van Gent
Mastered by Garrett...

"Don’t let the signature bow tie and Buddy Holly glasses fool you.... under this Clark Kent-like exterior lies a rock n roll heart! In a world full of show-off, technique for technique sake solo bass records, it’s refreshing...

Jonathan Moody - Hilton Workhorse 5 string fretted (1, 3, 4), Eastwood Airline MAP 4 string fretted (2, 5)
Dennis Morehouse - Drums (1, 4)</br /> Anabel dFlux - Photo Recorded & Engineered by Jason Achilles...

A collection of darker, more contemplative tunes, involving effects and a looping pedal. credits Released February 14, 2020 Recorded live at Overneath Creative, in Kalamazoo, MI...

Taking solo bass into the realm of soundscapes and South Indian music, the combination of Jonathan Moody and Jen Tonon fuses a wide variety of genres and cultures together for an inventive EP. credits Released April 3,...

This is a collection of "stubborn songs" and "old friends." Those ideas that you work on but never quite get into that groove, or it evolves into something you don’t like. So you put it down, and work on it another day. And...

For a description of how and why I wrote this, please click on the three dots to the right of the title, Elk, then View Details....

Small Bites is a collection of little experimental bits which I'm hoarding for use in longer pieces.   For my notes on how and why I wrote this strange little Pretzel Focaccia, click here....

Steven Volpp wanted to do something special with one of my songs and the song he picked was Light Speed from the record Somebody. Not only did he create a remix but Steven also provided the thunderous drums throughout the...

God Bless The Child: A Baltimore Tribute To Billie Holiday...