Embracing Dedication & Authenticity

In June of 2023, Jon released the EP California, a collection of songs released individually during the pandemic and featuring the new summer single, The Sun in the Summertime. The songs on California reflect the personal and musical experiences from Jon’s time living in Los Angeles. In his own words, “…every song on the EP has a connection to California, be it co-writes and/or collaborations with LA based writers, producers and musicians, or creative inspiration.”

Lead single The Sun in the Summertime is an example of that inspiration. Jon says, “I’ve always aspired to write a summertime ‘anthem’ since I was in my teens, a time where we always had a song of the summer on the radio that became a part of the fabric of our lives and life experiences, creating vivid images of surf, sand and drivin’ around. Living in LA brought out that feeling.”

Jon, a long-time Beach Boys fan, channels their vibe on this fun, feel-good single. A close “6 degrees of separation” relationship enhanced that as he worked with singer-songwriter-producer Rob Bonfiglio, who co-wrote songs and played guitar in Jon’s LA band. Bonfiglio is also the musical director for Wilson Phillips, and his spouse Carnie Wilson is Brian Wilson’s daughter. He currently tours with the Beach Boys.

The single went on to gain extensive radio airplay throughout Canada, the UK, and Europe and is featured in the movie Love Unleashed, set for theatrical release in 2025. The retro beach-inspired music video for the song won Best Male Solo Artist at the 2024 California Music Video Awards and is airing on PBS stations throughout the US on Music California.

In 2021 Jon released his first holiday album, Feels Like Christmas. It features new original songs along with his previously released Christmas singles. “Having released three successful radio singles since 2010 I felt it was a good time to record some new songs and include them all in one cohesive album,” says JM. “Christmas songs always seem to bring smiles and hope to people, and it’s really a great time of year for us all to connect musically and spiritually.”

Jon’s Christmas songs have been embraced by listeners and radio programmers alike and spun extensively on stations throughout Canada, Europe, and the US. His song Christmas Time (Show the World You Care) hit number 23 on the national Mediabase chart in Canada and has been featured in several Christmas movies, including Mistletoe Magic and Netflix’s Christmas Inheritance.

The holiday album was recorded at various locations throughout North America including Halifax, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Jon collaborated with several songwriters, artists, and producers on the project, including Jim Gelcer, Johnny Douglas, and Creighton Doane.

After several years of living and performing in the US, Jon relocated to his home country of Canada in 2020 and made his home in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. His journey, both professionally and musically, is documented in the music film and concert special Hello Again – Live from Mahone Bay, which can be streamed on his YouTube channel.

In 2018, Jon released the album Singles, a 13-track collection of songs previously released as singles that included the hit songs My New American Girl, Born Beautiful, and The One That Got Away, among others. The album also contained three new songs, including the lead single Freaks Me Out, which was spun extensively on SiriusXM. The playful accompanying music video was shot entirely in Los Angeles and features iconic scenery of the Mulholland Canyon area.

Jon’s major breakthrough as a radio-charting artist came in 2013 with My New American Girl, a catchy pop song that broke into the top 40 on the Billboard Hot AC Indicator chart in the US. The song was the first single from his third album, Shine, which was re-released in 2016 and features rock-pop songs with undeniable hooks, epic ballads, and meaningful lyrics. The follow-up single, Born Beautiful, continued on this path and its uplifting video earned multiple US awards throughout 2016 and 2017.

Shift was released in Canada through Flying Disc Records and in Europe through Escape Music in 2010. Recorded in Halifax and Toronto with producer and co-writer Creighton Doane, it features 10 tracks of energetic rock with infectious hooks, including the remixed CHR-dance version of Jon’s hit single Make You Move. The touching ballad The One That Got Away became a top 40 charting hit in Canada and later appeared in ABC’s The Lying Game and CBS’s The Young and the Restless.

In 2008, Make You Move was chosen by NBC TV for their Summer Olympic promo and Bud Light commercials. The single brought Jon’s sound to North America in a big way, achieving multi-format chart success and extensive radio airplay. It was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2009 East Coast Music Awards and later featured in the trailer for the Netflix movie Coin Heist.

Released through Universal Canada in 2007, Jon’s renaissance debut The Source, produced by Haywire’s David Rashed, found success internationally through his following in Europe and Asia as well as North America. The power-pop single Go The Distance garnered significant radio play in Canada and hit number one on Cashbox’s Indie Rock chart in the US.

Having lost both parents while still very young, then overcoming a potentially career-ending case of tinnitus, Jon Mullane has laid everything on the line for his career. Whether it’s his fascination with UFOs, his status as a former tennis pro, his degree in psychology, or even his flirtation with law school, it’s the music that mattered most. For Jon Mullane, music is life.