Jon O'Mahony

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Jon O'Mahony
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Background information
Born (1973-08-10) 10 August 1973 (age 51)
Origin Watford, England
GenresRock, pop, folk, indie, country
Occupation(s)Musician, drummer, songwriter, record producer, audio engineer, music manager
Instrument(s)Drums, piano
Years active1995–present
Labels East West Records 1996 – 2003
EMI Music Publishing 1996 – 2008

Jon O'Mahony (born 10 August 1973) is a British music manager and founder of Rebellion Artists, who currently manage Fraser Churchill, Honey Ryder, Dustin Paul, Starlight Theatre and Fat Buddha.

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Early years

Before entering the music industry, O'Mahony had a variety of jobs including working at Drumtech drum school in London, and a stint working as a tennis coach at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, where he was also a hitting partner to various up and coming juniors, including the then 12-year-old Anna Kournikova in the early 1990s.

Music career

Ultra

O'Mahony was the drummer in the band Ultra signed to East West Records (Warner), which was formed alongside James Hearn, James Rose and Michael Harwood who were schoolfriends from Buckinghamshire, England in the mid-1990s. After they left school they formed various bands, playing under names such as Stepping Stoned, Decade and Suburban Surfers (where they signed to manager Tom Watkins). After nine months with Watkins, they left him and found a new manager in Tony Gordon, who had masterminded the careers of Culture Club and Curiosity Killed the Cat. They eventually called themselves Ultra (named after the Depeche Mode album), and the following year Nick Keynes joined as bass player, after being introduced by mutual friend Neil Cowley. Cowley at the time was the keyboard player for the Brand New Heavies, and more recently performed piano on Adele's 20 million selling album 21 . [1]

Chart success

Their demo tape eventually came to the attention of Ian Stanley (ex-Tears for Fears) and they were signed to Warner's EastWest label by Ian and Max Hole, who was later to become CEO of Universal Music Group. In 1998, they released their first single, "Say You Do", written by band member Hearn, which reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart. Their next single, "Say it Once", charted at No. 16 in the UK as well as hitting the No. 1 spot in several other territories, including Italy and Australia. Over the next two years they had several singles in the European and Australasian Top 20, and in 1999, their debut album, Ultra , entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 37. Their final single for Warners was "Rescue Me", which charted in the UK at No. 8, the band's only British Top 10 single.

Rider

Following from Ultra, O'Mahony, Keynes and Harwood formed a new group with a number of different short term vocalists, including Ryan Molloy. Both Alistair Griffin and James Fox also sung with the band at different times. In 2002, and with Molloy as lead singer, the band wrote and recorded a song to celebrate the World Cup, called "England Crazy", which they recorded as a one-off project as Rider with Terry Venables. This project was re-signed to their old record label East West, reaching number 46 in the UK chart. It has since been featured on a number of football-themed compilation albums.

Goldust Productions

O'Mahony, Harwood and Keynes set up a music production company, Goldust, writing and producing for other artists such as Bryan Adams, Kylie Minogue, Natasha Bedingfield, Gareth Gates, Sarah Whatmore, British Beef and Liberty X. They also wrote music for film, with title tracks on both the Andy García movie Modigliani and Pathe's The Magic Roundabout , as well as working on various Miramax films including Ella Enchanted , Bobby and Awake .

Management company and recording studios

O'Mahony is the founder of Rebellion Artists, a music management and publishing collective that discovers, develops and manages the careers of artists, songwriters and record producers. The Rebellion office is based in LA Sound Studios in West London, which is home to various other producer/writers including Steve Brown, Richard Spiller, Blue Flowers Music, Tom Garrad-Cole, Chris Hewitt and Martyn Corbet.

Discography

ArtistReleaseLabelCreditChart Position
Alistair Griffin – Bring It On (Album)UniversalCo-writingNo 12 UK
Alistair Griffin – You And Me Tonight (Single)
- Feeling Alive
- Real World		UniversalCo-writing
co-writing
co-writing		No 18 UK
/
/
Awake – Original Song for Movie SoundtrackWeinstein CoCo-writing
Bobby – Movie SoundtrackMiramaxCo-writing, Produced & Engineered
Bryan Adams & Andrea Remanda– Believe (Music from the Motion Picture 'Ella Enchanted')HollywoodProduced, Engineered & Performed
British Beef– Without Me (UK Single)
- No I Don't Want Another Joint
- Crash
- No Win Situation
- Something Else		Song BMGProduced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Degrassi Takes Manhattan – US Movie SoundtrackFontanaCo-writing, Produced & Engineered
Dom Tandy– Satellite Kiss
- Phoenix
- My Heart Just Lost Some Weight
- Rescue Room		UnsignedProduced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered
Doogal – US Version of The Magic RoundaboutHollywoodCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
EA Sports – Arena Football
- Fifa Street 2		EACo-writing, Produced & Engineered
Honey Ryder – Rising Up (Album)HRML / UniversalCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Honey Ryder – Numb (UK Single)
- Fly Away (UK Single)
- Choices (UK Single)
- Love in Time (UK Single)
- Rising Up (UK Single)		HRML / UniversalCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & PerformedNo 32 UK
No 31 UK
/
/
/
Honey Ryder – Marley's Chains (Album)Oceanic / EMICo-writing, Produced & Engineered
Honey Ryder – Marley's Chains (UK Single)
- You Can't Say That (UK Single)
- Worlds Away (UK Single)		Oceanic / EMICo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Honey Ryder – Born in a Bottle (Album)Oceanic / UniversalCo-writing, Produced & Engineered
Illumina– CopyK@tz Beware
- AlleyK@tz		BBCCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Jim Bakkum – Impressed (Album)
- Dance to the Music (Album)
- You And Me Tonight		Sony BMG NetherlandsCo-writing
co-writing
co-writing		No 1 Netherlands
No 1 Netherlands
/
Kahlua – North American TV CommercialPublicisCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Keedie – My Reason (UK Single)
- Falling
- Les Fleurs
- Interlude
- Angel Child		EMI ClassicsCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Kylie Minogue – The Magic Roundabout (Movie Title Track)Pathe / MiramaxCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Liberty X & Rev Run from Run DMC – Song 4 Lovers (UK Single)VirginProduced, Engineered & PerformedNo 5 UK
Liberty X – Thinking It Over (UK Album)
- Everyday
- Right Here Right Now
- Breathe		V2Co-writing, Produced, Engineered & PerformedNo 1 UK
/
/
/
Liberty X – Being Somebody (UK Album)
- I Just Wanna
- Take Me Home
- It Helps		V2Co-writing, Produced, Engineered & PerformedNo 1 UK
/
/
/
Liberty X – X (UK Album)
- Divine Intervention
- Oh Holy Night		VirginProduced, Engineered & PerformedTop 10 UK
/
/
The Magic Roundabout – The Magic Roundabout (Title Track)
- Spinning
- Lean Mean Fighting Machine
- Simply Wonderful
- Bust This Joint
- Believe Yourself
- Hazy
- Sail Away		Pathe / MiramaxCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Marli Buck – White Light (UK Album)Sony BMGCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Modigliani – Title track from Andy Garcia movieCutting EdgeCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten (UK Album)
- Sojourn		Phonogenic / Sony BMGProduced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered		No 1 UK
Nell Bryden – Waves (UK Single)WarnerProduced & Engineered
Produced & Engineered		BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week UK
Nikki Webster – This Is How We Do ItBMG AustraliaCo-writing, Produced & Engineered
Phixx – Electrophonic Revolution (UK Album)
- When I Fall
- Don't Walk Out		ConceptCo-writing, Produced & Engineered
co-writing, Produced & Engineered
co-writing, Produced & Engineered
Reborn in the USA (Compilation Album)– Haydon Eshun 'Misty Blue'
- Haydon Eshun 'Wonderful Tonight'		UniversalProduced, Engineered & Performed
Rider feat. Terry Venables – England Crazy (UK Single)East WestCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & PerformedNo 47 UK
Romtelecom – European TV CommercialGreyCo-writing, Produced & Engineered
SEAT – European TV Commercial/Co-writing, Performed
Soccer Mom (film)– US Movie SoundtrackHome JournalCo-writing, Produced, Engineered & Performed
Sophie Ettinger– Through The Looking Glass (UK EP)UnsignedProduced & Engineered
Starlight Theatre- The Window
- Ghost
- Cavalier
- Wolves
- Want You To Know
- Oceans
- Sweetness		ImagemProduced, Engineered
Ultra Ultra East WestCo-writing, performedNo 1 Italy, SE Asia
Top 10 Australia, NZ, Spain
No 37 UK
Ultra– Say You Do (Single)
- Say it Once (Single)
- The Right Time (Single)
- Rescue Me (Single)
- Blind to the Groove (Single)		East WestCo-writing, PerformedNo 11 UK
No 1 Italy, Australia, SE Asia, No 16 UK
No 27 UK
No 8 UK, No 1 SE Asia
Top 10 Italy, Spain
Ultra The Sun Shines Brighter IODACo-writing, produced, engineered & performed
Zoo– Wanted (Single)WrightCo-writingTop 20 Ireland

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