Jon Solo Biography

For more than 25 years Jon Solo has been playing and producing music.  In 1982 he joined the Craig Hawkes band, a four piece jazz ensemble, as keyboardist along with fellow Letterbox member Ricky Williams on bass, and Tal Price on drums. In 1984, he set up his first MIDI based studio and began creating instrumental music that can be labeled under more current terms such as Trance, Electronica, Dance, IDM, and Trip-Hop. Additionally that year he became a founding member of Augusta group Fall Line. Not realizing that this musical style would later emerge in mainstream, his ideas were shelved and he shifted his focus to pop and rock. For the next 10 years he toured and gigged with Fall Line and sat in with various bands. Shortly thereafter, however, his directions were refocused once again. What emerged was a number R&B tracks in the mid- 90's that met with moderate success, one of which landed him in Billboard magazine. In 2003, he briefly joined Krawlspace in a "Fall Line" reunion show.  Now Jon Solo has his own production company, has completed his sixth commercially available CD, and is currently working as a successful producer for a number of acts in the United States. In 2004 Jon joined his brother Mike as a member of Letterbox as keyboardist and has continued to perform with them since then.

Solosounds, the company, was formed by Jon Solo in 1998 in response to a number of local bands and musical acts requesting a respectable musical outlet.  The company was expanded immediately to include online resources such as www.soundclick.com. Solosounds continued to work with local artists as well as collaborating with several artists via the Internet.  In 2000, the studio was moved to a rural area of South Carolina.  This move created an increased persona of the company and enabled Jon to broaden the reach of the company even more.  In 2002, Solosounds made a  relocation to Charleston, SC where the company is currently run by it's founder Jon Solo.  In the last five years, Solosounds has recorded hundreds of hours of tracks, and has released a total of three CDs and numerous singles via the Internet.