ABOUT
My grandfather, Johnny, was a woodworker. When I was young, he introduced me to his scrap wood bin. He gave me a hammer, a box of nails, and told me to create something. I’m still hammering away—only difference is that today, instead of wood, it’s music and a million other projects.
Welcome to Jonny Creations Studio.
The creative home of singer, songwriter, producer, writer, and meditator Jonathan K. Waller, whose multi-genre music is licensed internationally and has been seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, USA, and more. In his newsletter Monkey Bars for the Monkey Mind, Waller shares the techniques he uses to maintain a happy life, after struggling with crippling monkey mind (negative self-talk) and clinical depression.
Extended Bio
Jonathan K. Waller is an award-winning, multi-genre producer, songwriter, and vocalist with credits including Netflix, Amazon Prime, NBCUniversal, Peacock, USA Network, and Freevee. He heads Jonny Creations Studio, producing for various music projects that include his indie-pop act Big Red Capes, his soul-pop duo One Reality, his swagger rock project, Days of Leo, and more.
Waller has also written for the theatre. He co-wrote a musical based on the best-selling Flat Stanley book series called The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, which received a 60-city national tour and has Junior, TYA, and Concert versions available to license through Music Theatre International.
An experienced meditator, Waller studies Kriya Yoga under Swami Nityananda at Awake Yoga Meditation in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, where he serves on the Board and as a community teacher. He writes a newsletter called Monkey Bars for the Monkey Mind where he shares the practical spiritual techniques he uses to maintain a happy life, after struggling with crippling monkey mind (negative self-talk) and clinical depression.
He also serves as the Music Minister at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Owings, Mills, Maryland. Previously, he served in senior leadership positions at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, and New York’s Vineyard Theatre.
Waller is a proud Dad to two wonderful kids and husband to an amazing wife. You can find him sometimes on Facebook and Instagram.