Me&John Explained

Me&John
Genre:Hip-hop, indie, dance, folk, pop
Years Active:2002–present
Label:Various
Associated Acts:Shad,Broken Social Sene,Lily Frost
Current Members:Ryan Kondrat, John La Magna

Me&John is a record production, engineering, mixing, and songwriting duo based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The duo is composed of Ryan Kondrat and John La Magna.[1] The two have created music from a myriad of genres, ranging from dance, hip-hop, folk, and pop.

The two met at school in 2002. They began their career in the dance music scene as ghost writers for Jelo, Donald Glaude, and DJ Dan. They soon merged into the television and advertising side of the music industry working for Syndicate Sound in Toronto. At Syndicate Sound they were able to write music in a fully equipped professional studio, leveraging writing skills for studio time, they Produced and co-wrote Broken Social Scene presents Brendan Canning while simultaneously composing scores for Television and Film. Their next record With Shad, landed them a Polaris Prize shortlisting and a Juno for Hip Hop recording of the year. The two are currently Music Directors/Composers for Grayson Matthews in Toronto .[2]

Me&John have recently produced an Album for Lily Frost, Scored and Produced the soundtrack for Paul Schrider's, The Canyons, with Brendan Canning, and just finished a New Documentary for Sony and Gran Turismo, KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide, that took home a gold, at London International in 2015.[3]

Album / Contributions

Artist Record Role Label Year
Aviva Co-writers/Producers/Artists Cardinal Point 2017
Brendan Canning with me&john Co-writers/Producers/Artists SQE 2012
Lily Frost Do What you LoveAlbum Producers / Track Co-writes Aporia 2012
Shad TSOL (album)Album Producers / Track Co-writes / Recording Engineers Black Box 2010 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year
Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning Co-writers/Producers Arts & Crafts 2008

Feature Length Contributions

The Canyons Co-writers/Composers 2012
Kaz Pushing the virtual divide Sony Composers 2013/14

Television Contributions

Show Seasons Network Role Year
Style Factory2Syndicated Composer / Music Director 2016-17
BackStage2Syndicated Composer 2016-17
Ice Road Truckers10,11Syndicated Composer / Music Director 2016-17
Property Brothers7,8,9 Syndicated Composer / Music Director 2016-17
The Goods1 CBC Composer / Theme 2016
Apres Ski1 Bravo US Composer / Music Director 2014–2015
Frozen Gold1 Slice Music Director 2014–2015
Dino Hunters Canada1 History Music Director 2014–2015
Fear Thy Neighbor1,2,3 Discovery Composer (Theme) /Music Director 2013–2014
Property Brothers4,5,6 Syndicated Composer/Music Director 2013–2014
Property Brothers Buy & Sell3,4,5 Syndicated Composer/Music Director 2013–2014
Carnival Eats1,2 & 3 food Composer 2012–2016
Motives and Murders1 Discovery Composer (Background) /Music Director 2013–2014
Murder in Paradise1 Discovery Composer (Background) /Music Director 2013–2014
Life Story Project1 OWN Composer/Music Director 2012–2013
Husband Hunters1 OWN Composer/Music Director 2012–2013
Backyard Inventors1 OWN Composer/Music Director 2012–2013
Project Runway Canada1 & 2 Global/Slice Composer/Producers 2007–2008 (Gemini Nominated)
Make The Politician Work 1 CBC Composer/Producers/Engineers 2011 (Gemini Nominated)
Are We There Yet 3 Syndicated Composer 2010
Keys to the VIP 1,2,3, CTV/Comedy Composer/Producers/Engineers 2006–2009
Star Racer 1Discovery Composer 2006
Nerve 1 CBC Composer/Producers 2009
SmartAsk 1 CBC Composer/Producers2001–2004
Space for Living 1 Syndicated Composer/Producers 2008
City Chasers 1 Discovery Composer/Producers/Engineers 2010
5 Seekers 1 Syndicated Composer/Producers/Engineers 2008
Guides & Gurus 1 Syndicated Composer/Producers/Engineers 2008

External links

Notes and References

  1. "http://www.myspace.com/meandjohncan
  2. "http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ryan/Kondrat/"
  3. "http://www.piratetoronto.com