Jason Tonioli

I often get questions from people about the tools and software that I use to write and play music, so I thought it would be helpful to put together a simple Q&A page that provides answers and links to many of the common questions that I get. What type of piano do you use at your home and … [Read more...] about Question and Answers about Pianos and Software I Use

So we've been trying to put together a music video as a tribute to my dad. I wrote an arrangement to Amazing Grace a few days after my dad passed away this summer and then recorded it a few weeks after the funeral. It was a really emotional experience and the song turned out great. In order to … [Read more...] about Filming My New Music Video From a Helicopter

My family and I spent the past week in Waterton, Canada. Waterton sits on the USA, Canada border and is part of Glacier National Park. We had a wonderful time, but had our fair share of adventures. The one I'll share on this blog post was the closest I have come to losing my life, and I've had … [Read more...] about Canada Vacation – The Closest I’ve Come to Being Killed…

One of my favorite things to do is be in a boat floating down a river. Over the years, I've progressed from floating in a large rubber raft, to a smaller 2 man raft (often called a duckie) to a hard shell kayak. For many years I always thought that the people in hardshell kayaks were crazy, … [Read more...] about How I Wrote the Song “Mountain Air”