A native of New Jersey, Jon was born to a concert pianist and music teacher mother. He first became enthralled by the drums at 7 years of age whilst watching the 1970s lounge band that rehearsed at his house. His mother bought him a second hand kit from the band’s drummer – each drum a different make –and sent him for lessons. 

Jon was the youngest ever first string drummer on the cadence team of Fork Union Military
Academy marching band. He began playing in New Jersey clubs with a variety of local bands when
he was 15. After graduating high school he went to The Institute of Audio Research in New York City
and studied audio engineering before moving to Texas where he had a very successful run as a founding
member of alt/grunge era band Truck (Truckasaurus), opening for such bands as Infectious Grooves
and Fishbone. 

Jon added the guitar to his musical repertoire and life led him to Germany where he and local
musician Joe Green formed a guitar duo and made a living playing the streets and coffee houses of
Lubeck. 

He moved to Australia in 1998 and continued his audio engineering career where he had the good fortune to run into Dai Pritchard on a gig:
“We had a jam whilst checking Paul De Marco’s monitors and it all just seem to click. Dai
asked ‘You live near me don’t you?’”

Jon served as the the drummer for Dai Pritchard Band for six years and played on Dai's "Killin' Time" album released 2014.

Listen to "Killin' Time" on Spotify

Jon has also played for other artists including: Angry Anderson Band, Lianna Rose, James Southwell with Angry Anderson.

Jon returned to teaching in 2013 joining the staff at Woy Woy School of Music (now Stratford Music) teaching one on one drum lessons, running a rock band class and conducting workshops on the technical aspects of performance for young musicians. Jon was awarded Tutor of the Year 2017. 

Now a resident of Newcastle, Jon has relocated his teaching from the Central Coast Peninsula to Newcastle East.