Artist Bio
Musician Jonathan Cain is a multi-instrumentalist keyboard player and songwriter for the American rock band Journey, one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time. “Faithfully,” written by Cain, was among the eighteen Top 40 Journey singles that fueled their rise to fame and to record sales of nearly 100 million worldwide. His songwriting credits also extend to a wide range of talented artists like Joe Bonamassa, Peter Frampton, Sammy Hagar, Michael Bolton, Kenny Rogers, Heart, Conway Twitty, and rocker, Jimmy Barnes of Australia. Recent production and recording credits for Cain include two solo Christian albums with his wife, tele-evangelist and pastor Paula White, called What God Wants to Hear in 2016 and Unsung Noel in 2017. Cain was inducted with members of Journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame™ in 2017 and is still a touring member of the band.
Jonathan Cain on the V-Piano Grand
“I don’t like computers on-stage after all the horror stories I had with laptops. I love soft synths in the studio, and I’m a big fan of the Native Instruments and Output stuff. But on the road, things can go south, so I like to keep it simple. With Journey, I do a lot of programming, and when I do a [Roland V-Piano Grand] solo, I’ll run symphonic, Vangelis-type tracks behind me. But with my setup, I don’t have to worry about things going wrong.”
Jonathan Cain on the JUPITER-80
“Roland actually wanted to buy my JUPITER-8 back from me, because they didn’t have one for their museum. But I said, ‘No. You can’t have it. Mine is not for sale.’ I pulled it out of storage and it’s up and running at the studio. You know what’s funny? After listening to the JUPITER-8 and then going back to my JUPITER-80, the 80 sounds like three JUPITER-8s! It’s that big. And with the Supernatural engine, and the dynamics of it—it seems like the oscillators correspond to your velocity. You can actually put nuance into your playing, and the harder you hit it, the more oscillators fire. It’s fun, but it’s a deep box. I’m barely scratching the surface of it.”
— Jonathan Cain
Quotes courtesy of Keyboard Magazine interview with Jonathan Cain.
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