Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Yonah. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Yonah, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on so far is my debut EP, Love So Good.

This wasn’t just a creative milestone—it was the culmination of a journey that started in a place of loss, confusion, and a need to carve out something meaningful from pain. I didn’t grow up dreaming of being a music maker. I didn’t have role models in the arts, or teachers encouraging me to pursue this path. What I did have was an unshakable feeling that I needed to do something different—a deep-rooted desire to express myself and make sense of my experiences.

I lost my father before I even knew him, and was raised by a single mother in a modern Orthodox home where questions of meaning and faith were always present. From a young age, I felt the weight of existential fear—death, loss, the unknown—and turned to writing as my way of processing it. Poetry, short stories, and eventually songwriting became my refuge. Music found me, not the other way around.

After high school, I enrolled in Binghamton University for a business degree. But it was never truly my path—it was what I thought I was supposed to do. That changed during a gap year in Israel, where I began producing music in the quiet hours of the morning. I wrote over 15 songs that year, just for the sake of learning and growing. A friend encouraged me to apply to music school, and without thinking it could actually happen—I got in. Convincing my family was hard, but for once, I was certain of what I wanted. And I went for it.

Fast forward a few years, and Love So Good became my first fully realized body of work. It was recorded in a cabin in the woods with my close friend and producer Zach Aumueller—just two people chasing a feeling. The EP explores different forms of love we experience growing up, and how the modern world distorts or deepens those feelings. Somehow, through the help of a distribution service and a stroke of luck on Spotify, the project reached hundreds of thousands of listeners.

That project means everything to me. Not because of the numbers, but because it was born from the rawest parts of my story—loss, love, solitude, and a longing for truth. It was the first time I felt I had translated my inner world into something tangible. And it gave me the confidence to keep going.

Now, I’m working on two major follow-ups: a second EP and a full-length album recorded entirely with live instruments. These new works are pushing my craft further, and refining my commitment to musicianship and authenticity. But Love So Good will always be the start of everything. It’s my foundation—and the proof that even from uncertainty, something beautiful can grow.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My path to music was unorthodox, born not from tradition but from necessity. Writing was my first act of rebellion and survival—words became a way to carve sense from silence, to give shape to the weight of grief, love, and wonder. Over time, those words found rhythm, and rhythm became song. I never set out to be a musician—I just needed a place to put the things I felt.

As a producer, the greatest problem to solve isn’t technical—it’s emotional. It’s creating a space free of judgment, where artists can shed performance and speak in truths. My role is to build that room—where vulnerability is honored, risk is rewarded, and every sound carries the fingerprint of something real. Whether I’m telling my own stories or helping someone find theirs, I’m always chasing the same thing: something that makes the soul sit up and listen.

As an artist and songwriter, my work is an offering—an attempt to turn the chaos of feeling into something tangible, something that might echo in someone else’s life. I don’t write to impress; I write to connect, to remind us we’re not alone in our questions or contradictions. Every lyric is a fragment of lived experience, filtered through the lens of someone still trying to understand the world. If my music can be a mirror, a memory, or a moment of clarity for someone else, then I’ve done what I came here to do.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding aspect of being a creative is witnessing something that once lived only inside of you take form in the world—and watching it resonate with someone else. It’s that quiet, sacred moment when a lyric you wrote in solitude finds its way into someone’s headphones at 2 a.m., and they feel seen. It’s the transformation of personal chaos into collective clarity. There’s no applause that means more than the message from a stranger saying, “This made me feel understood.”

Being a creative is not about control—it’s about surrender. Letting go of perfection to chase something more honest. Whether I’m writing my own songs or helping others produce theirs, the real gift is in the connection: the invisible thread between artist and listener, between pain and beauty, between intention and impact. That thread is what makes the work worth everything.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Looking back, the projects that took the most resilience are the ones that never saw the light of day. That never were released, but mulled over in every detail in a pedantic manner. It was the projects in which I spent all day and all night working on, learning how to use my DAW (logic) as I inched away the song. The ones I knew I may not love the final form of but cherished the training in both resilience and skill. It’s the projects we throw away shamelessly that create self-awareness as an artist, and in turn a pursuit of greatness.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/yonahx?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKhFYVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp03l-woKsgHcChro23trIsY3jrv7YdHrLRtF0h5_XWUeWX_ab6NpPqVdHl9w_aem_N2aCNcwhrJZBUKgsJ0xrFw
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mynameisyonah/
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/6mNXpIa0mNY?si=0lzYaw8aaNnU82h5
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3x2O11OST09HF9T2jMOTjL?si=U7bfevVkTciHhyZ1ys_B4Q

Image Credits

Juda Katz