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Today I wrote Song A Day #6506. Help me write #6507.

I’m Jonathan Mann. I’ve written a song every day since January 1, 2009. Now I make games and free music software too.

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This is all of it

Every square is one day’s song, starting January 1, 2009. In each year, the months are rows and the days are columns.

  1. 365 video stills from 2009, one for each day's song

    2009 Berkeley · 365 songs

  2. 365 video stills from 2010, one for each day's song

    2010 Berkeley · 365 songs

  3. 365 video stills from 2011, one for each day's song

    2011 Berkeley · 365 songs

  4. 366 video stills from 2012, one for each day's song

    2012 Brooklyn · 366 songs

  5. 365 video stills from 2013, one for each day's song

    2013 Brooklyn · 365 songs

  6. 365 video stills from 2014, one for each day's song

    2014 Brooklyn · 365 songs

  7. 365 video stills from 2015, one for each day's song

    2015 Jersey City · 365 songs

  8. 366 video stills from 2016, one for each day's song

    2016 Jersey City · 366 songs

  9. 365 video stills from 2017, one for each day's song

    2017 Jersey City · 365 songs

  10. 365 video stills from 2018, one for each day's song

    2018 Jersey City · 365 songs

  11. 365 video stills from 2019, one for each day's song

    2019 Jersey City · 365 songs

  12. 366 video stills from 2020, one for each day's song

    2020 Jersey City, Hartford · 366 songs

  13. 365 video stills from 2021, one for each day's song

    2021 Hartford · 365 songs

  14. 365 video stills from 2022, one for each day's song

    2022 Hartford · 365 songs

  15. 365 video stills from 2023, one for each day's song

    2023 Hartford · 365 songs

  16. 366 video stills from 2024, one for each day's song

    2024 Hartford · 366 songs

  17. 365 video stills from 2025, one for each day's song

    2025 Hartford · 365 songs

  18. 293 video stills from 2026, one for each day's song

    2026 Hartford · 293 so far

Through #6,502, October 20, 2026.

Explore every song

What your gift makes

Songs

6,506 songs and counting, every one under a Creative Commons license.

Games

Game A Day, WAMP, and games about the news.

Films

Mini-docs about making something every day.

Plugins

Novox The Robot makes your computer sing. Free and open source.

Song A Day has never fit neatly into any business model.

Commissions used to be a big part of my income, but with the advent of AI-generated music, they've mostly dried up.

Jonathan Mann in a homemade Song A Day costume, surrounded by recording equipment in the early days
The early days of Song A Day.

Through all these 18 years, I've had one dream: make enough money that I can focus solely on what I do best.

Jonathan Mann performing for an outdoor audience beside a lake
The Conference Troubadour.
Creative Commons

Every Song A Day song lives under a Creative Commons license. Anyone is free to cover, remix, and use it — part of Song A Day's life as a public good. Learn about Creative Commons ↗

Patronage

Patreon, YouTube, and Bandcamp logos

I've tried Patreon, paid YouTube subscribers, and a Bandcamp fan club. Until now, none has made up more than one-sixteenth of my income.

C.Y. Lee holding an ice cream cone outside

Recently, C.Y. Lee — an early Microsoft and RealPlayer employee — became a friend and mentor. He now uses his resources to fund dozens of artists across the country.

Jonathan Mann and a collaborator at a keyboard in a recording studio

I'm fiscally sponsored by Fridays at The Park, an LA recording collective and nonprofit. That means every donation is tax-deductible.

The first goal, from monthly supporters
$3,000/month
The dream: enough to focus solely on what I do best
$20,000/month

VIDEO GAMES

In addition to continuing Song A Day, I've turned my attention back to my other major love

GAME A DAY

I made a Game A Day in January 2026.

ALSO FROM THE STUDIO

The Museum of Time Based Art timeline interface showing past, present, and future artworks

MOTBA

I've created a website called The Museum of Time Based Art, dedicated to artists for whom time is a central theme in their work.

Jamuary invitation to make and share a song every day in January

#JAMUARY

This January, I am bringing back #Jamuary: An invitation to make and share one song every day that month.

Help me write #6507.

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THANK YOU!

Jonathan Mann playing ukulele beneath an Every Day sign
Every day means every day.
Illustrated Song A Day scene with a guitarist and colorful characters
Games as songs you can step inside.
Jonathan Mann holding up his Guinness World Records certificate
Guinness World Record certificate, 2014.

Where to go next

Listen

See

  • The gallery Every song since 2009 on one zoomable wall.
  • The data lab 17 years of songs next to the weather, the moon and the news.
  • MOTBA The Museum of Time Based Art, for artists with daily and lifelong practices.

Play

  • mann.cool Small, strange browser games, including every Game A Day.

Build

  • WAMP We All Make A Platformer: build a room, then play everyone else's.

Make

  • Novox The Robot A free plugin that sings. Type lyrics, draw notes, or sing into it.

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Everything, with what’s coming and what’s done · What I’m doing now