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Joe Johnson is a New York based composer and sound designer.

In 2007, he was one of seven musicians accepted into the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. While there, Joe studied composition and jazz performance for two years with trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard. He has toured with country singing legend Ray Price and performed with Herbie Hancock, Willie Nelson, John Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Tony Bennett. Since 2008, Joe has been creating music and sound design for advertising, film, TV and radio under the moniker Felt, Not Heard. In 2009 Joe was awarded first prize at the Thelonious Monk International Composer's Competition for his composition Shepherd Song. He sound designed the 2011 Comedy Central rebrand, which won an Art Directors Club Gold Cube and a One Show Silver Pencil. In 2013 Joe became a member of The One Club's Young Guns 11 class and has served as a juror for several Young Guns Awards. Joe scored the first season of the Netflix series Project MC2, which was nominated for an Emmy in 2016. He created the audio branding for truTV with Trollback+Company, as well as the audio brand for Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton’s film company, Dirty Films.

Joe composed and directed a concert for the 2019 European Capital of Culture - Matera, Italy. The music features international trumpeter Paolo Fresu and Italian folk singer/percussionist Rino Locantore. The live record of the concert has been named one of the 100 top jazz records of 2021 by JazzIt Magazine. He has been working on the creative philosophy and application of audio in conversational AI.