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About Bluejay

 

Bluejay Productions is an audio recording studio and event services company. With over 20 years in business, we have produced many professional recordings of song singles, albums, radio and television commercials, jingles, audio books, film soundtracks, and  provide production management and sound reinforcement for music concerts, festivals, conferences and corporate events across the western United States.

Bluejay’s studio services include digital audio recording, mixing, and mastering, music production and composition, tape and vinyl audio restoration, CD duplication, and audio engineering lessons. Event services include production management, sound reinforcement, audio mixing (FOH and monitors), and live digital recording. Read More >

SERVICES

 

Record

Digital audio recording offers many creative possibilities for your music, spoken word, audio books, commercial and soundtrack productions.  Whatever you hear in your mind can be produced into a high-fidelity, professional recording at Bluejay.

Mix

Multi-track recordings require skill to turn them into great sounding mixes. Bluejay knows how to expertly mix your audio tracks, whether you record with us, or somewhere else. We will mix your music, audio books, commercials…anything audio into the masterpiece you have in mind.

Master

A process often misunderstood, audio mastering is the final polish put on an audio recording. Bluejay offers digital and analog mastering. Digital mastering will enhance your recording’s clean and clear audio goodness, and analog mastering will lend that warm, old school sound.

Audio Books

Audio books are all the rage, and authors are finding a whole new audience by creating this very marketable product. Bluejay can turn your written works into evocative audio books with expert narration, sound effects and music to stir the heart and mind of every listener.

Commercial/Voiceover

Advertising makes the world of commerce go round, and well produced audio is an essential element to sell your products and services. Bluejay provides voice-overs, music stingers, jingles and sound effects to fit your vision.

Audio Restoration

Audio recordings previously made on analog tape or vinyl can be restored to their full brilliance and clarity with digital processing. Bluejay restores ¼” reel-to-reel, audio cassette, and 45 or 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl records, and transfers the recording to a digital file format and/or compact disc for internet broadcast or your personal playlist. 

CLIENT LIST

RECENT RECORDING ARTIST CLIENTS

VENUES

 

Britt festival, JAcksonville, or – enfield stage producer

the Rogue Theatre, Grants Pass, OR – Production Management/FOH/Mon Engineer

Live At The Armory, Ashland, OR – Production Management, FOH

The Camelot Theatre, Talent, OR – FOH Engineer

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR – FOH Engineer, Green Show

Medford Concerts in the Park, Medford, OR – FOH Engineer

THE STUDIO

There are many factors to consider when choosing a recording studio.

Reputation and experience, the engineer, location, equipment and price may be factors you are considering. We know you have many choices as small studios are plentiful, and high-end studios offer whatever you can afford.

As a smaller, budget-conscious studio, Bluejay offers the quality you expect from an expensive, high-end studio without the big attitude and price. Our reputation is strong as we have been recording local and regional musicians and artists for over 16 years, and have produced many high quality recordings of music, commercials, audio books, and sound effects. Owner and engineer, Mark Thomas Johnson, gives you his undivided personal attention with patience, skill and compassion, so you feel supported and nurtured throughout the recording process. If you have lots of studio experience and don’t need that, he will give you the service you need without frills. Flexibility to support clients with various backgrounds is the key.

The Bluejay Productions recording studio is located in the rural home of Mark Thomas Johnson. But don’t let that fool you, because this is no ordinary “home studio”. The whole house is the recording studio, so you don’t get a sense that you are invading someone’s space, but that you are working in a studio where the engineer just happens to live. No pets or kids or clutter, just professional working space, including a large, comfortable control room, a vocal booth, and an ample tracking room. The view is incredible, with a wide vista of the Rogue Valley and Cascade mountain range. There is plenty of room to chill out here on the wood deck or while talking a walk through the woods on this 20 acre property in the forest. It feels like you are far out in the country, but we are only 4 miles from downtown Jacksonville, Oregon.

Now let’s talk tech. Bluejay is a digital recording studio with the ability to produce a warm, analog sound. That is to say, you won’t get stark, sterile, digital-sounding mixes here, unless that’s what you’re going for. We record on an Apple Mac Studio with Logic Pro though a Universal Audio Apollo audio interface and UA plug-ins, and use quality microphones and various pre amps. As an analog engineer, Mark knows the difference between digital and analog sound, and has developed the skill to produce whatever sound you are going for, from old school analog to crystal-clear digital clarity.

Bluejay is budget-conscious, meaning we work within your budget to give you the best result. Price quotes are a challenge with recording and mixing as time is the main component in estimating cost. We do our best to stay on time and on budget, and always put in more time than what is billed in order to maintain our reputation for high-quality mixes.

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Recording Platform (DAW)

  • Apple Mac Studio
  • Universal Audio Apollo
  • UA Plugins
  • Roland Studio Capture
  • Focusrite Preamps

Recording Spaces

  • Live Room
  • Vocal Booth
  • Flabbey Road Studio
  • Outdoors
  • On Location

Microphones

  • Audio-Technica
  • Audix
  • Blue
  • Earthworks
  • Neumann
  • Shure
Microphones

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  •  Neumann BCM104 x2
  • Earthworks TC40k x2
  • RCA 77D
  • Audio Technica 4030a
  • Audio Technica 3035
  • A/T 822
  • AKG C1000s x2
  • Shure SM81 X3
  • Shure SM7
  • Shure SM58 x4
  • Shure SM57 x4
  • Shure beta57 x2
  • ElectroVoice ND767
  • E/V 609
  • GrooveTube Convertible
  • Octava MC012
  • Audix D6

Release the Music in your Head!