Bluejay Productions provides professional digital recording in the studio, live on stage, outdoors, in your living room, or wherever you want to record.   We have three recording spaces available: the Gold Beach Studio on the Oregon coast, the Bluejay Project Studio in Mark's home near downtown Medford, or the Live Room at Tom's Guitars,1103 North Riverside Ave, Medford, Oregon.

Studio Recording

The Gold Beach Studio is on the beach just north of the Rogue River and the town of Gold Beach in Oregon, USA.   The studio features a live room with 27 foot, wood-beamed ceiling, great acoustics, and a Pacific ocean view, Recordings are captured digitally at 88.2k/24 bit resolution on a custom built digital audio workstation. Neumann, Earthworks, Audio-Technica, and Shure microphones and Presonus mic preamps are used on the front end.  This studio has accommodations for 8 people, two kitchens, two outdoor decks and a hot tub overlooking the Pacific ocean.  This is the perfect place to relax and produce inspired music.

The Bluejay Project Studio is for composers, singer/songwriters, bands recording basic tracks and overdubs, vocals, voice-overs, and audio books.  The project studio is equipped with high quality microphones and preamps, and a digital audio workstation running Sonar 8.5 and Waves Mercury plug-ins (Equipment List).  The vocal booth is a 4' x 6' isolation booth by VocalBooth.com.  The booth has a window and sits within a 12' x 18' room that can accommodate several musicians. 

The Live Room at Tom's Guitars is a 60' x 25' room with an 18' ceiling and 2' high stage at one end.  The room has live acoustics that produce great recordings and good ambience for concerts.  This is a great studio space for bands and performers that want to capture a live sound, or to record a concert performance.

Live Recording

Live recording is a great way to capture the performance energy of your music.    Microphones are placed on stage to capture all instruments and vocals. Live performances are recorded on a 16-track digital hard disc recorder.   If you need a place to perform, The Live Room at Tom's Guitars has a built-in stage and space for a 100 person audience.  Bluejay will record at your location of choice.

Voice-Overs (VO)

VO recording is provided for audio books, interviews, commercials, internet, film and television production.  The vocal booth is a quiet and comfortable space for recording the voice.  Our Phone Patch allows anyone to communicate with voice talent in the studio on a phone from anywhere in the world, and provides clear audio for directors, producers, and interviewers.  VO recordings are delivered via FTP for fast turnaround.  Phone Patch and FTP file transfers are a viable alternative to ISDN.  Bluejay has provided VO recording for television programs (i.e. CSI Miami), commercials (Colgate Total), and interviews (WNYC.org).  Expert voice editing is also available.

Karaoke Singers

Bluejay records karaoke singers and produces songs that make talented singers sound like professional recording artists.  Singers must provide their own karaoke tracks, and should have quality tracks that are recorded with real instruments, as these will provide the most musical result.

Recording Rates

Recording rates are charged by the hour and quoted on an individual project basis.  Bluejay's rate are competitive and among the most reasonable in the Rogue Valley.  Call Mark at (541) 779-3023, or email recording@bluejayproductions.com to discuss your recording needs and get a rate quote.

Mixing

Mixing is the next step after the recording session, and where much of the magic of song craft and production happens.  The engineer, producer and band work together to create a great "mix" of the multi-track recording, choosing the best takes, setting instrument volume levels, making tonal adjustments with EQ, compression, pitch-correction, adding effects such as reverb, delay, chorus, and other creative brainstorming.  All mixing is done at the Bluejay Project Studio on a DAW, Sonar 8 and Waves Mercury effects, monitoring on Mackie HR824 monitors and custom stereo speakers..

Mastering

Mastering is the last step in creating a great recording.  Mastering adds the final polish to the mix that makes your music ready for radio and commercial release.  Bluejay can perform quality mastering of your mixes on a digital audio mastering system.  Please see the Mastering page for more information.

Bluejay Productions often performs CD mastering for clients who record and mix here.  However, there is a lot to be said for using the services of a mastering studio.  We are happy to provide unmastered mixes and recommend a mastering studio if you'd like to have another "pair of ears" do the mastering.

CD Duplication/CD Artwork

Bluejay can provide you with a quote for short-run (quantities of 10 to 300 CD-R copies) or long-run (300+ commercial pressed discs) CD duplication and CD package artwork.  Our CD duplicators are the best in the business, and will produce a great looking CD package for your project.  CD duplication quotes are provided on an individual basis, so please call or email Bluejay for a quote at CDDuplication@bluejayproductions.com

Experience and skill make the difference

The experience and skill of the engineer who records and mixes your project makes all the difference in producing a professional recording.  Audio engineer and owner Mark T. Johnson has over 20 years experience in audio recording, producing, and as a musician.  Many of his mixes have been published on commercial CDs, video games, commercials, and are currently being played on FM radio (see the Music page).  Mark will comfortably guide you through the recording process and help you capture great performances.

"It is my intention to see that you are comfortable, relaxed, and in your most creative mindset when we are recording"

Please call (541) 779-3023, or send email to Mark at recording@bluejayproductions.com to schedule an appointment, to check out the studio, or to talk about your recording project.

Medford, Oregon (541) 779-3023

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