Bluejay Productions provides professional studio and live recording services.  We are a small studio that offers personal attention to your project.  Two studios are available for recording; the Bluejay Project Studio near downtown Medford, Oregon, or the larger Live Room at Tom's Guitars at 1103 North Riverside Ave. in Medford.  Audio recording of bands, ensembles, and solo artists is our most frequent type of project.  Voice recording is provided for voice actors and narrators working in audio book, T.V., film, and commercial productions.  Live recording of concerts and events can be done at Tom's Guitars or your location of choice.  Recording your wedding, house party, or special event entertainment can provide a wonder gift and lasting memories.  If you are video taping your event, a professional recording by Bluejay will provide a great sounding stereo mix to record directly to your video or dubbed in post-production.

Studio Recording

The Bluejay Project Studio in Medford is our smaller, budget-conscious studio equipped with high quality microphones and preamps, recording to a PC Digital Audio Workstation running Sonar 8 and Waves Mercury plug-ins, Sound Forge and CD Architect (Equipment List).  The vocal booth is a 4' x 6' acoustically treated isolation booth, manufactured by VocalBooth.com.  The recording booth is placed within a 12' x 18' room that can accommodate several musicians.  The project studio works great for bands, singer/songwriters, production music, karaoke singing, voice-overs, and audio book narration.

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 room for a 100 person audience.  If you have a place for your gig or event, Bluejay will record at your location of choice.

Voice-Overs

Voice-over recording is provided for radio spots, commercials, internet, film and television production.  Our recording booth is the perfect, quiet and comfortable environment for voice talent.  Phone Patch equipment allows a director/producer to listen to the recording session and direct voice talent in the booth, and provides clear audio to your telephone so you can communicate easily from your location.

Karaoke Singers

Bluejay can record your voice with quality karaoke tracks to produce songs that sound as good as the original recording.  You must provide your own karaoke tracks.  Please try to buy quality karaoke tracks recorded with real instruments as these will provide the best sound for your songs, and tracks sung at their original pitch generally yield the best results.

Recording Rates

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

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 PC DAW running Sonar 8 and Waves Mercury, listening through Mackie HR824 monitors.

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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