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Jason Alan Johnson has been popular a Berklee College of Music alumnus and a prominent studio musician. He has owned two large, commercial recording studios, and an audio visual company. He has vast experience using professional audio equipment, as well as designing and constructing elaborate audio systems. Today, Johnson is a successful record producer and author. He is widely known for his book entitled “Big Time Techniques for the Small Time Record Producer”.
Johnson comes from a family of recording artists. The most notable are his grandmother and grandfather. His grandmother, Teresa Botial Richardson, signed with Motown Records in the 1960's. His grandfather, George "Pepe" Grant, signed with Atlantic Records. An inductee in the Doo Wop Hall of Fame, George founded the Castilles, and led the famous Ink Spots with his distinct singing voice. George’s voice is considered the first example of the high tenor lead that helped delineate the genre.
Johnson started taking piano lessons at the age of seven. In his teenaged years, he became an exceptional percussionist performing solos at Carnegie Music Hall. He attended Mt. Lebanon High School, which has one of the most prestigious percussion departments in the country, and was playing professionally by age 16. Johnson studied marimba at Berklee, until one of his professors, Dave Samuels, discovered his extraordinary talent for the drumset. At Samuels’ suggestion, Johnson changed his principle instrument to drumset. At Berklee, Johnson’s drumming became highly sought-after for recording sessions in Berklee studios. There, he discovered an intense passion for the recording arts.
At 21, he was doing recording sessions at Avatar studios in Manhattan. Avatar is a multi-million dollar facility used by many world-famous recording artists. Johnson studied mixing techniques under head engineer, Anthony Rutolo. Johnson designed and built a commercial facility in Pittsburgh called Power Pye. There, he started producing records. He also invested in a mobile recording studio and an AV company. He produced recordings for theater companies, orchestras, national and regional acts, and sound tracks for film. After two years, Power Pye merged with a competing studio called AAM. The merger resulted in the largest recording facility in the Pittsburgh area, with multiple control rooms, tracking rooms and isolation booths. Johnson became a major player in the Pittsburgh music scene.
He relocated to the west coast and started producing his own records in studios in Hollywood and Scottsdale. He also consulted on the designs for other recording studios, and taught a seminar on record production. Johnson became a prominent drummer and a well-respected member of the local music community in the Phoenix area. In early 2012, he published “Big Time Techniques for the Small Time Record Producer” which described his methods for recording and selling independent records. The book has been a tremendous success and quickly became a #1 best seller in the music genre.
Johnson comes from a family of recording artists. The most notable are his grandmother and grandfather. His grandmother, Teresa Botial Richardson, signed with Motown Records in the 1960's. His grandfather, George "Pepe" Grant, signed with Atlantic Records. An inductee in the Doo Wop Hall of Fame, George founded the Castilles, and led the famous Ink Spots with his distinct singing voice. George’s voice is considered the first example of the high tenor lead that helped delineate the genre.
Johnson started taking piano lessons at the age of seven. In his teenaged years, he became an exceptional percussionist performing solos at Carnegie Music Hall. He attended Mt. Lebanon High School, which has one of the most prestigious percussion departments in the country, and was playing professionally by age 16. Johnson studied marimba at Berklee, until one of his professors, Dave Samuels, discovered his extraordinary talent for the drumset. At Samuels’ suggestion, Johnson changed his principle instrument to drumset. At Berklee, Johnson’s drumming became highly sought-after for recording sessions in Berklee studios. There, he discovered an intense passion for the recording arts.
At 21, he was doing recording sessions at Avatar studios in Manhattan. Avatar is a multi-million dollar facility used by many world-famous recording artists. Johnson studied mixing techniques under head engineer, Anthony Rutolo. Johnson designed and built a commercial facility in Pittsburgh called Power Pye. There, he started producing records. He also invested in a mobile recording studio and an AV company. He produced recordings for theater companies, orchestras, national and regional acts, and sound tracks for film. After two years, Power Pye merged with a competing studio called AAM. The merger resulted in the largest recording facility in the Pittsburgh area, with multiple control rooms, tracking rooms and isolation booths. Johnson became a major player in the Pittsburgh music scene.
He relocated to the west coast and started producing his own records in studios in Hollywood and Scottsdale. He also consulted on the designs for other recording studios, and taught a seminar on record production. Johnson became a prominent drummer and a well-respected member of the local music community in the Phoenix area. In early 2012, he published “Big Time Techniques for the Small Time Record Producer” which described his methods for recording and selling independent records. The book has been a tremendous success and quickly became a #1 best seller in the music genre.
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