Paradyme Productions-About

Paradyme Productions Recording Studios

Paradyme Productions was founded in 1996 by two Engineer/Producers Jake Johnson and Michael Felbinger who did contract work through various studios across the country. Over the past decade, the company has grown and built a full-serviced production studio in Madison, WI. The goal was to offer artists a comfortable and creatively stimulating environment in which they could perform, and be able to receive creative and technical assistance at all points of the recording process.

The new downtown studios built in 2005 feature state-of-the-art multi-track digital recording equipment accompanied by a staff of professional and technically proficient engineers and producers. Paradyme Productions offers a wide variety of services to artists and performers of various artistic backgrounds.

Jake Johnson - Producer/Engineer/Owner

Jake Johnson holds nineteen years of experience in the audio recording industry, including fourteen years operating and managing Paradyme Productions. His primary skills are song writing, engineering, producing and mastering. Johnson also has experience in copyright filing and legal matters, label promotions and band management. As the company has grown he has honed his project management skills and the ability to work on a wide variety of projects.

Jake is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy's), and attends the awards annually. He is a member of the advisory board for MMI (Madison Media Institute) and has spoken at various schools and elsewhere throughout the community on issues relating to the music industry. In addition to producing hundreds of CD's and demos for artists locally and internationally, Jake has done work for the Jimi Hendrix Foundation, The Shoa Project (Steven Spielberg), Lucas Arts, MTV, Viacom, EMI, The Dave Matthews Band, Metallica, Crucial Conflict, Steve Vai, and Stevie Wonder.

jake@paradymeproductions.com

	Bill Maynard - Studio Manager/Producer/Engineer Bill has been involved with the music industry on many levels throughout his career. He has been a performing musician for the past fifteen years, a producer on several recordings and the co-owner of an independent record label. Bill is now in his fourth year of engineering and producing with Paradyme. Bill has worked on musical projects with many talented artists such as Mulligan Stu, Sin City Injectors, Sajida, Doctor Eric and Billy G, Buried Future, Leave the Limbs You've Lost, Ruby, Hal Leonard Corp, Anthony Ward, Marty Finkel, Ruby Chew, Sojourn, Laikan Winter, Urban Legend, Apollo 14 and Orphan Bloom just to mention a few. He has also written and co-produced the theme song for the television pilot titled Stray Dogs. bill@paradymeproductions.com

	Tricia Datema - Associate Engineer Tricia comes to us from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has completed an apprenticeship with Paradyme and is now a member of our production team. Tricia attended Michigan State University where she realized that she would have to get "hands-on" experience in a professional studio in order to achieve her goals in the music industry. Her favorite type of music can be labeled underground hip hop although she can be found singing in her car to almost anything. Tricia has recently engineered projects with Katrina Elam, The Dumb Downs, Mystro, Mankind's Lesson and Off Killter so keep an eye out for more of her work to be hitting the scene soon. tricia@paradymeproductions.com

	Jay Lechler - Associate Engineer Jay Lechler is an accomplished musician and arranger who has been involved in music since the age of three. In addition to holding a degree from the Madison Media Institute for Audio Recording and Engineering, he has taught piano, guitar, and music theory to more than 200 students for the past seven years. Jay also trained for improvisation skills at Chicago’s Second City Theatre. As a musician, he has performed in various forms all around the country including at the United Nations. Jay has been engineering and producing projects at Paradyme Productions for the past two years. He has worked with many talented artists including Alton Kelly, Rumba Kings, Rob Dz and DLO, Romey, Taj Ying Lee, the Stocking Stuffers, Jackie Bradley and Patris and Jaylex Lor. He is a dynamic and dedicated collaborator and greatly enjoys helping people bring their musical ideas to life. jjay@paradymeproductions.com

	Corey Saffold - Associate Engineer Corey Saffold comes to Paradyme with a wide variety of musical experience. He has been an accomplished bassist for over 17 years and pianist for 7 years. He has played for several Gospel, Hip-Hop, and R&B recording artists. Corey operated and owned his own jingle production company in Milwaukee, WI where he created jingles for small businesses in the greater Milwaukee area. Some of his skills are music production/composition, song writing, engineering, and live performance production. Corey Saffold graduated from Madison Media Institute in 2001 and has been working as an audio engineer since then. He previously worked for a company in Madison creating music production for animations and motion picture sound tracks.