Jay Stanley:
CLASS OF 1987
Central Catholic High SchoolClass of 1987
Lawrence, MA
Salem High SchoolClass of 1989
Salem, NH
Berklee College of MusicClass of 1989
Boston, MA
Presentation of Mary AcademyClass of 1988
Methuen, MA
Saint Joseph Regional SchoolClass of 1983
Salem, NH
Jay's Story
Life
Jay Stanley  Production Co. President, Producer, Sound Designer, Songwriter, Composer
Biography
With over 15 years of experience in the music and entertainment industry Jay Stanley has built an impressive list of credits. His resume includes the titles Billboard #1 songwriter, producer, composer , engineer, sound designer, studio owner , pro tools operator, and independent record label president . Jay began his career as a musician and songwriter and after attending BostonÂs prestigeÂs Berklee College Of Music in the 1980Âs and getting a specialized degree in music production and engineering from Full Sail Center For The Recording Arts in 1990. After graduating in 1990, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as Recording Engineer and Music Producer. JayÂs time in LA allowed him to work in world class recording studios on many different types of projects, audio and sound design for film and television including Warner Brothers animated series Animaniacs, Tiny Toons and Batman, and records projects for Major Artists with Platinum Producers and Engineers including  The Rippingtons  Grammy nominated record ÂCurves AheadÂ. The LA experience really helped to develop his talents as an accomplished sound designer, engineer and producer and to provide an impressive credit list to his resume.
After returning to the Central Florida area in the early 1990Âs, Jay was employed as a sound effects designer at Soundelux where he continued to build credits on feature films, television, theme park and video game audio projects. In 1993 Jay met aspiring songwriter Rob Thomas (Matchbox20) ...Expand for more
and the two developed a professional relationship which resulted in the co-writing of 26 songs and the formation of the band ÂTabithaÂs Secret the first incarnation of what would later become Matchbox20. JayÂs collaboration with Rob spawned the Billboard # 1 song Â3am which spent ten weeks at # 1 on the billboard adult top 40 charts, sold over 15,000,000 copies and garnered Jay ASCAP POP music awards for most performed song of 1999 and 2000.In 2001 Jay's Home Studio hosted the band CREED for 4 months recording and mixing the multiplatinum record " Weathered".
Currently Jay is President of his own company formed in 1999 J. Stanley Productions Inc. A state of the art digital audio production center outside of Orlando specializing in high definition audio, music production, audio for film and television , sound design for theme park attractions, video game audio, ADR, foley, 5.1 surround sound mixing and encoding, voice talent casting, audio for the world wide web and audio restoration.
Recent credits and clients include:
CreedÂs Billboard # 1 CD Â Weathered Â, recorded, and mixed at J. Stanley Productions, Fuji Film/Scott Mcnulty Inc. Spacesounds.com and Ghostsounds.com, Backstreet Boys ÂMillennium World Tour Â, Hard Rock Live concert series, Universal Studios Island of Adventure, Soundelux Showorks, Transcontinental Studios, PARC Studios, WolfÂs Head Productions, Convergence Film and Television, Arista, SONY, Atlantic, RCA, JTJ and Pyramid Records, Media Brothers, Jeff Hanson Artist Management, Level 2 Artist Management, Panasonic Corporate Systems, HGTV, TLC, Radiant Audio Media.
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Photos
![some of my RIAA awards](https://images.classmates.com/pho104/T/g/v/L/12318943_display.jpg)
![Weirs Beach NH Aug 2007](https://images.classmates.com/pho204/q/s/r/L/12318890_display.jpg)
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![Me Mixing in my Studio](https://images.classmates.com/pho106/z/Y/C/n/8955900_display.jpg)
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![Me and my fiance' Melanie on Trading Spaces HOME FREE 2004](https://images.classmates.com/pho206/p/q/5/Z/8955825_display.jpg)