Green Garage Productions

Green Garage Productions is a group of Musicians, Artists, Songwriters, Studio Engineers, and great friends unified in the belief and practice of making music that gives people more than a sound to compare to their favorite artist. "We are not Hip Hop, we're not Rock, Jazz, Techno, R&B and all those other genres you find on a drop down on myspace," explains Jordan Jeffries, AKA Don-J. Green Garage Productions really came together by a series of chance meetings and family ties. It was while Jordan was in college in Memphis, Tennessee, 1992, that he was given a cheap beat program called Hip Hop Ejay from a friend's little brother. He fell in love with the feeling of taking something as simple as a metronome and turning it into a song. Before long, he joined forces with Levoy Young (V.O.Y.), who had an old school off-white bullet mic (which came with a 1997 Toshiba Satellite laptop) and they started making songs together.

It wasn't until 2006 that Jordan decided to move back to his home, Seattle, to be with his family and make his dream a reality - owning and operating a recording studio where he and his friends could create the kind of quality music they wanted. It just so happened that his cousin and fellow GGP artist and producer Justin Jeffries (J-Macka) moved back to Seattle around the same time. J-Macka has been playing music for as long as anyone remembers; playing the alto saxophone and the piano in bands that toured nationally while he was still in high school. When Jordan told him about his idea of starting a production company, he was instantly on board. Around the same time, Jordan met with Ian Stephens (E.A.), who is also an artist and producer for GGP - and happens to be a self-taught piano virtuoso that has classical vocal training with a Julliard professor by the name of William Toole. With the buy-in of both Justin and Ian, Green Garage Productions was born.

The cast of characters that makes up the Green Garage Productions crew is large and varied - with a wide span of talent and musical stylings. They can, and do, create virtually any genre of music they feel at the time. In addition to Don-J, J-Macka, E.A., and V.O.Y., they boast the talents of Chris Vincent, who plays the guitar masterfully and is also an amazing producer with a recording knowledge that is the very backbone to every finished product GGP releases; Connie Johnson who is known as a great vocalist and performer, to whom singing comes as second nature and who also has the rare ability to harmonize with anyone; and Ralph Rogers (Shino) who is one of the most dynamic lyrical minds around. They are such a mash-up of different styles, cultures and personalities that they truly relate to every musical style and ambition. Their belief is that music in general is lacking in bravery - and they're here to fill that gap, eager to work with anyone that is creative and willing to step out of that box with them.

There are several recordings and performances by these artists coming out soon - particularly the Green Garage Productions compilation due out this fall, where you can catch all of the artists in one place. There are sample tracks from each new upcoming release available on their myspace page, www.myspace.com/greengarageproductions. Be sure to check often for upcoming performances, as this is one extraordinary group of performers that is not to be missed.