Jeff Leonard

Jeff Leonard was the man on the board for such artists as Maytag, Pichino Dino, Fat Boy, Jump Little Children, Lil’ Boosie, Wormbelly, Keith Washington, The Bone Brothers (featuring Fred Wesley, Teddy Adams, Quinton Baxter, Rodney Jordan, and Tommy Gill), Steve Hit Mike, Azwethinkweiz, Red Handed, and the Word in Life choir. In a combination of mixing, mastering and recording Jeff has experience in Rock, Rap, Reggae, Country, Punk, Jazz, Gospel, Blues, Latin, Metal, Hip-Hop, television shows such as Lifetime’s “Army Wives” and Fox Network’s “Audition,” and even book on tape “Mary’s World” by Dick Coté.

Born in Greenville, South Carolina Jeff was encouraged in music early by his father “Big” Jeff Leonard. Jeff was raised setting up and hauling the old equipment that was hauled to hundreds of blues and rock shows around town. By the age of 8 he was playing guitar and taking in Greenville. Jeff started running live sound at the age of 12 for his father’s nightclub The Madd Jammer. By the time he reached the age of 15 recorded his first album in his basement using a pair of tape decks and a worn out sound board to over-dub lyrics and sample sound from horror videos. Throughout high school Jeff was prevalent in the local music scene playing guitar, recording and collaborating with bands.

In 1999, Jeff was working on his degree in television and radio broadcast. However, he started working at Area 51 Studios in the Charleston area where he started learning his craft from producer/engineer John Uhrig and started working with Jordan Herschaft. After a two year internship at Area 51 Studios, Jeff helped found Fusion 5 Studios with Jordan and John in its current location in Charleston, South Carolina. There he started to master his craft- a careful balance of digital and analog; with a Harrison 3232B console (famed for recording Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”), Pro Tools HD recording software, and a MCI JH116 24 track 2” tape machine.

Live clients include:

Ace and OC
Anti Seen
Kings of Nuthin
Live Oak
Loose Screws
Rick Cribb
Steve Hit Mike
The Kevin West Band
The Secrets
Zippo Raid

Studio clients include:

98X
Aaron Levy
At Last Glance
Azwethinkweiz
Bank of America
Barnburner Music
Blue Dogs
Breaking Glasses Music
Bumpy Johnson
Celeste Lairbeau
Dave Dunning
Diesel Brothers
Divided We Fall
Exactus
Fat Boy
Fire Apes
Flywater
Fox Network
God Help Us
Gray Man
Jump Little Children
Keith Washington
Lifetime Network
Lil’ Boosie
Live Oak
Lost in the Media
Lower Case Thieves
Maytag
Michael Davis
Millhouse
Modern Day Monks
Part Time Heroes
Paul Jameson
Pichino Dino
Ray Massive
Red Handed
Shiest Red
Smoking the Ghost
Sol Driven Train
Southern Bloodline Records
Steve Hit Mike
The Bone Brothers
The Cryptics
The Tens
Travis Allison Band
Twin D Century Entertainment
Vehicle
Word in Life choir
Wormbelly