Jay Reynolds is a British music producer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his work with Just Jack

Just Jack

Jack Christopher Allsopp , known by the stage name Just Jack, is an English musician from Camden Town, London. He first came to prominence with the release of his 2007 single "Starz in Their Eyes", which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart...

, including the #2 hit single "Starz in Their Eyes

Starz in Their Eyes

"Starz in Their Eyes" is a song by British artist Just Jack, released in 2007. It was the first single from the album Overtones, and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007....

", which was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Most Played Song of 2007. His other credits include Pixie Lott

Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...

, Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

, McFly

McFly

McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

, Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

, Tiffany Page

Tiffany Page

Tiffany Page is an English singer-songwriter based in London, and currently signed to no record company. Her debut single "Walk Away Slow" was released on 15 March 2010, and her album was scheduled for August 2010...

, The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers are an English pop/rock band, consisting of members Irwin Sparkes , Martin Skarendahl and Alan Sharland ....

, Ed Drewett

Ed Drewett

Ed Drewett is a singer-songwriter signed to EMI Virgin Records. Drewett first came to public attention in 2007 on the BBC television show Any Dream Will Do but he did not make the final 12 chosen for the live shows. He is best-known, however, for the single "I Need You Tonight" produced by The...

, Shack

Shack (band)

Shack are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1987. Originally Shack consisted of Mick Head , his brother John Head , Justin Smith and Mick Hurst.-The Pale Fountains:...

 and Paul Heaton

Paul Heaton

Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. He was a member of The Housemartins, who disbanded in 1988, and a member of The Beautiful South, who disbanded in 2007. He is currently pursuing a solo career....

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Career

Reynolds started his career as an assistant engineer at The Townhouse Studios, London. Working through the ranks, he began to engineer for many successful producers such as Hugh Padgham

Hugh Padgham

Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won many awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers....

, Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited for working on over 500 records and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Peter Gabriel,...

, Jon Kelly

Jon Kelly

Jon Kelly is a British music producer who has produced albums and singles for Chris Rea, The Damned, Kate Bush, Pele , The Beautiful South, Prefab Sprout, Deacon Blue, Heather Nova, The Levellers, Fish, Lynsey De Paul and Nolwenn Leroy.-References:...

, and John Leckie

John Leckie

John Leckie is a British music producer, notable for producing many high-profile albums such as The Stone Roses's debut and Radiohead's The Bends...

. Reynolds has engineered albums for David Sneddon

David Sneddon

David Sneddon is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter.He has performed on British television, radio and theatre. Sneddon won the first BBC UK series of Fame Academy in 2002...

, The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South were an English alternative rock group formed at the end of the 1980s by two former members of Hull group The Housemartins, Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway. The duo were initially joined by Sean Welch , Dave Stead and Dave Rotheray , all of whom stayed with the group throughout...

, Jools Holland

Jools Holland

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.Holland is a...

, Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper is a German chanteuse and actress renowned for her interpretation of the work of Kurt Weill.- Biography :Born in Münster, Germany, Ute Lemper was raised in a Roman Catholic family. She joined the punk music group known as the Panama Drive Band at the age of 16...

 before starting his own production career. This included engineering work on Beverly Knight's "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" single which reached Number 2. Reynolds also produced Shack's Here's Tom with the Weather Album for Simon Moran's North Country Label after meeting them years earlier at the Townhouse while working as an in-house engineer while they finished "HMS Fable".

Reynolds engineered two albums for McFly

McFly

McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

, the double platinum Room on the 3rd Floor

Room on the 3rd Floor

-Release history:-Chart performance:-Year-end charts:-Awards:The Room on the 3rd Floor Album won Best Album at the 2004 Smash Hits Awards-External links:*...

which included the hit singles "Obviously

Obviously

"Obviously" is the second single from British popband McFly's debut studio album, Room on the 3rd Floor. The single itself features a cover version of the popular Beatles single "Help!", as well as the band's first recorded interview - part one of which can be found on CD2, with part two appearing...

", "Room on the 3rd Floor

Room on the 3rd Floor (song)

"Room on the 3rd Floor" is the fourth and final single from British Pop rock band Mcfly's debut studio album of the same name, Room on the 3rd Floor. It is also the title track from the album. It entered the chart at number five in the UK singles chart...

" and That Girl. On their follow-up album, Wonderland

Wonderland (McFly album)

Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...

, Reynolds worked on the Comic Relief #1 "All About You

All About You/You've Got a Friend

"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the first single from British band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2005, with all royalties being donated to the charity. The single was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The...

" and "I'll Be OK

I'll Be OK

"I'll Be OK" is the second single from British pop rock band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single became the group's fourth UK number one. The single is renowned for selling more copies than their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair"....

" (also a number 1).

Most recently Reynolds has been working with The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers are an English pop/rock band, consisting of members Irwin Sparkes , Martin Skarendahl and Alan Sharland ....

, producing and mixing current single, "Choices

Choices (The Hoosiers song)

"Choices" is the lead single from Indie pop band The Hoosiers taken from their second studio album, The Illusion of Safety and was released in the UK on 1 August 2010...

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Just Jack

Reynolds has worked extensively with Just Jack

Just Jack

Jack Christopher Allsopp , known by the stage name Just Jack, is an English musician from Camden Town, London. He first came to prominence with the release of his 2007 single "Starz in Their Eyes", which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart...

, starting with producing and mixing Just Jack's critically acclaimed 2003 debut album for Rolled Gold Records, The Outer Marker

The Outer Marker

The Outer Marker is the debut album for British Hip hop artist Just Jack. The album failed to enter the UK Top 40 and did not chart in the US...

, for which he co-wrote two songs, including the single "Triple Tone Eyes". When Rolled Gold folded, Reynolds struck a deal with Just Jack, leading to the recording of a mini album that includes the #2 hit single "Starz in Their Eyes

Starz in Their Eyes

"Starz in Their Eyes" is a song by British artist Just Jack, released in 2007. It was the first single from the album Overtones, and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007....

". This became the basis for the album Overtones

Overtones (album)

Overtones is the second album from British electronic music artist Just Jack. The single "Starz in Their Eyes" managed to reach #2 in the UK and #91 on the Billboard Hot 100...

, signed and released through Mercury Records in 2007. "Starz in Their Eyes" was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Most Played song of 2007, being played over 40,000 times on UK radio. It is also used in an Xbox 360

Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 Kinect sports game. Reynolds has more recently been working on the album All Night Cinema

All Night Cinema

All Night Cinema is the third album from British electronic music artist Just Jack. The lead single "Embers" was released in March 2009 and reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single was set to be Doctor Doctor but despite a video being made and receiving over 15,000 views, the song...

, for which he produced and mixed two singles, "Embers

Embers (song)

"Embers" is the lead single from UK musician Just Jack's third studio album All Night Cinema. It was due to be released digitally on 29 March 2009 and physically on 30 March 2009...

" and "The Day I Died

The Day I Died

"The Day I Died" is the second single from electronic music artist Just Jack taken from his third studio album All Night Cinema. It was released on 17 August 2009. The song has already made the Radio 1 A-list, and XFM B-list, before the single was officially released...

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Long Island Studios

In 2006 Reynolds built Long Island Studios in West London around an SSL4048E Mixing Desk. It serves as a place to write, record, mix and finish records. It serves as a hub for artists, musicians and writers. At Long Island Studios Reynolds has mixed for Just Jack, Marli Harwood

Marli Harwood

Marli Harwood was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England is a singer and songwriter who also plays piano and guitar. She is of Eritrean, Italian, Welsh and English extraction....

, Polytechnic, Vincent Vincent and the Villains, Pixie Lott, The Red Deltas, and The Swing Movement. It is from this studio that he has also produced and mixed songs for The Hoosiers, Soundgirl, Girls Can't Catch, Ed Drewett, Paul Heaton, and The Agitator.

In early 2011 Reynolds and longtime manager Leanne Myers teamed up with Craig Logan

Craig Logan

Craig Logan is a British music manager. He began his career as bassist in the pop band Bros.- Background :After a year of major UK success with Bros during 1988, Logan left the band in early 1989. After this, Logan focused on song-writing and producing and was nominated for an Ivor Novello award...

and Jill Paterson from LME to develop songwriting and production.